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An Evening with David Sedaris to Benefit CCA Scholarships
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, by Chris Bliss
Best-selling author and NPR humorist David Sedaris will appear at a special benefit reading for California College of the Arts (CCA) on May 3, 2012, at Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus. The evening will include a reading from new and unpublished material, a book signing, and, for sponsorship donors, a VIP cocktail party with the author at Berkeley Art Museum. Proceeds will benefit the CCA Scholarship Fund.
Read the rest >>>CCA Illustration Chair Dugald Stermer Dies
Posted on Monday, December 5, 2011, by Chris Bliss
Just making “art” was not of interest to me. I always wanted to use my craft to say something to people I could not speak to directly -- large groups of people who I would never meet, but who I could address about issues that I thought important.
-- Dugald Stermer
Illustration chair Dugald Stermer died on December 2, 2011, at age 74. He started teaching in the Illustration Program at CCA in 1989 and was appointed chair in 1994. In 2003 he was given the designation of Distinguished Professor.
Illustrator
Read the rest >>>CCA Alumni Among the Highest Earning
Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011, by Chris Bliss
CCA is rated as the #4 Bay Area institution for yielding the highest-paying jobs, according to PayScale, a compensation data company, in its 2011-12 College Salary Report. The annual report ranks undergraduate degrees and schools by postgraduation salary potential. Statewide, CCA ranked 11th and was the top art and design college on the list. (The three Bay Area schools in the report that ranked higher than CCA were Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and University of California, Berkeley.)
Read the rest >>>CCA Strengthens Ties with Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts
Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, by Chris Bliss
What began in 2008 as a visit by CCA President Stephen Beal to the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing is now blossoming into a productive relationship between the two schools. This fall CCA enrolled six more undergraduate students from CAFA’s International Foundation Course; they join the first four students who began their studies at CCA in fall 2010.
In the first foray into faculty exchanges, David Hisaya Asari (Graphic Design) and Lynn Marie Kirby (Film) spent spring break 2011 at CAFA. An IFC instructor visited CCA in August. And Furniture faculty member Christopher Loomis is in Beijing now teaching for the semester.
What inspired this relationship between the two schools and what are the plans for the future?
Laying the Groundwork
In October 2008 President Beal was invited to participate in a forum on international art education, as part of CAFA's 90th anniversary celebration. He was impressed with the 4,000-student institution and its leaders, many of whom have ties with U.S. institutions. President Pang Gongkai was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. Vice President Xu Bing, well-known artist and recipient of the prestigious MacArthur “genius” award, lived and worked in New York for more than 10 years. Dean of Design Min Wang completed his graduate work in design at Yale and worked for more than 20 years in the United States, including a stint at Adobe before forming his own firm in San Francisco.
Read the rest >>>CCA Welcomes New Faculty for Academic Year 2011-12
Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, by Chris Bliss
For additional information about CCA's 2011-12 faculty hiring, read the latest Academic Newsletter by Provost Mark Breitenberg.
New Full-Time Faculty
Read the rest >>>Mirror Mirror Gala Raises $417,000 for CCA Scholarships
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, by Chris Bliss
The dress code on the invitation read “Black/Glitter/Glam,” and the 370 guests more than obliged at the Mirror Mirror gala on March 31, held in honor of the 150th anniversary of legendary retail store Gump’s. The sold-out event raised $417,000, with net proceeds earmarked for the California College of the Arts (CCA) Scholarship Fund.
Cochairs Ann Hatch, CCA trustee, and Jennifer Morla, CCA Graphic Design faculty member, couldn’t have been happier with the results. “We are so grateful to Gump’s for selecting CCA as the beneficiary for the gala. Our mutual interest in supporting artists and designers makes us ideal partners. Through the generous sponsorship of Gump’s, we will be able to help many talented and deserving students obtain a CCA education,” said Hatch.
Read the rest >>>CCA to Confer Honorary Doctorates on Artist John Baldessari and Community Leader Betty Reid Soskin at Commencement
Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, by Chris Bliss
He has been hailed as a pioneer of Conceptual art; she has been honored as Woman of the Year by the California State Legislature for her community activism. California College of the Arts (CCA) will recognize two extraordinary octogenarians—John Baldessari and Betty Reid Soskin—with honorary doctorate degrees at its 104th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Soskin will deliver the commencement address to more than 450 CCA graduates and their families. Baldessari and Soskin will also be honored at a private dinner and participate in the post-commencement reception at CCA’s San Francisco campus.
Read the rest >>>Gump's Celebrates 150th Anniversary: Mirror Mirror Gala to Benefit CCA
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, by Chris Bliss
Renowned San Francisco retailer Gump’s will celebrate its 150th anniversary by opening its doors March 31 for Mirror Mirror, a gala celebration to benefit California College of the Arts (CCA). The festive event features a dinner party and an auction of one-of-a-kind mirrors created by 30 leading artists, architects, and designers, including designer Yves Béhar, architect Mark Jensen, artist Raymond Saunders, and interior designer Kelly Wearstler (see complete list below).
Read the rest >>>Bask in the Reflection: Tickets Available for Mirror Mirror Cocktail Reception & Auction at Gump’s
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, by Chris Bliss
Organizers report that dinner tickets have sold out for Mirror Mirror, a gala fundraiser for California College of the Arts (CCA) at Gump’s in San Francisco on March 31.
Read the rest >>>Both campuses open today Friday, March 11
Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011, by Chris Bliss
Both the San Francisco and Oakland campuses are open today and classes are running as usual. No tsunami warnings are in effect for the areas where the campuses are located. The CCA community will be notified if there is a change in the situation.
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