Posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 by Carol Pitts
CCA is pleased to announce the fourth summer of our Urban Mobility Program on the San Francisco campus.
Our summer 2013 frame-building course is scheduled to meet in the evenings and on weekends to accommodate participants' work schedules.
Enrollment is limited to 8 students.
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Instructor: Taro Hattori
OAK / PHOTO–102 / 15 sessions
Prerequisite: none
June 3-July 8 (no class 7/4), Mon./Wed./Thurs., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Posted on Monday, March 4, 2013 by Carol Pitts
Instructors: Art Director: Nate Fredenberg; Director: Jimmy Almedia; Director: Tom Gibbons; Course Coordinator: Rick Vertolli
Prerequisite: ANIMA 200 (Animation 2), ANIMA 320 (3D Animation 2), and instructor approval
May 20-June 14, Mon.-Sat., 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Film making is a collaborative process! Students need more than an understanding of the principles of animation. They must be able to work together as a team member in a studio environment.
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This three-week fieldwork studio in Marfa, Texas, seeks to expand contemporary discourses on social practices and politics in art. It offers a unique opportunity for students to gain an understanding of the dynamics of art in public spaces and its impact on communities.
Instructor: Shaun O’Dell
May 20-June 10, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 3:15–3:45 p.m.
San Francisco campus, GC7
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 by Carol Pitts
This three-week studio intensive explores the cultural, political, and intellectual capitols of China, focusing on the urban landscape of Beijing and Xi’an as a research subject.
Cultural Studies and Studio Intensive in Beijing and Xi’an China
July 22-August 9, 2013
Instructors: Christopher Loomis with Judy Wu
Monday, March 11, 3:15–3:45 p.m.
Oakland campus, B Building 1
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 by Carol Pitts
This course is a collaboration with Herekeke, a nonprofit arts organization located on a private ranch in the remote community of Lama, New Mexico, 20 miles north of Taos.
Instructor: Jeff Gibson
August 5-19, 2013
Much of Lama Mountain Ranch’s 100 acres is under conservation easements with the American Farmland Trust; it hosts a variety of public programs exploring ideas of sustainability, from a free summer camp to a community farm, and ranch animals.
Lama enjoys wide-open vistas and dramatic mountain weather at 8,000 feet in elevation in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southern reaches of the Rocky Mountains.
Read the restPosted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 by Carol Pitts
In colonial Oaxaca -- the heartland of mezcal, art, and the best food in Mexico -- studio participants collaborate with artisans and students from other art schools in Mexico and abroad, using play as a creative strategy.
For over 10 years this experimental workshop has been creating relationships between artists and designers from all over the world with craftspeople in the Oaxaca valley.
The results have been so successful that in 2014 they will be showcased in shows at the Museum of Art and Design in New York and the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City.
Instructor: Raul Cabra
June 1-23, 2013
Posted on Monday, January 14, 2013 by Carol Pitts
Set in the extraordinary landscapes along the Tropic of Capricorn, this studio explores the relation of architecture and landscape, at the environmental scale, through the design of imaginary infrastructures. A journey along the Capricorn line, a cross section of the South American continent, takes the class through five distinct geographies and their autochthonous cultures:
Read the restPosted on Friday, January 11, 2013 by Carol Pitts
Berlin_ Formations of Urban Space explores the formation, activation, and evolution of the city’s urban spaces, from vacant voids (defined as vacant and uninhabited open space, often with charged cultural meaning) to public places (conversely defined as inhabited, well-used spaces, and well-identified by a community).
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Instructor: Doug Akagi
SF Campus: May 21 & 23
Japan: May 29–June 12, 2013
SF Campus: July 11 & August 8
This course is a journey of discovery - documenting dichotomies, synergies and juxtapositions, and experiencing the power of the old and the shock of the new. Participants explore Japan’s present day capital, Tokyo, and its ancient capital, Kyoto (from 794-1868 CE), discovering, recording, and interpreting examples of traditional Japanese aesthetic values and their modern day manifestations.
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