First Year News
CCA's Student Groups and Organizations Come in All Shapes, Sizes, Colors, and Flavors!
Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011, by Clay Walsh
What do CCA students do when they’re not studying, making, designing, building, creating, or writing? Well, a variety of things of course, including growing a number of CCA student groups and organizations that provide ample opportunities for students to engage in student body planning or socialize, or both.
Depending on your interest and commitment, chances are good there’s a student organization or group that’s right for you.
Read the rest >>>Megan Werner: Model Making (The Architecture Brief Series)
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, by Lindsey Westbrook
Model Making (The Architecture Brief Series)
Princeton Architectural Press, 2011
Paperback, 160 pages, $24.95
Megan Werner (Interior Design faculty) is the founder of zDp Models, a San Francisco-based model-making firm. Her client list includes Microsoft, SOM, Renzo Piano, Gensler, IDEO, and Stanford University. Here she presents the nuts and bolts of model making in the latest addition to Princeton Architectural Press's Architecture Briefs series. In 33 "concept blocks" she explores a wide range of possible types, including laser-scored acrylic models, basswood topography models, acid-etched metal blocks, peeled paper blocks, D-print models, cement pour blocks, and many more. Model Making includes handy appendices on materials, tools, tips, and techniques, as well as a glossary of design concepts.
Read the rest >>>California College of the Arts Earns Placement in Princeton Review's Guide to Greenest Colleges in the United States
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011, by Jim Norrena
California College of the Arts is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review, an education service that helps students select and apply to colleges. CCA's inclusion in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition reinforces the college's reputation as an exemplary institution of higher education committed to sustainability.
Read the rest >>>First-year Tania Butterworth Experiments with Light and Installation
Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
You may remember first-year Tania Butterworth from our interview last fall, when we discussed adventurous artmaking, sources of inspiration, baked goods and, of course, the Skymall catalog.
Tania’s back on the blog this week, and we’ve got some of her artwork this time! This is a light installation Tania made in Sculpture 1.
Read the rest >>>Meet a First-Year: Jake Hicks
Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
Happy New Year!
Here at CCA, applications for the fall semester are pouring in, and we're already feeling good vibes from our prospective entering class. Keep it comin'! In the meantime, here's another great first-year for you to meet. Jake Hicks is about to begin his second semester at CCA.
Hey, Jake! Where are you from? How was the move?
Read the rest >>>The Still Life at CCA: First-year Rachel Steiner
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010, by Marion Anthonisen
Hey all! It’s finals week here at CCA and lots of great projects have been rapidly multiplying in our campus studios. Students in Intro to Ceramics (taught by ceramicist and CCA professor Nancy Selvin) just finished fine-tuning a still life series, and I thought I'd share a slice of this with you before we leave for the holidays.
Read the rest >>>A First-Year from Seattle: Meet Tania Butterworth
Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, by Marion Anthonisen
Hello from Seattle! I'm up north this week meeting with awesome prospective CCA students and the high school art teachers who love them. It's only fitting that I post this great interview with Tania Butterworth, a first-year student from the Emerald City.
You've only just moved here! First impressions of CCA and the Bay?
Read the rest >>>Attn: CCA Residence Hall Students: R.A.W. Photos Wanted!
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010, by Clay Walsh
Break out your digital camera for CCA’s inaugural R.A.W. (Real Artists at Work) Photo competition—the college’s newest juried student competition that awards a $100 cash prize to each winner!
Students enter the competition by submitting their digital photographs online. Each image should offer an artistic, original perspective and follow the designated theme.
This year’s theme: Life within CCA’s residence halls.
That’s right—here’s your chance to show others in the community what CCA’s on-campus residential life looks like, as well as turn fellow hall residents into stars!
Meet a First Year: Shou Yuan
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010, by Marion Anthonisen
And we're back with Q&A session number two! A native San Franciscan and another stellar student in CCA's First Year Program, Shou Yuan, plans to major in Illustration. In our interview, he reflects on critique, community, and the importance of listening.
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Meet a First Year: Kellie Arceneaux
Posted on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, by Marion Anthonisen
This is the first in a short series of Q&A sessions with students in CCA's First Year Program, or "first years." The sequence is aimed at familiarizing prospective CCA students with our Bay Area art-making community. Maybe you’ll imagine yourself here!
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