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Innovative Design for the Wine Industry: Patti Britton
Presented by the CCA Alumni Council Archive and Exhibition GroupsJanuary 17–March 31, 2012
Oakland campus | Meyer Library
Reception: Wednesday, January 18, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public
More info: email alumni@cca.edu or call 415.703.9595; see cca.edu/alumni
Alumna Patti Britton, founder of Britton Design in Sonoma, California, designs for the wine industry. She earned her BFA in Graphic Design from CCA in 1984, studying with Michael Vanderbyl, Michael Manwaring, Michael Cronin, Doug Akagi, and Leslie Becker.
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Ceramics Alumni Night Part 8: Kim Tucker (1996), Curtis Arima (1998), Anja Ulfeldt (2002)
Ceramics Lecture SeriesThursday, February 16, 2012, 7:15–9:15 pm
Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center, Oakland campus
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Info: 510.865.7704 or agonzalez@cca.edu
Three Ceramics alumni -- Kim Tucker (1996) Curtis Arima (1998), and Anja Ulfeldt (2002) -- show slides and discuss their careers and life after art school.
Kim Tucker's work is a rogue's gallery of characters who appear to be personal symbols that are having trouble staying in their own skin. Her tribe of subjects has been described as the ugly, the fat, the weepy, and the physically deformed. Her personal animal kingdom include skunks, opossums, snails with loudmouth ghosts, and reckless sweethearts. The figures struggle to fully express their thoughts, and thus are alternately empowered and made vulnerable. Oddball monsters and awkward lovers expose their humanness, their emotional turmoil, and their faults. Tucker's drawings and sculptures have been exhibited constantly in the Los Angeles area, including a one person show at L2 Kontemporary Gallery last May.
Curtis Arima is a metalsmith raised in the Bay Area. He is best known for his unique 3D surface treatment of acrylic wash on metal, which brings heightened surrealism to his work. His work ranges from organic forms, using the language of gardening as a metaphor for self and society, to formal explorations in sculptural objects, functional pottery, and jewelry. His work has been exhibited nationally, and recently at Gallery Flux in San Francisco; Yaw Gallery in New York; the Richmond Art Center; the National Japanese American Historical Society; the Oakland Museum of California Collectors' Gallery; and the Virginia Breier Gallery in San Francisco.
Anja Ulfeldt's work references the life sciences and the human body through mechanical action and movement, drawing comparisons between the ways living organisms and machines operate. Like living cells, her installations use light, air, water, and electricity to become functional and interactive. Her work often involves the sensation of touch and the element of surprise. It can be playful, alarming, and sensual all at once. She intends to blur the line between life and something that mimics life through interaction, growth, movement, or decay. She lives in San Francisco and is also a photographer and the director of the Basement Gallery in Oakland.
Categories: Alumni Ceramics Lecture Series Public Calendar
Art and Design at Work: Fiscal Sponsorship and Fundraising for Individual Artists
Presented by CCA's Career ServicesMonday, February 20, 2012, 7:30–9:30 pm
Florence and Leo B. Helzel Boardroom, San Francisco campus
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Free and open to all CCA students and alumni
RSVP is required, as seating is limited.
More info: Contact Career Services at careerservices@cca.edu or 415.703.9596
Career Services and Academic Affairs enthusiastically present the 2012 Art and Design at Work Professional Development Series. Art and Design at Work is an information-packed series of workshops focused on presenting key tips on how to succeed in the creative industry as an artist, designer, writer, or entrepreneur.
Fiscal sponsorship can help provide 501(c)3 tax-exempt status to independent artists and small or new art-related companies seeking funding or donations. This session explores fiscal sponsorship and includes application instructions, an introduction to fundraising, and an explanation of tools within the Fractured Atlas Program.
Dianna Debicella from Fractured Atlas will lead the workshop.
Additional Art and Design at Work events will take place throughout the academic year, so don't miss out on these unique professional-development opportunities!
Categories: Alumni Career Services Student Life
Los Angeles Alumni Reception
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:30–7 pm
Westin Bonaventure Hotel | Santa Anita B Room | Lobby Level | 404 South Figueroa Street | Los Angeles CA 90071
Free and open to CCA community only. See map »
To RSVP or for more information, contact Alumni Relations Associate Lindsey Lyons at alumni@cca.edu or 415.703.9595. Please RSVP by February 13.
President Stephen Beal and the CCA Alumni Association invite you to a special reception during the 100th Annual Conference of the College Art Association. Join faculty and alumni for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and networking.
Hosted by the following alums
- Eve Chang (BFA Individualized Major 2000)
- Rebecca Niederlander (BFA Ceramics 1997)
- Joseph Pitruzzelli (BFA Industrial Design 2005)
Note: Attendance at the conference is not required to join us.
The hotel offers valet parking, yet public parking garages are also nearby.
Categories: Alumni Public Calendar
An Evening with David Sedaris
Thursday, May 3, 2012, 8–10 pm
UC Berkeley, Zellerbach Auditorium
Early bird tickets now on sale for just $40! (Hurry -- price goes up to $45 starting January 14, 2012.)
Buy tickets: Call 510.642.9988 or visit tickets.berkeley.edu
More info: www.cca.edu/sedaris
The best-selling author David Sedaris gives a special reading to benefit CCA student scholarships. Revenue generated from ticket sales, lead gifts, and sponsorships will go directly to students in need. CCA scholarships provide critical assistance to promising young designers, architects, and artists. The evening will feature a reading of new and unpublished work.
Event chair and CCA trustee Kay Kimpton Walker invites lead donors to meet Mr. Sedaris at a VIP cocktail party preceding the reading at the Berkeley Art Museum. To learn more about the benefits of becoming a Sedaris event lead donor, please contact Kelly Dawson, CCA advancement events manager.
Visit the event website for additional information.
Annieglass is the presenting sponsor of An Evening with David Sedaris. Party sponsors are Muscardini Cellars and Blue Angel Vodka. The book signing is sponsored by Books Inc.
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