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Press release / Oct. 3, 2024
California College of the Arts welcomes 10 new faculty and chairs across the college
The college is pleased to announce the appointment of 10 new faculty members and chairs to the college, including both new hires and current faculty.
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California College of the Arts implements staff layoffs
California College of the Arts (CCA) has implemented staff layoffs to address its $20 million budget deficit for this fiscal year.
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The link between CCA and a historical poster championing votes for women
CCA’s creative citizens from the past include Bertha M. Boyé who over a century ago helped achieve women’s suffrage in California through her art, nine years before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Press release / Sept. 24, 2024
California College of the Arts announces the 2024 recipients of the Michael and Jeannette Lopez Endowed Scholarship
For the second consecutive year, seniors in Fine Arts programs at CCA will receive funds to support the final year of tuition.
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Get to know CCA alum Lily Chinn, winner of the 2024 WANTED Schools Workshop
Graduating from the college with a BFA in Industrial Design, Lily Chinn is now pursuing a master’s degree in Strategic Product Design at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Media coverage / Sept. 13, 2024
All This Soft Wild Buzzing among 12 must-see visual art shows
The Wattis Institute's inaugural exhibition in the new gallery space is featured among 12 incredible visual art shows for fall 2024 in the Bay Area.
Media coverage / Sept. 12, 2024
CCA alums curate Gwangju Biennale's first American pavilion
CCA alumni like Abby Chen (MA Visual and Critical Studies 2011) and Naz Cuguoğlu (MA Curatorial Practice 2020) continue to do successful work with the community. Their latest show in South Korea, Rhythmic Vibrations, features faculty member TT Takemoto.
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CCA’s back to school on a brand-new campus
The culmination of California College of the Arts’ campus expansion project has arrived to welcome students, faculty, and staff in an added 82,000+ of innovative makerspaces, labs, shops, and more.
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CCA Interior Design undergraduate awarded prestigious national scholarship
Nitya Sanjana Reddy Cheruku (BFA Interior Design 2025) has earned the acclaimed 2024 Angelo Donghia Foundation Senior Student scholarship, helping to cover the cost of her final year of studies and launch her design career.
Media coverage / Sept. 3, 2024
SF/Arts spotlights the exciting journey ahead for CCA
CCA alum Mark Taylor (MFA Media Arts 2011) wrote a compelling article capturing our vision to build a better future for the college and beyond, highlighting the potential for creative excellence.
Media coverage / Aug. 20, 2024
CCA's Float Lab featured in a roundup of artworks that transform our understanding of nature
Architecture faculty Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones' award-winning Float Lab project explores how art and architecture can address climate change and make coastal communities safe in the future.
Media coverage / Aug. 16, 2024
Alum Lily Chinn redefines mobility at the 2024 WANTED Schools Workshop
Industrial Design alum Lily Chinn and her teammates won the Workshop with their project SYMBIONE, which explores the concept of migration as a form of mobility.
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CCA welcomes new Director of MDes Interaction Design Elena Pacenti
Elena Pacenti takes the helm of the college’s MDes in Interaction Design program with decades of experience building on innovative research, establishing new academic programs, and mentoring the next generation of designers.
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Five reasons to consider a STEM-designated undergraduate program at an art school
From state-of-the-art tools and industry partnerships to opportunities to make a real-world impact and design the future, learn why a STEM-designated undergraduate program at an art school may be right for you.
Media coverage / Aug. 13, 2024
Faculty member Rose D’Amato honors the past while embracing the present
Illustration faculty member Rose D'Amato's paintings and signs show a reverence for San Francisco’s history, landscapes, and local lineages, while balancing it with the demands of the present.
Press release / Aug. 12, 2024
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts presents All This Soft Wild Buzzing
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts is thrilled to present All This Soft Wild Buzzing, the inaugural exhibition in the new gallery space on CCA’s expanded campus.
Media coverage / Aug. 2, 2024
ABC News features CCA's winning BioDesign Challenge project
Shell We Dance, the winning project by CCA Architecture students and UCSF microbiology students, transforms eggshells into sustainable building material.
Media coverage / July 25, 2024
Nob Hill Gazette spotlights CCA's newly expanded campus
Learn more about Studio Gang's design process to realize CCA's vision of creating a unified campus in San Francisco.
Media coverage / July 10, 2024
CCA faculty member Genevieve Quick wins the Artadia Award
Congratulations to Film faculty member Genevieve Quick for receiving the 2024 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Award.
Media coverage / July 2, 2024
Making the most of each moment with alum Chelsea Ryoko Wong
In an interview with The Creative Independent, painter and muralist Chelsea Ryoko Wong (BFA Printmaking 2010) talks about challenging yourself, changing focus, and being conscientious of how you use your time.