World-renowned musician, writer, and conceptual artist Paul D. Miller—better known as DJ Spooky, that Subliminal Kid—returns to San Francisco on Monday, October 17, for the Graduate Studies/Wattis Institute Lecture Series. In a live multimedia presentation, "Rhythm Science," Miller will examine the history of digital art and media from the viewpoint of an artist who uses "found objects" in the form of DJing.

The presentation will focus on how DJ culture has evolved out of the same technologies as digital media and art, which use a subjective selection of old video material remixed with new.

Best known for his DJ work, Miller has recorded a huge volume of music and has collaborated with such preeminent artists as Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, Kool Keith, Yoko Ono, and Killah Priest from Wu-Tang Clan. His latest CD, Drums of Death, is a collaborative effort with Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Chuck D of Public Enemy, and other notables.

Continually exploring new avenues of expression, Miller is also a highly regarded writer and conceptual artist. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum, Raygun, Rap Pages, and Paper Magazine, and his visual art has been included in the Whitney Biennial in New York, the Venice Biennale for Architecture, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

His collection of essays, Rhythm Science, on which his presentation is based, was published in 2004 by MIT Press, and his anthology of writings on sound art and multimedia, Sound Unbound, will be released later this year.

He is currently touring the world with a multimedia/film/performance piece, DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation.

Miller is just as likely to experiment with writing novels as remixing Metallica—and this event promises to give attendees a chance to catch a visionary's mind at work. The event is free, open to the public, and will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Axis Café, located at 1201 Eighth St (near the intersections of 16th and Wisconsin Streets, near the CCA San Francisco campus).

By Erica Holt

Our nation has been coping with one of the most difficult weeks in our history. The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has left many dead and hundreds of thousands of people homeless. It is believed that more than 30 colleges and universities in the Gulf Coast region have been severely damaged by the hurricane and that up to 100,000 students have been displaced.

California College of the Arts would like to reach out to those displaced students who are studying art, architecture, design, and writing. The American Council on Education has established guidelines for institutions of higher education that are accepting these students, and CCA will abide by these guidelines.

For fall 2005, students will be offered enrollment at CCA on a visiting basis so that they will remain students of their home institutions. Students who have paid tuition to their home institutions will not pay tuition to CCA.

We are committed to helping students find appropriate courses and facilities depending on availability. Students will receive a transcript at the end of the fall semester. CCA will provide federal financial aid as outlined by the U.S. government. In addition, we will make every effort to provide free housing. Students may be placed in the residence halls as space is available or with members of the CCA community.

CCA is providing these arrangements for the fall 2005 semester. As recovery progresses in the Gulf Coast, we will review our policies going forward.

Associate Dean Mark Takiguchi is coordinating the hurricane relief outreach efforts. He may be contacted at 510.594.3636 or mtakiguchi@cca.edu.

Some current CCA students have been directly affected by this disaster. We urge them to contact the Dean of Students if special accommodations need to be made.

Gulf Coast residents are facing a long and challenging road to recovery at every level. Now is the time to reach out to students in need.

As the new school year begins, California College of the Arts is presenting a variety of exhibitions showcasing new art by undergraduate students at the college.

The exhibitions feature artwork by students in a variety of media, from first-time freshmen to artists receiving recognition for outstanding work in their majors. The work of recent CCA alumni has appeared in exhibitions from Bay Area Now at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to the Whitney Biennial in New York. For the savvy gallery goer, the college's undergraduate exhibitions program offers a special opportunity to view the work of artists who might be making waves in the art world in just a few years' time.

Kicking off the season is the Tenth Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition, on view from August 31 to September 15 in the Isabelle Percy West Gallery on the Oakland campus. The Hamaguchi scholarship—named for the late Yozo Hamaguchi, a renowned master of color mezzotint printmaking—is awarded to exceptional students in printmaking.

September brings the New Student Exhibition, on view September 6–9 in the North/South Galleries at 5241 College Avenue (across the street from the Oakland campus).

October 6–22, the All-College Honors and Scholarship Awards Exhibition is on view in the Oliver Art Center on the Oakland campus.

Rounding out the awards season is the Seventh Annual Ronald and Anita Wornick Awards Exhibition, honoring talented students working in the wood arts. The Wornick exhibition is on view October 26–November 4 on the San Francisco campus.

In addition to these special exhibitions, the CCA undergraduate exhibitions program presents shows featuring the work of individual students almost every week of the academic year. Exhibitions are on view on the San Francisco campus in the Thomas and Tecoah Bruce Galleries and in Oakland at the Irwin Student Center Gallery and Isabelle Percy West Gallery on campus and the North/South Galleries at 5241 College Avenue (across the street from campus).

For more information about student exhibitions, visit the Calendar.

California College of the Arts (CCA) was invited to present a special exhibition at the American Craft Council's (ACC) 30th Anniversary Show held August 12–14 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The work of 10 CCA alumni, selected by CCA faculty, will be featured in this special exhibition.

The 10 CCA alumni represented in the special exhibition are:

• Linda Lee Boyd, MFA 1984, Printmaking
• Sara Clugage, BFA 2005, Textiles
• Luana Coonen, BFA 2004, Jewelry/Metal Arts
• Eric Eiserling, BFA 1993, Glass
• Mike Farruggia, BFA 2002, Wood/Furniture
• Gavin Kermode, BFA 2004, Ceramics
• Mary Alison Lucas, BFA 2003, Ceramics
• Nora Merz, BFA 2005, Textiles
• Ann Morhauser, BFA 1979, Glass
• Barbara J. Rogers, MFA 1969, Printmaking

More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the ACC show, which is the largest juried crafts show in the West. The show includes jewelry, clothing, furniture, quilts, and sculptural and functional objects of clay, fiber, glass, metal, and wood. More than 300 artists from across the country will be participating. In addition to the alumni exhibition, many CCA alumni have taken exhibit space and will be selling their work at the show. For more information, visit the Craft Council website.