CCA Eco-Consciousness Creates Local Airwaves
Institute on Sustainable Design Targets Green Professionals
San Francisco, February 22, 2008
On Wednesday, February 20, Bay Area news broadcaster ABC-7 (KGO) featured California College of the Arts as a contributing influence to a growing trend among local artists—creating art that reflects ecologically responsible, sustainable practices.
The broadcast segment, "The Bay Area Gives Birth to New Renaissance," is posted on its website at ABCNews7.com. Local artists and professionals who embrace eco-friendly awareness discuss why this issue is relevant to today's art buyers.
According to Kim Anno, a featured CCA faculty member: "They want to see how art and design can give a glimpse of what's happening and straddle contradictions in a way that science couldn't. They want to be part of, I think, a movement of change, that provides a kind of tipping point for our culture."
Sustainability awareness is a critical component of a well-rounded curriculum for preparing students as innovators of the future. CCA offers such a focus on sustainability throughout its various design programs (industrial design, architecture, fashion, and others).
The Summer Institute in Sustainable Design (June 15–27), a two-week, hands-on opportunity that includes fieldwork and in-class lectures with instructors and innovators in sustainable design, illustrates CCA's applaudable commitment to incorporate green into its curricula.
To learn more about the Summer Institute in Sustainable Design, visit the newly launched website at www.cca.edu/sustainable.
CCA students: think green!
