CCA's Sculpture Program is a dynamic hub of activity that cultivates the experiential complex of materials, the social and poetic life of objects, and the deep historical context of all cultural production.

Through engaged mentoring and lively exchanges with peers, students explore a diverse range of forms and media. The student experience results in an individualized practice that is shaped around sustained curiosity and the creative dexterity to craft unique concepts.

Students determine their individual directions under the guidance of the faculty members, who are prominent professional artists practicing a wide range of contemporary approaches.

On the Oakland campus, the sculpture facilities include the Shaklee Building; the interdisciplinary Barclay Simpson Sculpture Studio for sculpture and glass, which features one of the largest working college foundries; and the Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center. The Shaklee Building includes a metal fabricating and welding shop, a bronze foundry, a plaster studio, glass facilities, a woodworking shop, and an overhead crane.

Sculpture students may also take advantage of the Media Arts facilities on the Oakland campus and the Wornick Wood and Furniture Studios on the San Francisco campus. Seniors have access to individual studios on the Oakland campus.