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Press release / April 20, 2020
CCA appoints Ed Prohaska as chief financial officer
Press release / April 14, 2020
杏吧传媒 to host inaugural CCA Sparks Pitch Day competition
Student-run teams put their new and innovative business ideas to the test at 杏吧传媒鈥 inaugural CCA Sparks Pitch Day event.
Press release / April 2, 2020
CCA Wattis Institute launches free online platform for videos, lectures, and essays
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts introduces the Wattis Library, a free online platform for videos, lectures, and essays.
Press release / March 30, 2020
杏吧传媒 named one of the nation鈥檚 top graduate schools for fine arts by U.S. News & World Report
The 2020 rankings, which assessed 227 MFA-granting colleges and universities across the country, lists CCA 10th overall.
Press release / Dec. 18, 2019
CCA Wattis Institute presents 氐乇禺丞 卮賲爻賷丞 Solar Cry by Algerian artist Lydia Ourahmane
Ourahmane's ambitious sound installation will envelop visitors creating more of a physical experience than simply an auditory one.
Press release / Oct. 2, 2019
Brazilian artist Cinthia Marcelle to transform CCA Wattis into a radio station
In a new commission, Marcelle will convert the Wattis galleries into a temporary radio station for her first solo exhibition in California. On view November 26, 2019鈥揓anuary 18, 2020.
Press release / Sept. 26, 2019
Community celebrates the launch of CCA Float Lab in Oakland Bay
A vibrant community celebration brought together civic leaders, CCA faculty, and students of all ages for the historic launch of CCA Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab.
Press release / Sept. 8, 2019
Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Launches in San Francisco Bay
Architecture faculty Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones reach a major milestone in their award-winning Float Lab project. Public celebration is 1鈥3pm September 21 at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.
Press release / Aug. 22, 2019
CCA Hubbell Street Galleries presents Surfacing Histories Sculpting Memories
CCA's Hubbell Street Galleries proudly presents the exhibition in conjunction with the National Museum of Women in the Arts 2020 Women to Watch series.
Press release / July 2, 2019
CCA Wattis Institute receives prestigious 2019 Ellsworth Kelly Award
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced today that CCA's ultra-contemporary art space will receive $40,000 in support of Algiers-based multidisciplinary artist Lydia Ourahmane's upcoming exhibition.
Press release / June 26, 2019
CCA celebrates the opening of Alma Mater: Methods
This second biennial exhibition features almost 200 CCA alumni and is on view June 15鈥揓uly 26, 2019 at CCA Hubbell Street Galleries.
Press release / June 19, 2019
Center for Impact at CCA announces Impact Award Winners
The Impact Award offers crucial funding for projects that could make a long-term impact addressing social and environmental challenges.
Press release / June 6, 2019
Vincent Fecteau premieres entirely new body of work at CCA Wattis Institute
Fecteau鈥檚 untitled exhibition of new work signals a shift in exhibition structure at CCA Wattis and will be on view September 5鈥揘ovember 9, 2019.
Press release / May 17, 2019
杏吧传媒 appoints Ann Wiens Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Wiens joins CCA from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), where she served as director of marketing communications.
Press release / May 17, 2019
Faculty Kota Ezawa presents new work at the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Associate Professor of Film Kota Ezawa debuts his new work, National Anthem, a watercolor animation that was specifically selected by the biennial curators.
Press release / May 6, 2019
CCA Fashion Experience 2019 celebrates identity, vision, and craft
Press release / April 24, 2019
CCA diversity studies faculty Kim Shuck receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship
Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate, will receive $75,000 to launch 鈥淪eeds: Creating Poetic Activism,鈥 a seed program for poets to grow audiences in their own communities across the city.
Press release / April 22, 2019
Joyce J. Scott, 2019 Honorary Doctorate Recipient
Joyce J. Scott is the 2019 Honorary Doctorate Recipient at 杏吧传媒.
Press release / April 17, 2019
Architect Jeanne Gang named in Time Magazine鈥檚 100 Most Influential People of 2019
Jeanne Gang leads the design for 杏吧传媒鈥 expanded campus in San Francisco.
Press release / March 27, 2019
CCA People鈥檚 Party honoring Wayne Thiebaud raises over $1.2 million for student scholarship fund