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Explore our growing campus in San Francisco with a sneak peak of what’s coming in 2024
See what our campus life and makerspaces look like today and get a preview of our soon-to-open expansion project.
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Five reasons a STEM-designated program at an art school might be right for you
Combine art and design with technology and science to impact change and grow your career in CCA’s STEM-designated graduate programs.
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Browse new books for fall from CCA writers, thinkers, and illustrators
From children’s titles exploring identity to comics on the subject of a certain controversial author to the psychedelic visual style, add new books to your library from CCA faculty and alumni.
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The CCA Campus Gallery presents a faculty exhibition on what it means to belong
In a diverse range of mediums across fine arts, architecture, design, and humanities & sciences, faculty imagine what belonging, care, and community means to them in the exhibition stories of us.
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Read special tributes from colleagues and friends of President Stephen Beal
After 25 years of remarkable leadership at °µÍø³Ô¹Ï, President Stephen Beal retires to devote more time to travel, his painting practice, and family.
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CCA’s summer study abroad program immerses students in art and design
Explore photos from our 2023 summer study abroad to Mexico, Iceland, Japan, Seoul, and London and Paris.
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CCA Fashion Design students reimagine sustainability in the fashion industry
Students Mengshi Li and Xueer He were named finalists for the 2023 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Scholarship Fund, a program that celebrates students capable of leading change in the global fashion ecosystem.
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Get to know CCA alum Brooke Hopper, Principal Designer, AI/ML at Adobe
Graduating from CCA with an MFA in Design in 2015, Brooke Hopper is now a principal designer, speaker, and champion for artists.
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Creating the materials of tomorrow at the 2023 Biodesign Challenge
Two award-winning CCA projects at the intersection of design, architecture, and biotechnology envision a sustainable future.
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Imagining new worlds through interdisciplinary studio courses
Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studio courses illustrate how students from across the college learn to take their practice to a new level.
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Material alchemy at CCA
CCA’s community of makers transforms something as simple as wood in inspiring ways, drawing from their own lives and opening doors to possibility.
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Nurturing our shared sense of belonging
We share regular stories about what belonging means to us. In this spotlight, we remember the Belonging Symposium and a new program for students.
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Mapping the untold stories of pioneering women in interaction design
Chair and Associate Professor of Interaction Design Erin Malone discusses uncovers the stories of trailblazing women in a field that touches everyday life.
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CCA wins San Francisco Design Week award
CCA’s new webpage on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) shares how our community cultivates impact and action.
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CCA’s position on the Supreme Court’s pending affirmative action ruling
The Supreme Court's pending decision on affirmative action may impact college admissions. Despite the ruling, CCA remains committed to diversity and inclusion, with no changes to admission policies.
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A comics summer bonanza in San Francisco
Comics fans celebrate the return of the CCA comics festival, the guest speaker series featuring renowned artists, and showcase by the MFA Comics class of 2023.
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Queer history comes to life in one CCA course
Students reimagine games, create shrines, and discover first-person accounts of LGBTQ history in the interdisciplinary course Queer Super Objects.
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See how students re-imagined graduation wear during the 116th Commencement
The class of 2023 celebrated commencement in a style like no other, with their own hand-made fashions, individualized garments, and self-expressive wear.
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A conversation about the CCA campus expansion with Jeanne Gang, founding principal of Studio Gang
In this Q+A, Jeanne Gang discusses her firm’s design for the innovative centerpiece of the college’s campus expansion, slated for completion in 2024.
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Four CCA students named to prestigious Metropolis Future 100
Two undergraduate and two graduate students were named to the Metropolis Future 100, designed to designate the top architecture and interior design students.