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Media coverage / March 4, 2019
Discover the founding story of CCA's innovative BFA in Interaction Design program
Learn how Kristian Simsarian, CCA associate professor, leveraged design process to build the curriculum for one of the world's first undergraduate interaction design programs.
Media coverage / March 1, 2019
Graduate Painting & Drawing alumna wins oldest German art prize
Rajkamal Kahlon (MFA Painting & Drawing 1999), whose work explores the impact of colonialism, has been named a 2019 Villa Romana Fellow.
Press release / Feb. 28, 2019
CCA breaks ground on new on-campus student housing
Located less than three blocks from campus, the building will house approximately 220 students and feature ground-floor commercial space.
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Five of the highest-paying art majors
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Intellectual cross-training in liberal arts: Interview with Dean TT Takemoto
CCA¡¯s dean of Humanities & Sciences discusses the practice of lifelong, interdisciplinary learning.
Press release / Feb. 19, 2019
Transecologies explores ways of relating to nature without assimilating
CCA Hubbell Street Galleries presents a new exhibition on nature viewed through the lens of trans identities.
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SFMOMA Visual Identity Has CCA Roots: Some Faces Behind the Rebrand
Learn about how graduate design alumna Jennifer Sonderby led a stellar team of designers¡ªincluding several CCA alumni¡ªin the visual rebranding of SFMOMA.
Media coverage / Feb. 6, 2019
Three architecture faculty win 2019 ACSA Architectural Education Awards
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Graphic Design student Mark Buenafe wins the prestigious Bill Moggridge Award
Media coverage / Jan. 31, 2019
Film by Dean Tina Takemoto wins Experimental Shorts Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance Film Festival
Media coverage / Jan. 30, 2019
"Harriet Tubman and Other Truths," an expansive Joyce J. Scott exhibition, on view at Grounds for Sculpture
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Craft and content shine at the 2018 BFA Design thesis show
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China research trip offers novel opportunities for DMBA students
Media coverage / Jan. 22, 2019
Co-chair of film Rob Epstein receives 2019 Academy Award nomination for "End Game"
Press release / Jan. 16, 2019
$90 million CCA student housing project receives strong support from investors
New building to house 500+ students with below-market, on-campus housing in San Francisco.
Media coverage / Jan. 16, 2019
"Drawing Codes" explores how coding can impact architectural representation
Media coverage / Jan. 15, 2019
CCA faculty James Voorhies reflects on the curatorial work of Maria Lind at Tensta konsthall
CCA faculty James Voorhies reflects on the curatorial work of Maria Lind while she was director of Tensta konsthall.
Press release / Jan. 15, 2019
Making (It) Work celebrates makers who embrace parenthood
This new group exhibition presents artists who are new parents and view parenthood as a generative force in their creative practice.
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Changing careers to become an interaction designer
Media coverage / Dec. 24, 2018
Temple of Direction by alumnus Geordie Van Der Bosch selected to be 2019 Burning Man temple