A product is being developed out of the Forest Products Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin collaborating with artist Christine Lee and US Department of Agriculture's John F. Hunt. The product in process is a MDF alternative using no resins and a combination of biodegradable and recycled materials such as used cardboard, cow manure and sawdust.
Read the restPosted on Monday, March 4, 2013 by Lindsey Westbrook
The work discussed in this story is on view in the exhibition By-Product Becomes Product at Intersection for the Arts (925 Mission Street, San Francisco) through March 30, 2013. There is an artists' talk on Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m. (free and open to the public).
We all know that formaldehyde is toxic, but you may not know that it's an essential component of the glues that bind together such commonly used construction materials as plywood and particle board. And unlike asbestos, which becomes inhalable and therefore harmful only when disturbed, these composite wood panels actually off-gas formaldehyde all the time.
The artist Christine Lee, who has been a lecturer at CCA for the past several years, was concerned about the effects of formaldehyde gas -- not only on people dwelling in structures made of these materials, but also on the artists who use them, possibly without even knowing they are exposing themselves to harm.
Read the restPosted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 by Ace Lehner
CCA alumna Kate Klingbeil (BFA Printmaking 2012) was awarded an artist in residence at Kala Art Institute. While at California College of the Arts Klingbeil became enamored with the traditional print processes of stone lithography and monotype.
Coming from Milwaukee, it was at CCA she also discovered the magic of stop-motion animation and the similarities between the multiple of the print and the many frames within the moving image.
Read the restPosted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 by Allison Byers
When I phoned Bryan Nash Gill last Thursday morning, he was on his way back from a boneyard. The New Hartford, Connecticut-based artist uses the term not in its traditional sense, but instead to describe a good spot for finding downed trees.
Read the restPosted on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 by Allison Byers
For most students, graduation marks the end of their academic career. But for some California College of the Arts alumni, graduation was only the beginning. Many have become educators in their chosen field, and a select few serve in chair and director positions at educational institutions across the country and around the world.
Read the restPosted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 by Lindsey Westbrook
Passion for Place: Community Reflections on the Carmel River Watershed
Risingleaf Impressions, 2012
Hardcover/Paperback, 200 pages, $85/$49.50
Passion for Place: Community Reflections on the Carmel River Watershed is a bioregional anthology with a global vision, edited and published by Paola Berthoin (Printmaking 1983). It features 37 authors and eight additional individuals featured on a CD of excerpts from interviews mixed with natural sounds from the watershed.
It includes Berthoin's plein air paintings and photographs and works by two local artists, Pamela Takigawa and Anne Greene.
Read the restPosted on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 by Erin Wheeler
On December 15 and 16, four CCA students and one recent alumna will showcase and sell their work at the 4th Annual Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market in San Francisco.
Inspired by the students who took part in the American Craft Council exhibition and the CCA coursework linking craft to entrepreneurship, CCA’s Career Development Office offered students a free shared booth.
Read the restPosted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Lindsey Westbrook
Sidewalk Story
CreateSpace, 2012
Paperback, 50 pages, $14.95
Alisa Golden (Printmaking faculty) specializes in the medium of the book. Unlikely objects such as broken fences, plum pits, discarded papers, and pigeons seen on walks in Berkeley, New York, and Santa Monica were the basis for these 26 tiny stories and their accompanying photographs. The print-on-demand book contains stories and photos she's posted on her blog: sidewalkstory.tumblr.com/.
Read the restPosted on Thursday, July 19, 2012 by Molly Mitchell
The 17th Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards exhibition will take place August 20–September 12, 2012, at the Isabelle Percy West Gallery on CCA’s Oakland campus.
Please join the CCA community for an exhibition reception scheduled for Wednesday, September 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (See event details »)
2012 AWARDEES
Each of the 2012 Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship undergraduate winners received a $3,000 tuition scholarship:
Hunter Buck
Arielle Coupe
Hayley Delaney
Sara Lankutis
Henry Parsons
Marcel Patzwald
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 by Rachel Walther
When CCA alumni (and married couple) Kevin Krueger and Kristin Olson (both Individualized Major 2011) were looking around the Bay Area for an affordable studio the year after graduation, they found their dream space at 1158 Howard Street in San Francisco, formerly the home of leather bondage shop Stormy Leather.
There was just one problem: With its multiple ground floor rooms, basement areas, and loft, it was simply too large for their needs. "We didn't know what to do at first with that much space," remembers Krueger. But then the answer presented itself: They opened up their more-than-enough studio to a larger community of friends and colleagues. Staring in January 2012, the newly named Alter Space began hosting a series of exhibitions, workshops, and live performances.
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