Past Events

CCA residence hall/apartments Open
Wednesday, January 10

Orientation
January 10–12

Final registration for spring 2007 (1–4 p.m.)
Thursday, January 11

Lifecycle »
Interior Design Exhibition
January 11–30

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Monday, January 15

Spring term classes begin
Tuesday, January 16

Historical Exhibitions »
January 16–December 21

Tavares Strachan »
Object Agents Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 16, 7 pm

Chaz Maviyane-Davies: "Creative Defiance" »
Thursday, January 18, 7 pm

Media Arts Now »
January 19–21

100 Families Oakland: Art & Social Change »
Inaugural Year Exhibition
January 20–April 22

George Katodrytis, "The Dubai Experiment: A Constructed Fantasy" »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, January 22, 4 pm

Pierre Huyghe: "ANALOG" »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Monday, January 22, 7 pm

Kirsty Carter »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 23, 7 pm

Evidence »
PLAySPACE exhibition
January 24–February 3

Solmaz Shahbazi »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, January 25, 7 pm

Last day to add or drop classes
Friday, January 26

Last day to register for an internship
Friday, January 26

Last day to add Graduate Studio Practice
Friday, January 26

CCA: A Legacy in Studio Glass »
January 26–April 8

Interior Designers Forum: "Legends of California Design: Past, Present, and Future" »
Saturday, January 27, 10 am–5 pm

First day to withdraw from classes
Monday, January 29

Alumni at the Centennial »
January 29–February 16

Carrie Mae Weems: Centennial Kickoff »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 30, 7 pm

Wide Lens: Oscar Documentaries »
February 1–25

Constantine and Laurene Boym »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, February 1, 7 pm

Libby Black »
Object Agents Lecture Series
Thursday, February 1, 7 pm

3+3 »
Graphic Design Event
Saturday, February 3, 9:30 am–4:30 pm

Jens Hoffman »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 6, 7 pm

We and Us »
PLAySPACE exhibition
February 7–22

Freshman On-the-Spot Night »
Wednesday, February 7, 6 pm

Amy Balkin »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, February 8, 7 pm

Simon Starling »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 13, 7 pm

Jenna Goldberg »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, February 14, 7:30 pm

New York Alumni Event »
College Art Association Reception
Thursday, February 15, 5:30–7:30 pm

Massimiliano Gioni »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Friday, February 16, 7 pm

Transfer On-the-Spot Day »
Saturday, February 17, 10 am

Presidents Day (classes will be held and all offices will be open)
Monday, February 19

Interior Design Junior Review »
February 19–24

Josiah McElheny »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 20, 7 pm

Michael Palmer »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, February 22, 7 pm

Launch: Best of the First Year Review »
February 26–March 7

Keller Easterling: Enduring Innocence »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, February 26, 7 pm

Jacob Dahlgren »
Object Agents Lecture Series
Wednesday, February 28, 7 pm

Don't Mention It's 24-Hour Reading Series »
PLAySPACE event
March 2–3, 6–6 pm

Hans-Ulrich Obrist »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Friday, March 2, 7 pm

CCA Centennial Alumni Exhibition »
March 3–April 30

Undergraduate Spring Preview Day »
Saturday, March 3, 9 am

Clifford Rainey: Hot-Glass Demonstration »
Sunday, March 4, 1 pm

Midterm evaluations begin
Monday, March 5

Joshua Prince-Ramus »
Architecture Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 6, 3 pm

Douglas Crimp »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 6, 7 pm

Franziska and Sophia Hoffmann: (Un)familiar Spaces »
PLAySPACE exhibition
March 7–24

Karl Burkheimer »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Jules De Balincourt »
Painting/Drawing Lecture Series
Thursday, March 8, 4 pm

Sean Snyder »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, March 8, 7 pm

Ceramics Symposium »
Saturday, March 10, 9 am–4 pm

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PLAySPACE event
Sunday, March 11

Sandra Vivanco »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, March 12, 7 pm

Senior Moment »
Painting/Drawing exhibition
March 13–15

Matthew Coolidge »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 13, 7 pm

Lisa Solomon »
Textiles Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 14, 7 pm

Pepe Mar »
Painting/Drawing Lecture Series
Thursday, March 15, 4 pm

Oakland Alumni Event »
Thursday, March 15, 6–8 pm

Anna Von Mertens »
Object Agents Lecture Series
Thursday, March 15, 7 pm

Mark Pauline: Survival Research Laboratories »
Media Arts lecture
Thursday, March 15, 7:30 pm

Midterm evaluations end
Friday, March 16

Spring break (no classes)
March 19–23

City of Walls, City of People »
March 20–April 22

CCA at 100: Innovation by Design »
Centennial exhibition
March 23–August 26

Finding the Thread: Documenting Ritual in Fabric Artists' Books »
March 24–April 14, 10 am–1 pm

Registration and advising begins for continuing students for summer and fall 2007
Monday, March 26

Rebecca Solnit »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 27, 7 pm

Kim Kelzer »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 pm

Marek Cecula »
Object Agents Lecture Series
Thursday, March 29, 7 pm

Los Angeles Alumni Event »
Thursday, March 29, 7–10 pm

Last day to withdraw from classes
Friday, March 30

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

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, March 30, 7 pm

Visual Criticism Symposium »
Saturday, March 31, 10 am–6 pm

Graduate Open Studios »
Sunday, April 1, 12–5 pm

Laura Kurgan »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, April 2, 7 pm

John Roloff »
Object Agents Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 4, 7 pm

CCA Centennial Alumni Exhibition »
April 5–May 31

Martin McMurray: The Procession »
Painting/Drawing Lecture Series
Thursday, April 5, 4 pm

Rebecca Allen »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, April 5, 7 pm

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, April 6, 7 pm

Landscape and Architecture »
Presented by BLDGBLOG and Chronicle Books
Saturday, April 7, 2:30–5 pm

Les Yeux du Jour »
PLAySPACE exhibition
April 9–14

Jorge Mario Jáuregui: Roots of the Future »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, April 9, 7 pm

SEED: Students and Educators Environmental Discussions »
Thursday, April 12, 7 pm

Hawaii Alumni Event »
Sunday, April 15, 5–7 pm

Senior Interiors Exhibition »
Monday, April 16

Aaron Betsky: The Importance of Nothing »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, April 16, 7 pm

Sonya Clark »
Textiles Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 17, 7 pm

Faction »
PLAySPACE exhibition
April 18–28

The California Files: Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory »
Wattis Institute opening reception
Wednesday, April 18, 6–8 pm

Brian Goggin »
Wood/Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 pm

The California Files: Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory »
Wattis Institute exhibition
April 19–June 23

Mary Jane Jacob »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, April 19, 7 pm

End of registration and advising for continuing students for summer and fall 2007
Friday, April 20

The San Francisco World's Fair of 2007 »
April 20–22

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, April 20, 7 pm

Spring Fair »
Saturday, April 21, 11 am–3 pm

Simpson Awards Exhibition »
April 23–28

Martin Jay »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 24, 7 pm

The California Files »
Presentation in conjunction with the exhibition
Tuesday, April 24, 7 pm

Centennial Gala and Threads Fashion Show »
Wednesday, April 25, 6 pm

Mix 'n' Match: Michael Doret and Laura Smith »
Illustration and Graphic Design lecture
Thursday, April 26, 7 pm

Media Arts Juried Show »
Friday, April 27, 7 pm

Master of Architecture Thesis Project Reviews »
Saturday, April 28, 10 am–6 pm

Carter Goodrich and Peter de Sève »
Illustration Program lecture
Monday, April 30, 7 pm

Douglas Burnham »
Tuesday, May 1, 12–1 pm

Spring term classes end
Friday, May 4

Graphic Design Awards Ceremony and Thesis Reception »
Friday, May 4, 5–9 pm

Word. World. »
A Literary Reading Series
Friday, May 4, 7 pm

Taking Form »
Wood/Furniture exhibition
May 5–12

Interface Exhibition »
Saturday, May 5, 7–10 pm

CCA residence hall closes (noon)
Sunday, May 6

Spring Faculty Week
May 7–11

Senior Print Show »
Printmaking exhibition
Wednesday, May 9, 6–9 pm

Graduate Exhibition »
May 10–19

Baccalaureate Exhibition »
May 10–14

Centennial Commencement »
Saturday, May 12, 2 pm

Summer classes begin
Monday, May 21

CCA[C] Alumni @ di Rosa Preserve »
May 26–July 14

Registration deadline for summer internships
Friday, June 1

Seen Through the Eyes of a Child: CCA Students in Action »
June 5–30

Mad Science »
PLAySPACE event
Monday, June 11, 7–10 pm

Mad Science »
PLAySPACE event
Monday, June 25, 7–10 pm

Alumni and Faculty Show »
Centennial exhibition
July 5–28

Inchoate »
Centennial exhibition
July 5–August 11

Alumni Show »
Centennial exhibition
July 7–August 18

Mad Science »
PLAySPACE event
Monday, July 9, 7–10 pm

Registration for new students ends
Monday, July 16

Payment deadline for new and continuing students for fall 2007
Monday, July 16

Mad Science »
PLAySPACE event
Monday, July 23, 7–10 pm

Alumni and Faculty Show »
Centennial exhibition
August 1–24

Nightwatchers: A Night of Video on the Lawn »
Saturday, August 11, 9 pm

Bay Area Alumni Event »
American Craft Council Breakfast and Talk
Sunday, August 12, 9:30–11 am

Learning to Love You More »
August 24–September 10

Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition »
August 31–September 13

Linda Fleming: Refugium »
September 1–October 21

Labor Day (legal holiday)
Monday, September 3

Architecture Jury Prize Nominee Exhibition »
September 3–8

Fall term classes begin
Tuesday, September 4

CCA Photography Centennial Exhibition »
September 4–November 9

New Student Exhibition »
September 4–7

One Hundred Years of Artists Teaching Artists »
Faculty exhibition
September 5–21

Pioneers »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 5–November 10

Passengers »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 5, 2007–December 31, 2010

Tino Sehgal »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 5, 2007–December 31, 2010

Capp Street Project: Mario Ybarra Jr. »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 5, 2007–September 6, 2008

Americana: 50 States, 50 Months, 50 Exhibitions »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 5, 2007–May 31, 2012

Play by Kevin Killian and Karla Milosevich »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, September 7, 7:30 pm

Paper Cuts 3 »
Works on paper by Bay Area MFA students
September 8–November 3

REVISIONS Shahrokh Yadegari: Through Music »
September 10, 2007–July 6, 2008

Laura Splan »
Textiles Lecture Series
Wednesday, September 12, 7 pm

Mark Ulriksen »
From Designer to Illustrator to Artist & What it Takes to Survive
Wednesday, September 12, 7 pm

Last day to add or drop classes
Friday, September 14

Last day to register for an internship
Friday, September 14

Jennifer Scappettone Lecture »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, September 14, 7:30 pm

Linda Fleming: Artist Walkthrough »
Refugium: Works from 1980 to 2007
Sunday, September 16, 3 pm

Poetry Center Benefit: An Evening with Robin Blaser »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Sunday, September 16, 6 pm

First day to withdraw from classes
Monday, September 17

Courtney Smith »
Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, September 19, 7 pm

CCA Photography Centennial Exhibition Reception »
Saturday, September 22, 3–6 pm

The Notebook Show and Atlas »
PLAySPACE exhibition
September 24–October 6

Michael Fox and Juintow Lin / Fox Lin Inc. »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, September 24, 7 pm

Bella Bella »
A film by Elizabeth Sher
Tuesday, September 25, 7:30 pm

Matt Saunders Lecture »
Thursday, September 27, 4 pm

Mario Ybarra Jr. »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, September 27, 7 pm

CCA Centennial Reading »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, September 28, 7:30 pm

Celebrating a Centennial: Contemporary Printmakers at CCA »
September 29, 2007–April 20, 2008

Visual Lives: Four Documentaries Celebrate Art »
Sunday, September 30, 7 pm

Activating Communication: Community, Connectivity, and Acquaintance »
October 1–13

Tania Ketenjian: Artist Talk »
Monday, October 1, 12:30 pm

Paul Madonna: Artist Talk »
Monday, October 1, 4 pm

Rodney Ewing: Artist Talk »
Tuesday, October 2, 12 pm

Michele Pred: Artist Talk »
Tuesday, October 2, 4 pm

Martin Venezky »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 2, 7 pm

Walter Kitundu »
Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 3, 7 pm

Keller Easterling »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 4, 7 pm

Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky »
Friday, October 5, 2:30–4 pm

Fabrication »
October 8–13

Midterm evaluations begin
Monday, October 8

Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky »
Monday, October 8, 12–1:30 pm

David Baker / David Baker + Partners, Architects »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 8, 7 pm

Andy Gunther: An Inconvenient Truth »
Monday, October 8, 7 pm

Runa Islam »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 9, 7 pm

Ancient Roots / Urban Journeys: Expressions for Días de los Muertos »
October 10–December 2

Visual Lives: Four Documentaries Celebrate Art »
Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 pm

Alumni Reunion Weekend »
October 12–14

Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA »
October 13, 2007–March 16, 2008

I'm OK. You're OK. »
October 13–25

Textiles Exhibition Reception and Studio Tour »
Saturday, October 13, 3–4 pm

Brianne Gallagher: Textiles Senior Show »
October 16–20

Allan Wexler »
Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 17, 7 pm

CCA Centennial Reception in Seoul »
Thursday, October 18, 6:30–8:30 pm

Christian Jankowski and Steve Pritzker »
A Conversation on Creativity and the Artist's Process
Thursday, October 18, 7:30 pm

Midterm evaluations end
Friday, October 19

CCA Centennial Reception in Tokyo »
Friday, October 19, 7–9 pm

Cathy Park Hong and Linda Russo »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, October 19, 7:30 pm

SJMA Collects CCA: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection »
October 20, 2007–February 3, 2008

All-College Honors and Scholarship Awards Exhibition »
October 22–November 1

Deans' Colloquium »
Monday, October 22, 6 pm

Paffard Keatinge-Clay / PKC Arquitecto »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 22, 7:30 pm

José Esteban Muñoz »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 23, 7 pm

All-College Honors and Scholarship Exhibition Reception and Award Ceremony »
Wednesday, October 24, 5:30–7:30 pm

Bruce Hainley »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 25, 7 pm

James Timberlake / KieranTimberlake Associates LLP »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 29, 7 pm

Howwa We Ana - However We Wanna »
PLAySPACE exhibition
October 30–November 13

Jane Miller »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 30, 7 pm

C Change: Craft in Our Future »
November 1, 2007–January 27, 2008

Stanley Fish »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, November 1, 7 pm

Technebiotics »
Friday, November 2, 2–6 pm

Kevin Killian and Joseph Lease »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, November 2, 7:30 pm

Liliana Lewicka »
Textiles
November 5–10

Douglas Gauthier / SYSTEMarchitects »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, November 5, 7 pm

Jung Hyun Cha »
Textiles
November 6–10

CCA Student Forum »
with Stephen Beal and Pamela Jennings
Wednesday, November 7, 3–4:30 pm

Matthias Pliessnig »
Furniture Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 7, 7 pm

Ryan Gander »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, November 8, 7 pm

Last day to withdraw from classes
Friday, November 9

Best of 2007 Junior Review »
November 12–16

From Passion to Published »
Monday, November 12, 2–3 pm

John E. Fernández / Lampietti-Fernández Architects LLP »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, November 12, 7 pm

Richard Aldrich: Artist Talk »
Tuesday, November 13, 4 pm

Sebastian Zeidler »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 13, 7 pm

CCA Student Forum »
with Stephen Beal and Pamela Jennings
Wednesday, November 14, 3–4:30 pm

Taraneh Hemami »
Textiles Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 14, 7:30 pm

Ninth Annual Ronald and Anita Wornick Award Exhibition »
November 15–25

Lisa Cartwright »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, November 15, 7 pm

PLAySPACE Benefit Auction »
Friday, November 16, 7 pm

Claudia Rankine and Sarah Rosenthal »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, November 16, 7:30 pm

Abidin Travels »
Humor and Irony Communicate Realities of Life in Iraq
November 17, 2007–January 5, 2008

Amy Adler: Artist Talk »
Monday, November 19, 7:30 pm

Denise Caruso »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 20, 7 pm

Alternative Visions »
Film and Video at CCA: Relational Aesthetics
Tuesday, November 20, 7:30 pm

Thanksgiving (legal holiday)
Thursday, November 22

BioAesthetics »
Monday, November 26, 7–9 pm

Deans' Colloquium »
Tuesday, November 27, 12 pm

Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 27, 7 pm

Alternative Visions »
Film and Video at CCA: Performative, Gestural, Collaborative Work
Tuesday, November 27, 7:30 pm

Christian Jankowski »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 28, 7 pm

Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War »
Wattis Institute exhibition
November 30, 2007–January 26, 2008

Tisa Bryant and Lisa Robertson »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, November 30, 7:30 pm

Holiday Fair »
Saturday, December 1, 11 am–3 pm

Iva Gueroguieva »
Painting Lecture Series
Monday, December 3, 7:30 pm

Photo Collective Exhibition »
December 4–11

Xu Bing »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, December 4, 7 pm

MFA in Writing Information Night »
Tuesday, December 4, 7–9 pm

Architecture Final Reviews »
December 5–8

MBA in Design Strategy Information Night »
Wednesday, December 5, 7 pm

New MFA in Film Information Night »
Thursday, December 6, 5:30 pm

Gary Shapiro »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, December 6, 7 pm

Rodrigo Toscano and His Collapsible Poetics Theater »
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Event
Friday, December 7, 7:30 pm

Grad Fine Arts Laboratory Intensive »
December 10–15

L3R: Graphic Design Exhibition »
December 10–13

Fall term classes end
Friday, December 14

Graphic Design Awards and Thesis Exhibition »
Friday, December 14, 5:30–10 pm