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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Grace Lee

The television show Important Things with Demetri Martin, which airs on Comedy Central, is coming to San Francisco in November for three days to tape live studio shows. CCA students are invited be a part of the live studio audience—free.

The location and exact dates are being confirmed, but students can now sign up to be audience participants.

Sign up!

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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Grace Lee

East Bay
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Issue Dates: Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Artist Listings in the East Bay Express Holiday Guide

Promote your Holiday Open Studios, Market your art for Holiday Indie Gift Giving, Drive traffic to your Artist Website or Special Events! The Express has a distribution of over 50,000 copies all around the East Bay.

The first 10 completed registrations will be featured in an online banner on EastBayExpress.com!

www.proartsgallery.org

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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Grace Lee

Berkeley
Deadline: November 13, 5pm

Muse/Reuse: Visual Reflections on Sustainability

The call for work is open to any artist whose work represents the theological or ethical implications of environmental sustainability. Work created of re-purposed materials is encouraged.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Grace Lee

National
Deadline: December 1

SEARCHING FOR AMERICA'S MOST TALENTED YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER TO BE FEATURED IN W

W magazine announces its first annual art contest: "W: The Art Project," searching for America's most talented young photographer. Coinciding with the magazine's 4th annual Art Issue, "W: The Art Project" invites emerging, talented artists to share their works of photography, and gain a connection with some of the most influential art personalities working today.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Grace Lee

National
Deadline: November 16
Student Entry fee: $30 (with valid student ID)

The Annual Exhibition is open to all artists working in water soluble media: watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache and egg tempera on paper.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Grace Lee

Northern California
Deadline: Saturday, October 24
6:00pm

Southern Exposure invites artists to submit work in response to a theme, which is selected to encourage as broad a range of artistic interpretation as possible. This year's theme, Passive/Aggressive, is chosen in response to the current cultural, economic and political climate and reflects how decisions are made when faced with extreme challenges. Artists are invited to submit work that responds to this idea in some way, shape or form.

www.soex.org

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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Clay Walsh

Today students on Team California take a break from giving house tours. In this photo, Annessa Mattson and Kyle Belcher discuss the house pre-tour with with American Institute of Architects (AIA) President-Elect George Miller. And speaking of tours, Solar Decathlon Director Richard King states that through the end of last weekend, about 40,000 visitors had toured the 20 homes on display at the National Mall. The Refract House has attracted lot of that activity; according to Kyle Belcher, about 8000 people have passed through!

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Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 by Clay Walsh

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to congratulate CCA on a very exciting and recent accolade! BusinessWeek magazine has recently honored the MBA in Design Strategy Program here at CCA by including us on their list of the top 30 design programs in the WORLD. Their list represents the final results of extensive research and the polling of prominent academics, designers, consultants, and business managers on the best MBA or master's programs that significantly integrate design thinking and business. We're quite thrilled about this accomplishment!

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Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 by Chris Bliss

Team California took the lead in the Solar Decathlon this morning by winning the architecture contest with a score of 98 out of a possible 100, beating out powerhouses such as Team Germany, the 2007 winner of the Solar Decathlon, and Rice University.

Members of the media are currently swarming Refract House, with reporters from the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times interviewing Team California members. Project Manager Kyle Belcher, BArch 2009, will be on NPR's "All Things Considered" today, October 12, at 4:20 EST.

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Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by Jim Norrena

Dear friends,

My morning routine, like many of yours, includes reading newspapers and scanning news websites. For the past few months the news has been focused on the economy, and the picture has been bleak. In the midst of this, we witnessed the inauguration of President Obama, who swept into office with a message of change and hope and has already set an ambitious agenda.

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