At a Castro church, the organizers of March4Equality stood in a circle holding hands below red mesh hearts made from contorted Hula Hoops and, in a meditative trance, vocally imagined themselves rallying for same-sex marriage amid a lively evening at Castro and Market streets.
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Some of the East Bay's most intriguing art isn't happening in traditional art galleries or museums.
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Juabar, created by CCA DMBA students, is featured as part of this article in Fast Co.
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In summer 2012, the artwork of alumna Mia Christopher (Painting/Drawing 2012) was exhibited in a high-profile shop window on Market Street . . . but not in its original form. As part of a collaboration with the major clothing brand Anthropologie, Christopher’s two-dimensional paintings had been transformed into prints on dresses, blouses, and jumpers.
Read the restPosted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 by Clay Walsh
Last fall, our R.A.W. Photo Contest challenged you to show us how you belong here at CCA.
We received dozens of amazing images, and ultimately, after scouring through them all, selected some fantastic winners . . . one of which became the cover of the fall 2012 Glance!
This month we want you to show us how you make art that matters at CCA.
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Finalists of AECOM’s fourth annual Urban SOS student competition have been announced! Understanding that this rapidly globalizing world is currently undergoing mass migrations, geo-political shifts and new patterns of commerce, which enhance the role of cities as the stage sets for these massive changes, Urban SOS challenges design, architecture, landscape, planning, engineering and environmental studies students to address a specific brief around urban sites in distress with an implementable architectural intervention that is grounded in a truly cross-disciplinary response.
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As aspiring designers prepare to graduate in May 2013 from top design schools around the U.S., Interior Design got the insider perspective from students in their final semester - and from notable alumni - at four leading schools: Pratt Institute and Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco.
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More and more, the talented and driven creatives of the CCA community are turning to Kickstarter -- a funding platform for creative projects. We’ve seen more than 20 successful projects on the CCA Kickstarter page, and even more are out there, achieving their goals.
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CCA Graphic Design student Tyson Wischerath is the first-place winner of CCA’s 2012 R.A.W. Video (real artists at work) student contest for his video, Boundless City, which best upheld this year’s “No Boundaries” theme.
Wischerath’s winning video depicts skateboarding, exploring, and gathering inspiration on a sunny day in San Francisco. Based on the voting results, the video was a clear favorite among judges and students alike!
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A hall of mirrors reflecting an artist's actual view of the world; sculptural train tracks coming out of the wall and into the gallery space; colorful, hanging text-mobiles that evoke psychologically charged word-clouds; a fashion magazine devoted to one fabulous model; and a pop-up shop selling equestrian-themed T-shirts, jewelry, and drawings:
These are the works that will be on view in Fabricators, the culminating exhibition for Glen Helfand's fall 2012 ENGAGE at CCA course, at Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco, December 12-22, 2012. The public is invited to the reception on Saturday, December 15, 3-5 p.m.
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