On August 6–7, Zach Gibson, a student in CCA's Graduate Program in Design, will host Strangers, a 48-hour bookmaking project at the Levi's Workshop at 580 Valencia in San Francisco. He and 10 other Bay Area artists will gather to produce content for a book about the work they do.
Read the restPosted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Jim Norrena
The 15th Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition is set for August 25–September 17, 2010, in the Isabelle Percy West Gallery on the Oakland campus. (See the college's event calendar for complete exhibition details.)
The 2010 Winners . . .
The six undergraduates listed below each received a $3,000 tuition scholarship.
Gaelan Baird
Daniel Bortz
Oliver Dillon
Adoria Elias
Parker Ito
Cianna Valley
About the Printmaking Scholarship Awards
Read the restPosted on Monday, July 12, 2010 by Jim Norrena
Select CCA Architecture Studio Series titles listed here can be purchased through William Stout Architectural Books. Select individual titles for specific ordering information.
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CCA & University of California Berkeley College of Environmental Design
Executive Editor Balz Mueller and associate editor Mark Donohue
Paperback, 174 pages, $25
Posted on Thursday, July 8, 2010 by Jim Norrena
CCA Film student Edward Hayden took to the streets of Oakland during its popular Art Murmur art walk, where hundreds of artists, including CCA students and alumni, come out to watch and share art-making practices the first Friday of each month.
Watch other student videos on CCA's channel on YouTube.
Read the restPosted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by Jim Norrena
With the pending verdict in the Johannes Mehserle trial, which involved a fatal shooting at an East Bay BART station, many Oakland neighborhoods are concerned about violence and vandalism erupting.
Read the restPosted on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 by Clay Walsh
Got chops? We want to hear it. CCA is on the hunt for musicians or performance artists, or both, who are interested in performing at the upcoming CCA "Keeping Art Alive Dance Marathon" fundraiser on September 25, or contributing music for a CCA video about the event.
Read the restPosted on Friday, July 2, 2010 by Jim Norrena
A recent community partnership between California College of the Arts and Kala Art Institute in Berkeley has given rise to the new CCA Hamaguchi Emerging Artist Residency at Kala. It represents a rich collaboration between the two institutions that creates a special opportunity for a recent BFA Printmaking graduate to work in a professional setting with other artists from all over the world.
Read the restPosted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 by Jim Norrena
The “Doing ‘Diversity’: Making It or Faking It?” conference was the first-of-its-kind, all-day planning and discussion meeting devoted specifically to the issues of diversity representation and celebration here at California College of the Arts. The discussion panels laid the groundwork for the college to ratchet up its commitment to fostering greater diversity at CCA.
Read the restPosted on Friday, June 18, 2010 by Jim Norrena
What do owls, drag queens, and poets have in common? It’s a tricky question, that is unless you’re attending frameline34, the 34th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival—the world’s landmark showcase of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cinema—where not one but two CCA Film Program faculty members have award-winning feature films in this year's program.
Read the restPosted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by Jim Norrena
CCA's 2010 commencement ceremony, the 103rd, took place at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco conveniently adjacent to the San Francisco campus. Commencement honors fall and spring graduates.
The 2010 commencement ceremony took place at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2010. The ceremony lasted approximately two and one-half hours.
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