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Graduating from CCA with a BFA in Architecture in 2009, Ron Arana is now the co-founder and managing partner of Arana Group, and was just recognized by Autodesk as one of its 40 Under 40 Champions of Construction.

Bay Area artists Macy Chadwick, Kate Laster, and Vivian Sming bring their own unique practices to their artmaking, and expand the book as a form for artistic experimentation, collaboration, and exchange.

The Wattis is pleased to announce its fall programming with exhibitions, an artist residency, talks, screenings, and gatherings that invite visitors to engage with contemporary artists and ideas.

On view through October 23, 2026, the exhibition features work by Macy Chadwick, Kate Laster, and Vivian Sming—Bay Area artists whose practices reflect distinct interpretations of the book as art.

Congratulations to Jane Eunchong Lee for winning the CFDA x Veronica Beard Creative Futures Scholarship, and to September Zheng for receiving the 2026 Next Thread Initiative Scholarship.

In this video series, Macy Chadwick, Kate Laster, and Vivian Sming guide viewers through the pages and details of their artist books.

CCA’s MFA Fine Arts first-year cohort came together this spring for The Last First Show, a group exhibition at SFArtsED at Minnesota Street Project.

CCA architecture students Danielle Khoury Gregorio, Noor Alhashimi, Eason (Yicheng) Jiang, and May (Zanmei) Wang, working with collaborators at UCSF, have been named the Emergent Voice Winner at the 2026 Biodesign Challenge for LIVING MATTERS.

The Printmedia Program is delighted to announce the 31st annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmedia Scholarship Award Exhibition, celebrating the excellent work of CCA students in the field of printmaking.

Congratulations to MFA Fine Arts students Mingqi Ma, Alex Ehmer, eva birhanu, Kamyar Mohsenin, Lian Yung, and Khadijah Morley, who have been named recipients of the 2026 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards.

Lava Thomas presents Resistance Reverb: Movements 1 at the new Obama Presidential Center.

Woody De Othello (MFA Fine Arts 2017) presents Guardian Spirit in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Manhattan Bridge View, New York City.

On view September 2 through October 23, 2026, the exhibition features work by Macy Chadwick, Kate Laster, and Vivian Sming—Bay Area artists whose practices reflect distinct interpretations of the book as art.

Congratulations to Neeraj Bhatia for winning the Lily Auchincloss Rome Prize. The prize provides artists and scholars with dedicated time, space, and a transdisciplinary community in which to advance their work within the city of Rome.

Congratulations to Amrit Sandhu (BFA Industrial Design 2025) and Helena Garzotto (BFA Furniture Design 2025) for winning the 2026 Windgate-Lamar Fellowship.

Congratulations to film faculty Kota Ezawa and photography faculty Aspen Mays, who were named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows.

This spring, °µÍø³Ô¹Ï partnered with Zoox and Autodesk to explore the future of autonomous mobility.

The Voice of San Francisco reviews Caguiat Delacruz’s The Tramp. On view through November 21, the exhibition brings together a newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints.

Experience what's next in art and design, fresh from the studios and minds of the Class of 2026. This event took place on Friday, May 15, 2026, at °µÍø³Ô¹Ï in San Francisco.

On view through November 21 at the Wattis Institute, The Tramp by Caguiat Delacruz brings together a newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints, marking the artists’ first institutional exhibition on the West Coast.