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Media coverage / May 2, 2024
CCA student Kimberley D.C. Schroder founded a startup that connects you with a repair artist
MBA Design Strategy student Kimberley D.C. Schroder founded Nimble, a startup that connects you with a repair artist to fix your broken household goods.
Media coverage / March 4, 2024
NBC Bay Area news features CCA's multi-year partnership with Greenville where students help rebuild for resilience
Architecture faculty members Janette Kim and Peter Anderson, along with students Melissa Gomes, Bennett Grisley, and Manthan Rasal share about their Greenville projects and vision to rebuild for resilience, longevity, and sustainability.
Media coverage / Feb. 27, 2024
Artforum highlights Daisy Nam to lead CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
Artforum shares more about Daisy Nam's previous role at Ballroom Marfa, where she has worked as a curator since 2020 and as director since 2022.
Media coverage / Feb. 27, 2024
San Francisco Chronicle spotlights Daisy Nam as the new director of CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
CCA has named Daisy Nam the new director and chief curator of the school’s Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts museum.
Media coverage / Feb. 22, 2024
A futuristic half-story-tall sculpture by CCA Architecture professors displayed in Mission Bay
Orbital by Jason Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno, both professors of Architecture, represents an era of rapid change and uncertainty, while also inspiring curiosity and playful interaction.
Media coverage / Feb. 6, 2024
CCA alum decorates his walls with heirloom farm tools
Navin Norling (BFA Illustration 1995) adds texture to his white walls with his grandfather's heirloom farm tools, representing a piece of the Norling family history and identity.
Media coverage / Feb. 1, 2024
KQED reviews Rodrigo Hernández’s with what eyes? at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
Rodrigo Hernández’s show is a series of maze-like walls and enclosures with hand-hammered steel and sculptures, evoking the viewer to feel like they are just another animal in this dreamlike atmosphere.
Media coverage / Jan. 18, 2024
CCA hosts a celebration party to welcome President David Howse
City leaders in the arts come together to welcome and celebrate President Howse at Villa Taverna in San Francisco. Nob Hill Gazette showcases some highlights and photos from the event.
Media coverage / Dec. 19, 2023
CCA faculty Neeraj Bhatia challenges the radical in architecture
Neeraj Bhatia, associate professor of Architecture, explores what it means for architecture to be radical. He underlines the need for design to impact community, policy, and environment.
Media coverage / Dec. 18, 2023
CCA alum honors the legacy of sculptor JB Blunk with 100 Hooks
Architecture alum Mariah Nielson celebrates her father's legacy with a series of exhibitions, starting with 100 Hooks. The show reflects the breadth, playfulness and surprise that defined Blunk's practice.
Media coverage / Dec. 16, 2023
Dezeen features 10 CCA architecture student projects
Dezeen spotlights CCA student projects ranging from digital submarine habitats for oysters and fish to a pavilion that can be used for yoga or meditation.
Media coverage / Dec. 11, 2023
PBS streams How to Have an American Baby by CCA Film faculty Leslie Tai
How to Have an American Baby is a voyage into Chinese tourists traveling to the US to give birth for citizenship. A hidden global economy emerges, depicting the fortunes and tragedies to people caught in its web.
Media coverage / Dec. 6, 2023
CCA student covers San Francisco street poles with 1,000 mysterious flyers
What's one thing you know to be true in this world? MFA student Cole Ryder gathers hundred of answers by posting flyers around the city encouraging people to call the New Earth Hotline.
Media coverage / Nov. 10, 2023
Artist profile on Nathan Lynch Chair of the Ceramics Program at CCA
Square Cylinder profiles CCA faculty Nathan Lynch, highlighting his arts background and upbringing, the evolution of his artistic expression, and the humor behind his sculptures.
Media coverage / Nov. 8, 2023
CCA listed as one of the five best colleges near Marin County, CA
According to California.com, CCA is a premier art and design school that fosters a community of creative thinkers and innovators.
Media coverage / Oct. 30, 2023
CCA alumni Arleene Correa Valencia's luminous art reflects the family strains of Mexican migration
Catherine Clark Gallery showcases Arleene Correa Valencia's (MFA Fine Arts 2020) exhibit, Naces Así, Naces Prieto. No Naces Blanco, inspired by letters exchanged with her father during their separation.
Media coverage / Oct. 25, 2023
San Francisco Chronicle features CCA's new presidential announcement
San Francisco Chronicle introduces David C. Howse as CCA's new president, highlighting his arts background, future prospects, campus expansion, and more.
Media coverage / Oct. 25, 2023
KQED highlights the successful track record of CCA's new president
KQED emphasizes David C. Howse’s past achievements like securing over $40 million in fundraising for Boston’s Emerson College and his personal background in music.
Media coverage / Oct. 25, 2023
Boston Globe announces Howse's leave from ArtsEmerson to his new position as CCA's president
Boston Globe highlights David C. Howse's successful tenure at Emerson College and his new position as president at CCA.
Media coverage / Oct. 16, 2023
CCA Photography professor Marcel Pardo Ariza's exhibition Orquídeas becomes a trans sanctuary on 500 Capp Street
With the exhibition Orquídeas, Professor Marcel Pardo Ariza creates a sense of solidarity, community, and celebration in real time on Capp Street for trans and queer people.