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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.

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.

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.

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.

Shell We Dance, the winning project by CCA Architecture students and UCSF microbiology students, transforms eggshells into sustainable building material.

Learn more about Studio Gang's design process to realize CCA's vision of creating a unified campus in San Francisco.

Congratulations to Film faculty member Genevieve Quick for receiving the 2024 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Award.

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.

Led by faculty members Margaret Ikeda, Evan Jones, and Negar Kalantar, CCA Architecture students collaborated with UCSF microbiology students to develop a biomaterial architectural system out of shellfish and eggshell waste.

CCA alums Robert Arneson (BFA Art Education 1956) and Viola Frey (BFA Ceramics 1956) are among ten artists featured in a roundup of Bay Area creatives who have significantly influenced the art scene unique to San Francisco.

Students Layla Namak and Shane Chavez design a high-speed rail system to enhance educational opportunities and connect the Central Valley to various cities throughout California.

In an interview with LA Review of Books, Critical Studies faculty member Julian Carter shares the intimate stories and ideas behind his new multi-genre book Dances of Time and Tenderness.

Find out the inspiration behind the stunning collections by recent fashion graduates Pamela Alcala, Winny Qingzihua Guan, and Yiwei Wang in this spotlight about Bay Area student fashion shows.

Critical Ethnic Studies faculty member Jack Leamy (aka John Leamy III) and over 100 students come together to paint the hallways of Bret Harte Middle School with murals of local and national heroes.

blood compass, a solo exhibition by alum Diedrick Brackens (MFA Fine Arts 2014), encounters the imagined space at dusk, twilight, and nighttime. Brackens will be joining CCA as an assistant professor in Textiles this fall.

In an interview with BOMB Magazine, Pepe Mar (BFA Painting & Drawing 2001) explores themes of identity, alter ego, and myth, exemplified by his retrospective exhibition Myth and Magic.

KQED looks behind the scenes with fashion students from CCA, San Francisco State University, and Academy of Art University, as they hustle to prepare for their annual runway show.

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.

CCA alum Justin Marks (BArch Architecture 2013) and SFAI graduate Zachariah “Turtle” Dawson founded Low Key, a storefront that serves as both a skate shop and an art gallery.

Elena Calabrese (BFA Jewelry & Metal Arts 1995) pivoted creative lanes from accessory design to interior design, and founded her successful studio Elena Calabrese Design & Decor based in Sausalito, CA.