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Press release / March 12, 2019
New work by Abbas Akhavan and Akosua Adoma Owusu at CCA Wattis Institute this spring
Press release / March 7, 2019
To Know Herself presents new work by Tammy Rae Carland and iconic Macon Reed installation
The exhibition is curated by Yomna Osman and presented by the Curatorial Practice program in partnership with CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Press release / Nov. 27, 2018
Summit Public Schools awarded $10,000,000 XQ prize to design high school of the future
CCA to partner with Summit by providing a broad network of mentors for its students.
Press release / Nov. 7, 2018
CCA Wattis Institute presents new work by Diamond Stingily and Rosha Yaghmai
New York-based Diamond Stingily and Los Angeles-based Rosha Yaghmai are respectively and rapidly establishing themselves as leading voices in contemporary sculpture.
Press release / Oct. 8, 2018
CCA leads Bay Area in For Freedoms' 50 State Initiative and appoints Hank Willis Thomas as first Creative Citizenship Fellow
Exhibitions, town hall meetings, and installations encourage artists and designers to participate in civic life.
Press release / Sept. 24, 2018
New student housing for CCA opens at 75 Arkansas Street with ribbon-cutting ceremony
Below-market-rate housing for over 200 students is a model of environmental sustainability.
Press release / Sept. 17, 2018
2018 Larry Sultan Photography Award goes to Belgian photographer Bieke Depoorter
Press release / Sept. 13, 2018
CCA Wattis Institute announces solo exhibition of San Francisco-based artist Léonie Guyer
Show features newly commissioned work and highlights the intimate scale and idiosyncrasy of Guyer's oeuvre.
Press release / Aug. 28, 2018
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and CCA launch the Curatorial Research Bureau
The bookshop, learning site, and public program space is also the new home of CCA's Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice.
Press release / Aug. 16, 2018
CCA presents robust lineup of fall events and exhibitions
Press release / Aug. 14, 2018
CCA joins forces with Global Climate Action Summit
CCA is proud to offer a slate of GCAS affiliated events and contribute expertise regarding the intersection of environmental responsibility and the arts.
Press release / June 18, 2018
Summer exhibitions at CCA Wattis explore, expand, and disrupt notions of time
Press release / June 18, 2018
CCA Wattis to present works by Adam Linder for 20th anniversary
Press release / June 12, 2018
'Art Practical' receives California Arts Council Arts and Public Media grant
Press release / June 7, 2018
Center for Art + Public Life announces winners of the 2018 IMPACT Award
HATCH Workshop and House9 each receive $25,000 to create affordable and sustainable living environments for artists and designers.
Press release / May 24, 2018
Gala honoring Kay Kimpton Walker raises $1,267,000 for student scholarship fund