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CCA hosts a demolition derby on November 3, 2026, with cars designed by local youth and CCA students that tackle AI, immigration, climate justice, and other issues.

Marcel Pardo Ariza and Taraneh Hemami are among nine Bay Area artists who received 2026 Creative Power Awards from the Walter & Elise Haas Fund.

CCA Architecture received the 2026 ACADIA Impact Award of Excellence, an international honor recognizing decades of leadership in computational design, digital fabrication, robotics, and experimental architectural education.

CCA alum Mary W.D. Graham talks with 48 Hills about Value Test: Brown Paper, the series of portraits on brown paper bags she began as a CCA student, and the history of colorism it confronts.

Squarecylinder reviews The Tramp by Caguiat Delacruz at the CCA Wattis Institute, an experimental film and installation on view through November 21, 2026.

On view through November 21, 2026, the exhibition by Caguiat Delacruz (Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz) brings together a newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints.

CCA alums Gioia Fonda (BFA Individualized Studies 1996) and Charlie Gill (BFA Painting 1995) reunite for an exhibition exploring still-life painting, memory, and artistic collaboration.

Five students within the Fine Arts division have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Michael and Jeannette Lopez Endowed Scholarship based on artistic merit, as determined by �����Թ� faculty.

Congratulations to Hank Willis Thomas (MFA Photography and MA Visual Criticism 2003), who has been named to TIME magazine’s 2026 TIME100 Art list, recognizing influential figures shaping the world of art.

Congratulations to Danielle Khoury Gregorio (MAAD Architectural Ecologies), who was recognized by Exame, a Brazilian magazine focused on business and entrepreneurship, as one of 15 outstanding young architects in Brazil.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Jacqueline Francis, dean of Humanities and Sciences at CCA and a scholar of African American art and visual culture, to the California African American Museum Board of Directors.

Congratulations to Derick Davies (BFA Painting and Drawing), who received a $10,000 billboard commission for his painting Self Bloom.

Comics professor Frederick Noland authored a graphic biography of the cycling legend Major Taylor.

Hyperallergic named Closer Reading: Three Bay Area Book Artists at the CCA Campus Gallery one of 10 Bay Area art shows to see this fall. The exhibition features book artists Vivian Sming, Macy Chadwick, and Kate Laster.

Thinking Woman, a 1993 ceramic sculpture by CCA alum and longtime faculty member Viola Frey, is now on view at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Windgate Center for Art + Design.

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.