Past Events

Orientation »
January 11–13

100 Families Oakland: West Oakland »
January 11–March 15

Poets Theater Jamboree 2006 »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center event
Friday, January 13, 7:30 pm

Unexpected Developments »
PLAySPACE exhibition
January 17–28

The Family of Clay: CCACeramics 1950 - 2005 »
Ceramics exhibition
January 17–February 6

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 17, 7 pm

Luis Peña »
Graphic Design lecture
Thursday, January 19, 7 pm

Poets Theater Jamboree 2006 »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center event
Friday, January 20, 7:30 pm

Chris Ory and Friends »
Printmaking Exhibition
January 23–28

Gianni Motti »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 24, 7 pm

Alphonse Mattia »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 pm

Barnaby Furnas »
Painting/Drawing lecture
Thursday, January 26, 4 pm

Last day to add or drop classes
Friday, January 27

Poets Theater Jamboree 2006 »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center event
Friday, January 27, 7:30 pm

Interior Designers Forum: Beyond Green »
CCA Extended Education event
Saturday, January 28, 10 am–5 pm

Dan Wood and Amale Andraos, WORK AC »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, January 30, 7 pm

Undergraduate Admissions Night, San Francisco »
Tuesday, January 31, 6 pm

Undergraduate Admissions Night, San Francisco »
Wednesday, February 1, 6 pm

Mary Heilmann »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Thursday, February 2, 7 pm

For the Record (Catalog of Motion) »
San Francisco Cinematheque screening
Friday, February 3, 7:30 pm

Lock-In »
PLAySPACE exhibition
February 7–11

Rick Poynor »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Thursday, February 9, 7 pm

Gloria Frym and Bernadette Mayer »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, February 10, 7:30 pm

Osaka University of Arts—CCA Print Exchange »
Printmaking Program exhibition
February 11–20

Sputnik X »
Graphic Design Program exhibition
February 13–18

Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano: LOT-EK »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Monday, February 13, 7 pm

Awesome: The Contemporary Sublime »
PLAySPACE exhibition
February 14–March 1

Jennifer Angus »
Textiles Program lecture
Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm

Nigel Holmes »
Illustration Program lecture
Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm

Anne Burdick »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Thursday, February 16, 7 pm

Sputnik X Reception »
Friday, February 17, 7–9 pm

Karla Milosevich and Kota Ezawa: "Fame as Form: A Lightness of Being" »
San Francisco Cinematheque screening
Friday, February 17, 7:30 pm

Sputnik X Symposium »
Saturday, February 18, 8:30 am–4 pm

Aaron Betsky »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, February 20, 2 pm

Bruce Tomb »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, February 20, 7 pm

Steve Dietz »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 21, 7 pm

Jim Christensen: "Pretty much everything up to now …" »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, February 22, 7:30 pm

Interior Design: Junior Review Exhibition and Reception »
Friday, February 24, 6:30–9 pm

Gillian Conoley and Jane Sprague »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, February 24, 7:30 pm

Launch »
First Year Program exhibition
February 27–March 4

Stephen Cassell: Architecture Research Office (ARO) »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Monday, February 27, 7 pm

Dave Eggers »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Thursday, March 2, 7 pm

Let Me Do You and Your Car Spanish Style »
PLAySPACE exhibition
Friday, March 3

New Experiments: Mary Burger on Telling Time »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, March 3, 7:30 pm

Open House »
Saturday, March 4, 10 am

Trying to Be Clever? »
PLAySPACE exhibition
March 7–22

Chris Pullman: "Dan Friedman: Radical Modernist" »
Tuesday, March 7, 7 pm

Thomas Hirschhorn: Utopia, Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress »
Wattis Institute exhibition
March 10–May 13

Thomas Hirschhorn: Dystopia Symposium »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Friday, March 10, 6–9 pm

Ken Rignall Memorial »
Saturday, March 11, 2 pm

Ken Rignall Memorial Exhibition »
March 13–17

Gary Kelley »
Illustration Program lecture
Wednesday, March 15, 7 pm

Pennina Barnett »
Textiles Lecture Series
Thursday, March 16, 4 pm

Allen S. Weiss »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Thursday, March 16, 7 pm

Kazim Ali and Mark Wallace »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, March 17, 7:30 pm

City of Walls, City of People »
March 20–April 1

Michael Roth: "How We Pay Our Respects to the Past: Facts, Deeds, Piety" »
Monday, March 20, 5:30 pm

New Experiments: Alicia Cohen on Lyric Creatures: New Poetics and the Animal »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Sunday, March 26, 7:30 pm

Dennis Crompton »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 28, 7 pm

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series by 2006 Graduates of the MFA Writing Program
Wednesday, March 29, 7 pm

Snap, Crackle, Pop »
PLAySPACE exhibition
March 30–April 12

John Welchman »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, March 30, 7 pm

Career Expo »
Friday, March 31, 1–4:30 pm

Oshima Double Feature: Death by Hanging and Diary of a Shinjuku Thief »
San Francisco Cinematheque screening
Friday, March 31, 7 pm

Marcia Pickard: Light and Breath »
Senior Exhibition
April 3–7

Susan Working »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 5, 7:30 pm

Creativity Is a Muscle, with Rhodessa Jones »
A celebration of the new book Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts
Thursday, April 6, 7–8:30 pm

Material World »
CCA and Alliance Française exhibition
April 7–May 12

Tonya Foster and Joanna Fuhrman »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, April 7, 7:30 pm

The Culture of Fear »
Interdisciplinary Symposium
Saturday, April 8, 10 am–1 pm

Graduate Open Studios »
Sunday, April 9, 12–5 pm

Senior Interiors Exhibition 2006 »
April 10–17

Benjamin Aranda and Chris Lasch, TERRASWARM »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, April 10, 7 pm

Amber Clisura: Holding on Through Socks »
Senior Exhibition
April 11–15

Bill Brown »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 11, 7 pm

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series by 2006 Graduates of the MFA Writing Program
Wednesday, April 12, 7 pm

Diatric Puds and the Blobettes, Badgerlore, and Core of the Coal Man »
Echo de Pensees Sound Series
Friday, April 14, 7 pm

Christine Hume and Shanxing Wang »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, April 14, 7:30 pm

Spring Fair »
Saturday, April 15, 11 am–3 pm

Artist Rally and Music by the Alps »
A Project by Artist Jeffrey Vallance, Commissioned by the 2006 Curatorial Practice Class
Saturday, April 15, 12–2 pm

Gyöngy Laky »
Textiles Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 19, 7 pm

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series by 2006 Graduates of the MFA Writing Program
Wednesday, April 19, 7 pm

Self-Propelled »
PLAySPACE exhibition
April 20–May 3

Bay Area Student Mixer »
Cosponsored by the Industrial Design Program and IDSA
Thursday, April 20, 1–10 pm

Wendy Maruyama »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Thursday, April 20, 7:30 pm

Freshman Visit Day »
Friday, April 21, 9:30 am

Barclay Simpson MFA Awards Exhibition »
April 24–28

Marina Grzinic
CANCELED
Tuesday, April 25, 7 pm

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series by 2006 Graduates of the MFA Writing Program
Wednesday, April 26, 7 pm

100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change »
West Oakland exhibition
April 27–May 27

William Pope.L »
Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series
Thursday, April 27, 7 pm

Architecture Final Reviews »
April 28–29

Visual Criticism Thesis Symposium »
Saturday, April 29, 10 am–4 pm

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series by 2006 Graduates of the MFA Writing Program
Wednesday, May 3, 7 pm

Come Sleep with Us »
Industrial Design Thesis Show
May 10–15

Through the Woods »
Wood/Furniture BFA Exhibition
May 10–14

Threads: Fashion Show Gala »
Wednesday, May 10, 6 pm

Graduate Exhibition »
May 11–20

Baccalaureate Exhibition »
May 12–15

Philip Jenks and Jennifer Moxley »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, May 19, 7:30 pm

Eleven Eleven Reading and Reception »
Thursday, May 25, 6–8 pm

Joanne Kyger »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center reading
Friday, May 26, 7:30 pm

Works Around Process »
PLAySPACE exhibition
May 30–June 21

Portfolio Day »
Presented by AIGA SF
Saturday, June 3, 9 am–4 pm

Josiah Royce: California and the Philosophy of German Idealism »
A Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Grass Valley Philosopher
Saturday, June 3, 4:30–6:30 pm

New California Masters »
Exhibition of Work by MFA Graduates from across the State
June 13–July 8

Regarding Truth »
An Exhibition of Work by Artadia Award Winners
June 15–August 15

All That Remains »
PLAySPACE exhibition
June 27–July 26

Crossover Stories »
PLAySPACE exhibition
July 1–30

Photo San Francisco »
Photo-Based Art Exposition
July 20–23

The Next Great Thing: New and Emerging Directions in Design »
Interior Designers Forum
Saturday, July 22, 10 am–5 pm

Behind the Scenes in Interior Design »
Saturday, July 29, 10 am–5 pm

Homes »
ZeroOne San Jose
August 8–13

A Talk with Richard Landon from Stan Winston Studio »
Presented by SF Shorts
Thursday, August 10, 6:30 pm

Documentary Film Program »
Presented by SF Shorts
Thursday, August 10, 8:30 pm

CCA Residence hall/apartments open
Sunday, August 27

Orientation
August 28–September 1

Fall Faculty Week
August 28–September 1

Architecture Jury Prize Exhibition »
August 28–September 9

Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition »
August 30–September 14

Final registration for fall 2006 (9 a.m.–noon, 1–2 p.m.)
Thursday, August 31

Labor Day (legal holiday)
Monday, September 4

Fall term classes begin
Tuesday, September 5

New Student Exhibition »
September 5–8

On Making »
Faculty exhibition
September 6–22

California Roll »
PLAySPACE exhibition
September 6–9

Western Interiors Design and Home Show »
September 8–10

Prophets of Deceit »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 12–November 11

Humans Were Here! (Building in L.A.) »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 12–November 11

Craig Baldwin »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Tuesday, September 12, 6 pm

Place, Space, Location »
PLAySPACE exhibition
September 13–30

Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America by Craig Baldwin »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, September 13, 12 pm

Magali Arriola »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, September 13, 1:30 pm

Building Dialogues: Linda Taalman and Alan Koch with François Perrin »
CCA Wattis Institute Lecture
Wednesday, September 13, 7 pm

Center for Art and Public Life Open House »
Thursday, September 14, 11 am–3 pm

Lebbeus Woods »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, September 14, 7 pm

Last day to add or drop classes
Friday, September 15

Last day to register for an internship
Friday, September 15

Last day to add Graduate Studio Practice
Friday, September 15

"The Wishing Well" by Kevin Killian and Larry Rinder »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, September 15, 7:30 pm

First day to withdraw from classes
Monday, September 18

Lynn Hershman Leeson »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Tuesday, September 19, 7 pm

Strange Culture by Lynn Hershman Leeson »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, September 20, 11:45 am

David Trubridge »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, September 20, 7:30 pm

Kaja Silverman »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, September 21, 7 pm

CA Conrad and Magdalena Zurawski »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, September 22, 7:30 pm

Bruce Sterling »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, September 26, 7 pm

Quinquag and Other Films by Michael Smith »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, September 27, 12 pm

Jules Boykoff and Judith Goldman »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, September 29, 7:30 pm

Ronald and Anita Wornick Award Exhibition »
Wood/Furniture Program
October 2–7

Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 2, 7 pm

Matthew Buckingham »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 3, 7 pm

Don't Quit Yer Day Job »
PLAySPACE exhibition
October 4–19

Muhheakantuck─Everything Has a Name and Other Films by Matthew Buckingham »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, October 4, 12 pm

Joel Nickels on Literature as Hypnosis: Laura Riding's Critique of Modernism »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, October 6, 7:30 pm

Coming Into Focus »
Alumni exhibition
October 7–December 3

Midterm evaluations begin
Monday, October 9

Thomas Wiscombe, EMERGENT »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 9, 7 pm

Michael Kimmelman »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 10, 7 pm

Family Viewing by Atom Egoyan »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, October 11, 11:45 am

Joe MacDonald, Urban A&O »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 16, 7 pm

Holy Artwork and Other Films by Christian Jankowski »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, October 18, 12 pm

Building Dialogues: Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena with Barbara Bestor »
CCA Wattis Institute Lecture
Wednesday, October 18, 7 pm

All-College Honors and Scholarship Awards Exhibition »
October 19–28

Monique Prieto »
Painting/Drawing Lecture Series
Thursday, October 19, 4 pm

Vitaly Komar »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 19, 7 pm

Midterm evaluations end
Friday, October 20

Poets in Need Benefit »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm

Coelacanth »
Echo de Pensees Sound Series
Saturday, October 21, 8–10 pm

Graduate Information Day »
Sunday, October 22, 9:30 am–1 pm

Registration and advising begin for continuing students for spring 2007
Monday, October 23

Lisa Sanditz »
Painting/Drawing Lecture Series
Monday, October 23, 12:30 pm

Jason Payne and Heather Roberge, Gnuform »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 23, 7 pm

Yvonne Rainer »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 24, 7 pm

What's the Story »
PLAySPACE exhibition
October 25–November 2

Consuelo Jiménez Underwood »
Textiles Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 25, 7 pm

John Cederquist »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 25, 7:30 pm

So You Want to Go to Grad School? »
Panel for students and alumni
Thursday, October 26, 5:30–7 pm

Raimundas Malasauskas »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 26, 7 pm

Dana Teen Lomax and Joan Retallack »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, October 27, 7:30 pm

Fall Preview Day for Undergraduates »
Formerly Open House
Saturday, October 28, 10 am

Peter Anderson and Mark Anderson, Anderson Anderson Architecture »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 30, 7 pm

Lisa Robertson »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 31, 7 pm

Graduate Architecture Critiques & Reception »
Wednesday, November 1, 6–8 pm

Building Dialogues: Fritz Haeg with Alexis Rochas »
CCA Wattis Institute Lecture
Wednesday, November 1, 7 pm

Crafting a Vision for Art, Equity, and Civic Engagement »
Community arts symposium
November 2–4

Douglas Kearney and Prageeta Sharma »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, November 3, 7:30 pm

Perfect Feast »
PLAySPACE exhibition
Saturday, November 4, 7–11 pm

Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson »
Echo de Pensees Sound Series
Sunday, November 5, 8–10 pm

Chickens! AKA Poultry Fanciers »
PLAySPACE exhibition
Monday, November 6, 5–8 pm

Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, Testa Inc.
CANCELED
Monday, November 6, 7 pm

City of Walls, City of People »
International Exchange Exhibition
November 7–24

Ashley Jameson Eriksmoen »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 7, 7:30 pm

New Landscape »
PLAySPACE exhibition
November 8–December 2

Undergraduate Architecture Information Night »
Wednesday, November 8, 7 pm

Chris Abani »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, November 9, 7 pm

Last day to withdraw from classes
Friday, November 10

Elizabeth Arnold on Rhyme and Politics in Oppen, Niedecker, and Loy »
Small Press Traffic Lecture
Friday, November 10, 7:30 pm

International Student Exchange Show »
November 13–18

Elliott Hundley »
Painting/Drawing Lecture Series
Monday, November 13, 4 pm

William Massie, Massie Architecture »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, November 13, 7 pm

Phil Collins Film Screening »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 14, 7 pm

American Mythology II: Identity Through Fantasy »
November 15–22

Selected Films by Phil Collins
CANCELED
Wednesday, November 15, 12 pm

Graduate Writing Information Night »
Wednesday, November 15, 7–9 pm

Tetsuo Fujimoto »
Textiles Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 15, 7 pm

Peter Rostovsky »
Painting/Drawing Lecture Series
Thursday, November 16, 4 pm

Maud Lavin
CANCELED
Thursday, November 16, 7 pm

End of registration and advising for continuing students for spring 2007
Friday, November 17

Architecture Book Launch Party »
Friday, November 17, 5:30–8 pm

The Speculative Archive: Julia Meltzer and David Thorne »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Tuesday, November 21, 7 pm

Selected Films by the Speculative Archive »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, November 22, 12 pm

Michael Hosaluk »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 22, 7:30 pm

Thanksgiving (legal holiday)
Thursday, November 23

Academic and administrative holiday
Friday, November 24

Radical Software: Art, Technology, and the Bay Area Underground »
Wattis Institute exhibition
November 28, 2006–March 31, 2007

Michael Stevenson »
Capp Street Project
November 28, 2006–February 24, 2007

How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later »
Wattis Institute exhibition
November 28, 2006–March 31, 2007

Bjørn Melhus »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 28, 7 pm

Best of Junior Review »
November 29–December 7

Selected Films by Bjørn Melhus »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, November 29, 12 pm

Graduate Design Information Night »
Wednesday, November 29, 7–9 pm

Michael Stevenson »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, November 30, 6 pm

Center Student Grants »
Applications due for spring 2007 projects
Friday, December 1

Heather Nagami and Alli Warren »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, December 1, 7:30 pm

Akram Zaatari »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Sunday, December 3, 7:30 pm

Will Bradley »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Wednesday, December 6, 12 pm

New York Alumni Event »
Bar Night - Holiday Edition
Wednesday, December 6, 6–8 pm

Eugene Tsui: Evolutionary Architecture »
Thursday, December 7, 4–7 pm

Miami Alumni Event »
Art Perform at Art Basel Miami Beach
Friday, December 8, 5 pm

Ted Pelton and Camille Roy »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, December 8, 7:30 pm

Holiday Art Fair »
Saturday, December 9, 11 am–3 pm

Reception for Graphic Design's Level 3 Review »
Monday, December 11, 8 pm

Chip Lord »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Tuesday, December 12, 7 pm

Twenty-three Years of Hernia Milk and Ergot Dreams: A Retrospective of Caroliner »
Echo de Pensees Sound Series
December 13, 2006–January 19, 2007

Fall term classes end
Friday, December 15

Registration for new students ends
Friday, December 15

CCA residence hall closes (noon)
Saturday, December 16

Selected Films by Chip Lord »
Media Arts Lecture and Screening Series
Saturday, December 16, 12 pm

San Francisco Alumni Event »
An Evening of Wine and Chocolate
Wednesday, December 20, 6:30–8:30 pm

Year-end holiday
December 25, 2006–January 1, 2007