Press Releases
California College of the Arts Presents Place=Basho: Osaka/CCA Printmaking and Graphic Design Exchange Exhibition
Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012, by Allison Byers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
California College of the Arts presents
Place=Basho: Osaka/CCA Printmaking and Graphic Design Exchange Exhibition
February 15-22, 2012
An Evening with David Sedaris to Benefit CCA Scholarships
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, by Chris Bliss
Best-selling author and NPR humorist David Sedaris will appear at a special benefit reading for California College of the Arts (CCA) on May 3, 2012, at Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus. The evening will include a reading from new and unpublished material, a book signing, and, for sponsorship donors, a VIP cocktail party with the author at Berkeley Art Museum. Proceeds will benefit the CCA Scholarship Fund.
Read the rest >>>CCA Wattis Institute Presents: John Baldessari: Class Assignments (Optional)
Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, by Allison Byers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
presents the exhibition
John Baldessari: Class Assignments (optional)
January 19-March 31, 2012
CCA MFA Program in Writing Presents Anne Waldman, December 2, 2011
Posted on Monday, November 7, 2011, by Allison Byers
San Francisco, Calif., November 7, 2011—California College of the Arts is pleased to announce a reading by the acclaimed poet Anne Waldman on Friday, December 2, 2011. It will take place at 3:30 p.m. in CCA’s Writers’ Studio, located at 195 De Haro Street (at 15th Street), San Francisco. The event is free and open to the public. It is presented by CCA’s MFA Program in Writing as part of the program’s ongoing Writers Series.
Read the rest >>>CCA Wattis Institute Presents: Capp Street Project: Harrell Fletcher
Posted on Friday, September 30, 2011, by Allison Byers
San Francisco, Calif., September 1, 2011—The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts is hosting the contemporary artist Harrell Fletcher as the Capp Street Project artist in residence for the fall 2011 semester. During his residency, Fletcher will collaborate with another artist, Travis Souza, on a project in which over the course of four weeks, Souza will walk the 432-mile route of the proposed high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Fletcher and Souza will host a culminating discussion about the project on Friday, September 30, 2011, the day Souza walks into San Francisco. This event is free and open to the public and will take place at 7 p.m. in Timken Lecture Hall at California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco.
Read the rest >>>Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts Presents the Exhibition: Painting Between the Lines
Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2011, by Allison Byers
See also: Wattis exhibition More American Photographs
San Francisco, Calif., September 8, 2011--The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts will present the exhibition Painting Between the Lines from October 4 through December 17, 2011, in the Logan Galleries of California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco. The exhibition is curated by Jens Hoffmann, director of the Wattis Institute. It is free and open to the public, with an opening reception on Tuesday, October 4, from 6-8 p.m.
Read the rest >>>Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts Presents the Exhibition: More American Photographs
Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2011, by Allison Byers
See also: Wattis exhibition Painting Between the Lines
San Francisco, Calif., September 1, 2011--The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts will present the exhibition More American Photographs from October 4 through December 17, 2011, in the Logan Galleries of California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco. The exhibition is curated by Jens Hoffmann, director of the Wattis Institute. It is free and open to the public, with an opening reception on Tuesday, October 4, from 6-8 p.m.
As the United States slowly recovers from its most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression, the Wattis Institute reexamines the well-known 1935-44 photography program of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), which employed such iconic artists as Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Dorothea Lange, and Marion Post Wolcott. Inspired by their example, the Wattis commissioned 12 contemporary photographers to travel the United States, documenting its land and people. In the exhibition, the new images will be presented alongside a number of photographs by the FSA photographers.
The FSA was implemented as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, a program that sought to create relief, recovery, and reform after the devastating years of the Great Depression. Over a period of almost nine years, headed by Roy Stryker, director of the Historical Section, the FSA employed a number of photographers, tasking them with bringing to light the “third of a nation” that President Roosevelt defined as “ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.” Many of the 250,000 FSA photographs have endured and become iconic. Stryker prepared the photographers with shooting scripts, listing all of the subjects he wanted pictures of for his famous “file”: “chicken dinners,” “18th Amendment,” “corner drug store.” These notes led to incredibly thorough and engaging photographic documentation of American culture and habits in the 1930s and 1940s. The Wattis Institute employed Stryker’s scripts and borrowed from his methodology to brief the contemporary photographers.
Read the rest >>>CCA Presents Its 2011 Graduate Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition May 12-21, 2011
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011, by Sarah Owens
California College of the Arts will present its 2011 Graduate Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition from Thursday, May 12, through Saturday, May 21 (10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. daily), with an opening reception on May 12 from 6 to 10 p.m. The exhibition features works by the nearly 50 artists graduating this spring from CCA’s MFA program. The presentation unfolds throughout CCA’s San Francisco campus, giving visitors an opportunity to tour most of the college. The exhibition and opening reception are free and open to the public.
Read the rest >>>CCA's Fashion Design Program is Proud to Present the Annual Fashion Show 2011 Friday, May 13
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011, by Sarah Owens
The Fashion Design Program at California College of the Arts is pleased to announce the Annual Fashion Show 2011, to be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2011, at CCA’s San Francisco campus, located at 1111 Eighth Street. The show is juried by industry professionals and features original designs worn by runway models. General-admission tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door; VIP tickets are $100 and include a champagne reception at 6:30 p.m. and preferred seating at the event.
Read the rest >>>Mirror Mirror Gala Raises $417,000 for CCA Scholarships
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, by Chris Bliss
The dress code on the invitation read “Black/Glitter/Glam,” and the 370 guests more than obliged at the Mirror Mirror gala on March 31, held in honor of the 150th anniversary of legendary retail store Gump’s. The sold-out event raised $417,000, with net proceeds earmarked for the California College of the Arts (CCA) Scholarship Fund.
Cochairs Ann Hatch, CCA trustee, and Jennifer Morla, CCA Graphic Design faculty member, couldn’t have been happier with the results. “We are so grateful to Gump’s for selecting CCA as the beneficiary for the gala. Our mutual interest in supporting artists and designers makes us ideal partners. Through the generous sponsorship of Gump’s, we will be able to help many talented and deserving students obtain a CCA education,” said Hatch.
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