Blogs
CCA Extension Summer Writing Course
Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, by Carol Pitts
Writing Travel Stories @ CCA
EXWRT–1501–01
Instructor: Marianne Rogoff
Sat., 10 a.m.–2 p.m., June 9, July 14, August 4
3 sessions. $140. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none
Mitchell Schwarzer: Snapshots of the Disciplines
Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012, by Mitchell Schwarzer
On February 4, 2012, the faculty at California College of the Arts gathered at the college's San Francisco campus for a retreat focused on the state of the arts across our many disciplines. In the morning, 25 short presentations offered insights into challenges and opportunities faced by practitioners and thinkers in recent times. The word aired most frequently was crisis: the crisis of the Great Recession; the crisis of Global Climate Change; the crisis of understanding and working within a discipline in our digital age.
Watch the video of all the presentations (91 minutes), shot and edited by Yoni Klein (Photography 2012)
The economic downturn has produced an economic squeeze within most of our disciplines. Art directors, as Alexis Mahrus remarks, have diminished roles in shaping an illustration. Smaller profit margins reduce the flexibility and time given over to experimentation. Branding and celebrity worship take up a larger slice of the creative pie. Some presenters, like Sue Redding of Industrial Design, see no problem in this conflation of art and business and, furthermore, dispute the notion of a crisis. Yet many presenters feel that the economic crisis is not only real but wielding dangerously asymmetrical impacts. Demand remains strong for high-end craft goods and blue-chip fine art. Some small nonprofits are struggling to survive. To Ignacio Valero of Critical Studies, the priority given over to luxury items can be attributed to the ongoing influence of classical economic policies that privilege individual decision making over collective social and natural needs. Likewise, Sandra Vivanco of Diversity Studies notes that economic inequalities have greatly worsened over the past few years, especially in the developing world. Contemporary society is forging a timeless, spaceless way of conducting business, a race for lucrative and short-term gains that concentrates investment more than ever in the hands of a few.
2012 Annual Fashion Show Press Release
Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, by Allison Byers
The Fashion Design Program at California College of the Arts is pleased to announce the Annual Fashion Show 2012, which will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 11, 2012, at CCA’s San Francisco campus (1111 Eighth Street, at 16th and Wisconsin). The show features 13 new collections created by CCA’s senior Fashion Design students, juried by industry professionals and worn by runway models. General-admission tickets are $40. VIP tickets are $100 and include admission to the pre-party at 6:30 p.m. and preferred seating at the event.
“At CCA, we encourage each individual designer to develop a thesis collection that reflects their aesthetic perspective and artistic innovation,” remarks CCA Fashion Design Program chair Amy Williams. “This year, the ‘aha’ moments of the senior cohort were exceptionally sure and true. The results are 13 distinct, individual, highly innovative collections! I can hardly wait for the public to meet these outstanding emerging talents. And to have Maybelline as presenting sponsor to support this celebration of the students’ creative work is a perfect statement of fashion collaboration.”
Urban Mobility Courses at CCA
Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, by Carol Pitts
California College of the Arts / Urban Mobility Program
CCA is pleased to announce the third summer of our Urban Mobility Program on the San Francisco campus. Look for additional courses with this curricular emphasis in the future.
CCA's summer 2012 frame-building courses are scheduled to meet in the evenings and on weekends to accommodate participants' work schedules. Enrollment in each course is limited to just 10 students; each course meets for a total of 100 hours.
CCA to Confer Honorary Doctorate on Design Leader Bill Moggridge at 105th Commencement Exercises
Posted on Friday, March 30, 2012, by Chris Bliss
UPDATE: the Honorable Edwin M. Lee, Mayor of San Francisco, will be attending Commencement and addressing the graduates.
Design world guru, elder statesman, pioneer, and renegade. These are just a few of the terms that have been used to describe Bill Moggridge, founder of the global design firm IDEO, designer of the first laptop computer, and the first design practitioner to head up the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in its 115-year history.
2011 R.A.W. Video Contest Showcases Student Life In and Out of the Studio (Including a Burger or Two!)
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011, by Clay Walsh
Congratulations to this year's juried R.A.W. Video (real artists at work) contest winners! The contest, open to all current CCA students, challenged contestants to create a two-minute (maximum) high-resolution digital film (including audio) with “In and Out of the Studio" as the required theme.
The goal was to encourage students to pick up their digital camcorders and highlight their community at CCA—whether in the classroom, studio, residence hall—or away from the college altogether. And the goal was definitely met several times over!
2011 R.A.W. Video Contest Winners
KQED Arts: Highlights from the 2012 CCA MFA Exhibition
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2012, by Allison Byers
MFA thesis exhibitions, though often overcrowded, are always abuzz with the excitement of eager, budding talent. This year's presentation at California College of the Arts, up through May 19, 2012, is no different. There are over four-dozen artists in the show, each ranging wildly in style, medium, and conceptual aims; selecting a half-dozen thesis students to highlight is no easy task. I can assure, at the very least, that in this bustling and ambitious show, there is something for everyone.
Eduardo Pineda: Mural Meister and Community Connector
Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, by Christina Linden
Eduardo Pineda is a recent addition to CCA's Diversity Studies faculty, but he is a member of long standing in Bay Area community-arts circles. Since he has begun teaching at the college, he has gravitated in particular to the programs hosted through CCA's Center for Art and Public Life, especially the ENGAGE at CCA courses, in which students work with community-based organizations and outside experts to address pressing local issues.
CCA Architecture Faculty Member Katherine Wentworth Rinne Awarded 2012 Spiro Kostof Book Award
Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, by Allison Byers
The Society of Architectural Historians has awarded the 2012 Spiro Kostof Book Award to Katherine Wentworth Rinne, a member of CCA's Architecture faculty, for her book, [The Waters of Rome: Aqueducts, Fountains, and the Birth of the Baroque City](http://www.amazon.com/The-Waters-Rome-Aqueducts-Fountain
Alumni Notes Spring 2012
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2012, by CCA Alumni Association
This collection of alumni notes features recent accomplishments from our alumni.
Tell Us About Your Recent Alumni Note
We encourage all alumni to use the online CCA Alumni Note submission form to inform us about your recent and upcoming exhibitions, honors, and publications.
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Nathan Oliveira: Solo show: Nathan Oliveira: A Memorial Exhibition, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, Sept.-Oct. 2011.
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