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
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes held; offices closed)
Monday, January 21
Robert B. Pippin Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, January 24, 7 pm
Last day to add or drop classes
Friday, January 25
Last day to register for an internship
Friday, January 25
Space-Time Considerations: CCA Math and Science Fair »
January 25–February 1
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
First day to withdraw from classes
Monday, January 28
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
City of the Future Opening Reception and Panel Discussion »
Wednesday, February 6, 7–9:30 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
Neil Spiller: Architecture Lecture Series »
Monday, February 11, 7 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
Fun Box: PLAySPACE Exhibition »
February 15–26
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
Presidents Day (classes held; offices open)
Monday, February 18
International Exchange Exhibition »
February 18–22
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
2008 Painting/Drawing Senior Student Exhibition »
February 25–27
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
Paul McCarthy Film Series: Stan Brakhage »
Thursday, February 28, 7 pm
Erica kaufman & Erin Moure Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, February 29, 7:30 pm
March 2008
Midterm evaluations begin
Monday, March 3
R7 Booster: The Sputnik Studio Show »
March 3–8
Launch: The First Year Exhibition »
March 3–14
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
Marcail McWilliams: Textiles Senior Show »
March 10–15
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
Hamaguchi Guest Juror: Rupert Garcia Presentation »
Thursday, March 13, 4:30 pm
Paul McCarthy Film Series: Bruce Nauman »
Thursday, March 13, 7 pm
College Night: Four Years One Night—The Education You Always Wanted »
Thursday, March 13, 7:30–10:30 pm
Midterm evaluations end
Friday, March 14
Spring break (no classes)
March 17–21
Paul McCarthy Film Series: Stan VanDerBeek, Bruce Conner, Yayoi Kusama, and Yoko Ono »
Thursday, March 20, 7 pm
PLAySPACE: Between Memory and Invention »
March 24–April 4, 6–8 pm
Thomas Huang: Furniture Lecture Series »
Wednesday, March 26, 7 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
Last day to withdraw from classes
Friday, March 28
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
Passengers: 1.8 Ulla von Brandenburg »
April 1–May 3
Mindy Shapero: Painting Lecture Series »
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 pm
Paul McCarthy Film Series: Andy Warhol »
Thursday, April 3, 7 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
Musical Chairs: CCA Eco-Chair Design Competition »
Wednesday, April 16, 6–8 pm
Robert Davidson: Furniture Lecture Series »
Wednesday, April 16, 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
Registration begins for incoming new students for fall 2008
Monday, April 21
21st Annual Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition »
April 21–26
J. M. Bernstein Lecture »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 22, 7 pm
Amateurs »
Wattis Institute exhibition
April 23–August 9
Whose Education? Art Education Teaching Practices Exhibition »
April 23–July 30, 9 am–5 pm
Amateurs opening »
Wattis Institute exhibition opening
Wednesday, April 23, 6–8 pm
SEED 2 on Sustainable Living »
Wednesday, April 23, 7 pm
Melissa Leventon: Textiles Program Spring 2008 Lecture Series »
Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 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
Angie Schaefer: Textiles Senior Show (BFA Exhibition) »
April 28–May 3
Erica Dickinson: Photography BFA exhibit »
Photography
April 29–May 2
Birdlines: A Collection of Weavings & Drawings by Katrina Zerilli »
Textiles Senior Show / BFA Exhibition
April 29–May 3
Serial Boxes: Chris Ware and Art Spiegelman in Conversation »
Tuesday, April 29, 8 pm
May 2008
Spring term classes end
Friday, May 2
Spring 2008 Graphic Design & Thesis show »
Friday, May 2, 6–10 pm
Media Arts Monster »
Media Arts Jury Show & Interface Show
Saturday, May 3, 6–10 pm
Spring Faculty Week
May 5–9
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 Baccalaureate Exhibition »
May 8–12
2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition »
May 8–17, 10 am–6 pm
Master of Architecture Graduate Open Studio »
May 8–17, 10 am–6 pm
Tool Toy: Senior Industrial Design Thesis Show »
Thursday, May 8, 6–10 pm
Miranda Mellis and Dawn Lundy Martin Reading »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, May 9, 7:30 pm
Commencement
Saturday, May 10
Serial Boxes: Ben Katchor »
In conversation with monologist Josh Kornbluth
Monday, May 12, 8 pm
Small Press Traffic: Bay Area Student Writers »
Friday, May 16, 7:30 pm
Small Press Traffic: Jennifer Firestone & Matthew Shenoda »
Friday, May 23, 7:30 pm
Airtimes: Elizabeth Sher's documentary BELLA BELLA »
May 26–June 2, 9:30 pm
Small Talks #10 »
Roman Ondák will discuss his solo Passengers project at the Wattis Institute
Tuesday, May 27, 5 pm
Registration deadline for summer internships
Friday, May 30
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
Registration for new students ends
Tuesday, July 15
Payment deadline for new and continuing students for fall 2008
Tuesday, July 15
August 2008
Federico Herrero: Small Talk #12 »
A Wattis Institute series
Tuesday, August 12, 5 pm
Staff Exhibition »
Group Exhibition
August 25–September 5
Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition »
August 27–September 11, 10 am–7:30 pm
September 2008
Americana: Hawaii »
Island Forecast
September 2–20
The Wizard of Oz »
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts Exhibition
September 2–December 13
The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers »
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 2, 2008–August 29, 2009
Architecture Jury Prize Nominee Exhibition »
Group Exhibition
September 2–6, 10 am–7:30 pm
Tauba Auerbach: Small Talk #13 »
A Wattis Institute series
Tuesday, September 2, 5 pm
Faculty Exhibition »
Group Exhibition
September 3–19
Banned & Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship »
September 5–December 31
New Student Exhibition »
Group Exhibition
September 9–12
Sue Lorraine »
Design and Craft Lecture Series
Wednesday, September 10, 7 pm
Monica Majoli »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, September 11, 7 pm
Anita Amirrezvani (Friday seminar guest speaker) »
MFA Writers' Series
Friday, September 12, 3:30–5 pm
Geyser! A new play by Kevin Killian and Wayne Smith »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, September 12, 7:30 pm
The Road Through the Forest »
Gareth Moore discusses The Wizard of Oz
Tuesday, September 16, 7 pm
Eve Fowler »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, September 18, 7 pm
Jeffery Renard Allen (Friday seminar guest speaker) »
MFA Writers' Series
Friday, September 19, 3:30–5 pm
Anselm Berrigan / D. S. Marriott »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, September 19, 7:30 pm
Jeffrey Plank »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, September 22, 7 pm
Wendy Ju »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, September 23, 7 pm
Rajkamal Kahlon »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, September 25, 7 pm
Mika Kobayashi »
Photography Lecture Series
September 26–22, 11 am
Renzo Piano lecture SOLD OUT »
The true story of the design of the new Academy
Friday, September 26, 4–6 pm
Anne Waldman / Aaron Shurin »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, September 26, 7:30 pm
Textiles: Crossing the Line »
Group Exhibition
September 30–October 9
Anne Wagner »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, September 30, 7 pm
Bruce Metcalf »
Design and Craft Lecture Series
Tuesday, September 30, 7 pm
October 2008
David Nash (Part 1) »
Design and Craft Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 1, 7 pm
Oliver Herring »
Photography Lecture Series
Thursday, October 2, 11 am
Ted Nace »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 2, 7 pm
Susan Griffin (Friday seminar guest speaker) »
MFA Writers' Series
Friday, October 3, 3:30 am–5 pm
Zack Linmark / Jaime Cortez / Kate Schatz / Leni Zumas / Sesshu Foster »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, October 3, 7:30 pm
CANCELED Kris Martin »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 7, 7 pm
David Nash (Part 2) »
Design and Craft Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 8, 7 pm
Philip Kuberski »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 9, 7 pm
Kate Colby & Matvie Yankelevich (Friday seminar's guest speakers) »
MFA Writers' Series
Friday, October 10, 3:30–5 pm
Matvei Yankelevich / Kate Colby »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, October 10, 7:30 pm
Interior Design Junior Reviews »
Group Exhibition
October 12–19, 10 am–7:30 pm
Hailim Suh and Nader Tehrani »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 13, 7 pm
Vik Muniz »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 14, 7 pm
Hearsay Reading with Julia Scheeres »
Presented by the Writing and Literature Program and Redisblue
Tuesday, October 14, 7–9 pm
Individualized Major Exhibition »
Group Exhibition
October 15–23
Maria Lind »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 16, 7 pm
MBA in Design Strategy Information Night »
Friday, October 17, 6:30 pm
International Exchange Exhibition »
Group Exhibition
October 20–25
Mami Kataoka »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 21, 7 pm
Walter Kitundu (2008 MacArthur Fellowship recipient) »
Design and Craft Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 22, 7 pm
Robert Ortbal: Textiles Lecture Series »
Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 pm
Paul Muldoon (Friday seminar guest speaker) »
MFA Writers' Series
Thursday, October 23, 3–4 pm
Paul Muldoon »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, October 23, 7 pm
Shimon Attie »
Photography Lecture Series
Friday, October 24, 11 am
Edwin Torres / Albert Flynn DeSilver »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, October 24, 7:30 pm
Undergraduate Fall Preview Day »
Oakland and San Francisco Campuses
Saturday, October 25, 9 am–4:30 pm
David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, October 27, 7 pm
10th Annual Ronald and Anita Wornick Award Exhibition »
Group Exhibition
October 28–November 7, 9 am–7 pm
Brian Roettinger »
Graphic Design Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 28, 7 pm
Lydia Nakashima Degarrod: Geographies of the Imagination »
October 29–November 21
Curatorial Practice Information Night »
Thursday, October 30, 6 pm
Ishmael Reed (Friday seminar guest speaker) »
MFA Writers' Series
Friday, October 31, 3:30 pm
November 2008
Cheryl Dunye: Filmmaker / Media Arts visiting artist (2009) »
Director of The Watermelon Women & Stranger Inside
Monday, November 3, 11 am–12 pm
Dirk Stewen: Small Talk #14 »
A Wattis Institute series
Tuesday, November 4, 5 pm
Nathalie Chanin »
Design and Craft Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 5, 7 pm
Graduate Design Information Night »
Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm
Solar Decathlon Opening »
CCA and Santa Clara University Team Up
Friday, November 7, 7 pm
Carolyn Bergvall and C. S. Giscombe »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, November 7, 7:30 pm
Master of Architecture Information Night »
Monday, November 10, 6 pm
Joel Sanders »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Monday, November 10, 7 pm
Caroline Bergvall »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 11, 7 pm
HEARSAY presents Stephen Elliott (with CCA students) »
Tuesday, November 11, 7–9 pm
Graduate Fine Arts Information Night »
Wednesday, November 12, 6 pm
SPEWEST Regional Conference »
Society for Photographic Education (SPE) annual conference
November 13–16
Gone Tomorrow »
November 13–December 9, 9:30 am–5 pm
Simon Leung »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, November 13, 7 pm
Photography Department Lecture with Jona Frank »
Friday, November 14, 11 am
Joan Larkin / Sandy Florian »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, November 14, 7:30 pm
International Education Week »
November 17–21
Jesse Reiser »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, November 17, 7 pm
Rochelle Steiner »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 18, 7 pm
Making Meaning and the Marketplace: Craft and the Next Generation of Thought »
Design and Craft Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 19, 7 pm
Sustainable Craft Workshop »
Thursday, November 20, 4–7 pm
Blake Rayne »
Graduate Studies Lecture Series
Thursday, November 20, 7 pm
Yiyun Li (Friday seminar's guest speaker) »
MFA Writers' Series
Friday, November 21
Creative Careers Symposium »
Friday, November 21, 9:30 am–5 pm
Beth Murray / Jocelyn Saidenberg »
Small Press Traffic Reading Series
Friday, November 21, 7:30 pm
Hernan Diaz Alonso »
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, November 24, 7 pm
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz: Reception and Screening »
A Capp Street Project Presentation
Tuesday, November 25, 7 pm
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