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Press release / June 24, 2020
CCA awarded $225,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The grant will support CCAâs work converting to a hybrid, online, and in-person fall 2020 semester by supporting four CCA library staff positions and two online learning platforms.
Media coverage / June 23, 2020
The Nationâs review of Dodie Bellamy Is On Our Mind from the CCA Wattis
Media coverage / June 23, 2020
Alum Joseph Liatela shares whatâs on their mind during Pride month with Hyperallergic
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Alum Spotlight: Textile Artist Kira Dominguez Hultgren
Textile artist and dual-degree masterâs program alum Kira Dominguez Hultgren shares her research interests and how sheâs growing into her practice post-CCA.
Media coverage / June 20, 2020
Ishmael Reed in the New York Times: Americaâs Criminal Justice System and Me
Media coverage / June 17, 2020
CCA Assistant Professor Juan Carlos RodrĂguez Rivera on how heâs celebrating Pride month
Faculty and CCA Decolonial School member Juan Carlos RodrĂguez Rivera talked to Hyperallergic about his current work, his project aquĂ estamos / here we are for the Queer Cultural Center in San Francisco, and his greatest achievements so far.
Media coverage / June 16, 2020
Alum Mariah Nielsonâs new monograph explores the life and work of her father, sculptor JB Blunk
Press release / June 15, 2020
CCA presents four events during San Francisco Design Weekâs 2020 virtual festival
CCAâs 2020 San Francisco Design Week events feature discussions exploring long-term design thinking, designing the future of music, and what matters now in design and architecture education.
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Artistic encounters through the Wattis Library
The Wattis staff share some of their favorite videos, essays, and performances available through the free digital library.
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A stitch in time
Deborah Steinâs Diachronic course discovers a common thread over three generations.
Media coverage / June 1, 2020
CCA Architecture students Cera Yeo (BArch 2020) and Jingyi Emma Luo (BArch 2020) selected as winners in AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Design Competition
Media coverage / May 29, 2020
Bay Areaâs fashion design students nip and tuck their collections from home
The San Francisco Chronicle talked to CCAâs Yesenia Villaseñor (BFA Fashion Design 2020) about how graduating fashion design students pivoted to create their thesis collections from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On this land, a cultural site
Archaeological testing on CCAâs Backlot made the exciting discovery of organic materials that signify human activity, including tool making, from almost 7,500 years ago.
Media coverage / May 26, 2020
CCA alum Rosannah Harding wins 2020 Forge Prize
An innovative cantilevered pedestrian bridge and elevated park concept by CCA alum Rosannah Harding (BArch 2007) and Matthew Ostrow of HardingOstrow won the $10,000 Forge Prize at a judging event streamed live on YouTube.
Media coverage / May 19, 2020
San Francisco Examiner highlights the Class of 2020 Showcase
The San Francisco Examiner featured CCAâs Class of 2020 Showcase in its roundup of how San Francisco art schools are highlighting student work online.
Media coverage / May 19, 2020
Art in America on why MFA alum Diedrick Brackensâ work is essential and âunbearably relevantâ during the COVID-19 pandemic
Art in America spoke with artist Diedrick Brackens (MFA Fine Arts 2014) about his solo exhibition âblessed are the mosquitoes,â how he discovered weaving and his time studying with Josh Faught at CCA.
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CCAâs Illustration program shines in national illustration competition
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The Class of 2020 Showcase brings the CCA community home
The Class of 2020 Showcase highlights the work of over 300 graduating students in CCAâs 22 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs.
Press release / May 11, 2020
CCA celebrates its graduating students in digital Class of 2020 Showcase, on view online beginning May 14
The Class of 2020 Showcase brings the work of over 300 students across the Fine Arts, Architecture, Design, and Humanities and Sciences divisions to visitorsâ homes while CCAâs campus is closed.
Press release / May 7, 2020
CCA's 2020 graduates in Curatorial Practice present 'The Word for World is Forest'
The Word for World is Forest, a project curated by CCAâs Curatorial Practice graduate program Class of 2020, is on view at wattis.org May 14âSeptember 14, 2020.