California College of the Arts

Past Events

January 2008

Capp Street Project: Tim Lee »
Wattis Institute exhibition
January 8, 2008–January 10, 2009

Capp Street Project: Tim Lee opening »
Wattis Institute exhibition opening
Tuesday, January 8, 6–8 pm

Architecture Final Review Jury Nominees »
Group Exhibition
January 14–19

PLAySPaCE opening reception: gays GAZE »
Monday, January 14, 6–9 pm

PLAySPaCE: gays GAZE »
January 15–22

Tim Lee Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 15, 7 pm

Poets’ Theater: An Evening of Short Plays »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, January 18, 7:30 pm

Robert B. Pippin Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, January 24, 7 pm

PLAySPACE Presents: Emergency Biennale »
World Tour Stop 10: San Francisco
January 25–February 9

1980s Poets' Theater Revivified »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, January 25, 7:30 pm

Interior Designers Forum: World View on Design »
Saturday, January 26, 10 am–5 pm

Ken Lum Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 29, 7 pm

Peggy M. Phelan Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, January 31, 7 pm

February 2008

City of the Future Exhibition »
February 4–15, 10 am–6 pm

Urban Visions Panel »
Monday, February 4, 7 pm

Dodie Bellamy Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 5, 7 pm

Polly Apfelbaum: Painting Lecture Series »
Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 pm

Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1 »
Wattis Institute exhibition
February 7–April 12

Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1 opening »
Wattis Institute exhibition opening
Thursday, February 7, 6–8 pm

The Future of Culture: Exhibit 1A, 1B, 1C… »
The Center Student Cohort explores the meaning of CCA's "The Future of Culture" slogan
February 12–16

Paul McCarthy Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 12, 7 pm

Chitra Ganesh: Painting Lecture Series »
Wednesday, February 13, 6:30 pm

CCA Alumni Critique Group (San Francisco) »
Informational Meeting
Wednesday, February 13, 6:30–8 pm

Textiles Lecture Series: Kate Ruddle »
Wednesday, February 13, 7 pm

Bhanu Kapil and Dodie Bellamy Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, February 15, 7:30 pm

Awesome Graphic Design Lectures »
Saturday, February 16, 10 am–3 pm

Neil Denari Lecture »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, February 18, 7 pm

Dallas Alumni Event »
Wednesday, February 20, 5:30–7 pm

Daria Martin Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, February 21, 7 pm

Bay Area Young Alumni HAPPY HOUR »
Friday, February 22, 5:30–7 pm

Qingyun Ma Lecture »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, February 25, 7 pm

Peter Di Sabatino Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 26, 7 pm

Daniel Michalik: Furniture Lecture Series »
Wednesday, February 27, 7 pm

Erica kaufman & Erin Moure Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, February 29, 7:30 pm

March 2008

Danh Vo Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 4, 7 pm

Kenny Goldsmith & Andrew Choate Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Undergraduate Preview Day »
Saturday, March 8, 9 am–4 pm

CCA Dean’s Colloquium 2008 »
"The Commons"
Monday, March 10, 3–4:30 pm

Sean White Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 11, 7 pm

Chris Johanson: Painting Lecture Series »
Wednesday, March 12, 6:30 pm

Sterling Hundley Lecture »
Wednesday, March 12, 7 pm

PLAySPACE: Between Memory and Invention »
March 24–April 4, 6–8 pm

Painter/Poet Barry Nemett reading »
Cosponsored by MFA Fine Arts and MFA Writing programs
Thursday, March 27, 4–6 pm

Henry Urbach Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series / Architecture Lecture Series
Thursday, March 27, 7 pm

CCA Annual Career Expo »
Friday, March 28, 1–4 pm

Word. World. 2008 »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, March 28, 7–9 pm

Hernan Diaz Alonso Lecture>>LECTURE CANCELED »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, March 31, 7 pm

April 2008

Mindy Shapero: Painting Lecture Series »
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 pm

Word. World. 2008 »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, April 4, 7–9 pm

Visual & Critical Studies Symposium »
Saturday, April 5, 11 am–3 pm

Kristin Palm & Juliana Spahr Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series (special day)
Saturday, April 5, 7:30 pm

Graduate Open Studios »
Sunday, April 6, 12–5 pm

Albert Oehlen Lecture »
Graduate Fine Arts Satellite Lecture Series
Monday, April 7, 4 pm

Holly Ann Samuelsen: Textiles Senior Exhibition »
Drawing in the Net-Work
April 7–9, 5:30–7:30 pm

Stefan Behnisch Lecture »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, April 7, 7 pm

Next 10: Exploring the Intersection Between the Environment & Economy in California »
Learn how innovation and sustainable design will help reduce emissions in California and curb global warming
Tuesday, April 8, 7–9 pm

Serial Boxes: Marjane Satrapi »
Tuesday, April 8, 8 pm

Design Green Now »
A panel discussion hosted by CCA's Industrial Design Program
Wednesday, April 9, 6 pm

Allison Smith Lecture>>>CANCELED »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, April 10, 7 pm

PLAySPACE: How to Talk About Utopia Without Saying Utopia »
Anthony Marcellini & Matthew David Rana
April 10–28, 8–10 pm

Feminism and Art Today—a roundtable discussion »
hosted by CCA's Visual & Critical Studies Program
Friday, April 11, 4–6 pm

Coffee House Press Poets Reading w/Joseph Lease, Chair of Graduate Writing Program »
Also featuring Marjorie Welish and Martha Ronk
Friday, April 11, 7:30 pm

Spring Fair »
Saturday, April 12, 11 am–3 pm

Student Book Art Competition & Exhibition »
CCA Libraries exhibition
April 14–30

Senior Interiors Exhibition »
Monday, April 14, 5:30–7 pm

Steve Brodner Lecture »
Monday, April 14, 7 pm

Judith Butler Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 15, 7 pm

Ann Fessler (guest lecture) »
Thursday, April 17, 11 am

Self-Storage »
an Exhibition by Students in the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice
April 18–May 18

Word. World. 2008 »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, April 18, 7–9 pm

Vapor Symposium »
A CCA-cosponsored event with Southern Exposure
Saturday, April 19, 10 am–4 pm

Zoe Whittall & Eileen Myles Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series (special day)
Saturday, April 19, 7:30 pm

J. M. Bernstein Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 22, 7 pm

Amateurs »
Wattis Institute exhibition
April 23–August 9

Amateurs opening »
Wattis Institute exhibition opening
Wednesday, April 23, 6–8 pm

SEED 2 on Sustainable Living »
Wednesday, April 23, 7 pm

Harrell Fletcher Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, April 24, 7 pm

Word. World. 2008 »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, April 25, 7–9 pm

Master of Architecture Thesis Project Reviews »
Saturday, April 26, 10 am–6 pm

An Evening of Innovative Fiction featuring Amanda Davidson, Yuri Herrera, Summi Kaipa & Chris Nagler »
A Small Press Traffic Reading—Oakland Campus/Special Day
Saturday, April 26, 7:30 pm

Birdlines: A Collection of Weavings & Drawings by Katrina Zerilli »
Textiles Senior Show / BFA Exhibition
April 29–May 3

May 2008

Media Arts Monster »
Media Arts Jury Show & Interface Show
Saturday, May 3, 6–10 pm

Serial Boxes: Peter Kuper »
In conversation with monologist Josh Kornbluth
Monday, May 5, 8 pm

Senior Fashion Show—SOLD OUT »
Wednesday, May 7, 8 pm

2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition »
May 8–17, 10 am–6 pm

Miranda Mellis and Dawn Lundy Martin Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, May 9, 7:30 pm

Serial Boxes: Ben Katchor »
In conversation with monologist Josh Kornbluth
Monday, May 12, 8 pm

Small Talks #10 »
Roman Ondák will discuss his solo Passengers project at the Wattis Institute
Tuesday, May 27, 5 pm

AGGRESSION: A Conference On Contemporary Poetics & Political Antagonism »
A Small Press Traffic (SPT) Conference
May 30–31, 7:30 pm

June 2008

New York Alumni Happy Hour »
Friday, June 6, 6:30 pm

The Institute for Social Research and the Discovery of Art God »
An Exhibition of Contemporary Conceptual Art
June 10–July 26

Visual Thinking Strategies: The Basics »
Art In Education Spring 2008 Mini-Course
Saturday, June 14

Sustainable Fashion Textiles & Materials »
A one-day lecture and workshop, part of Extended Education
Thursday, June 26, 9 am–4 pm

July 2008

Small Talks #11 »
Valérie Mréjen will discuss her solo Passengers project at the Wattis Institute
Tuesday, July 1, 5 pm

Bay Area Alumni Happy Hour »
Friday, July 11, 6–8 pm

New York Alumni Happy Hour »
Friday, July 11, 7 pm