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Media coverage / March 4, 2019
CCA alumnus Hank Willis Thomas selected to design Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Hank Willis Thomas, an artist-activist and CCA alumnus, has been selected to design his "Embrace" sculptural concept for the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Boston.

Media coverage / March 4, 2019
10 supplies from the art store one CCA alumna can't live without
Cleo Papanikolas, a BFA in Printmaking alumna and working artist, shares a list of her top ten favorite supplies from the art store.

Media coverage / March 4, 2019
Discover the founding story of CCA's innovative BFA in Interaction Design program
Learn how Kristian Simsarian, CCA associate professor, leveraged design process to build the curriculum for one of the world's first undergraduate interaction design programs.

Media coverage / March 1, 2019
Graduate Painting & Drawing alumna wins oldest German art prize
Rajkamal Kahlon (MFA Painting & Drawing 1999), whose work explores the impact of colonialism, has been named a 2019 Villa Romana Fellow.

Media coverage / Feb. 6, 2019
Three architecture faculty win 2019 ACSA Architectural Education Awards
Professor Sandra Vivanco and assistant professor Irene Cheng each won a Diversity Achievement Award, and associate professor Andrew Kudless received a Faculty Design Award for his project Confluence Park.

Media coverage / Jan. 31, 2019
Film by Dean Tina Takemoto wins Experimental Shorts Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance Film Festival
Wayward Emulsions (2018), the Slamdance award-winning experimental film directed by Humanities & Sciences dean Tina Takemoto, offers queer glimpses of a wayward woman captured in bits of emulsion lifted from stray reels of a 35mm Asian drama.

Media coverage / Jan. 30, 2019
"Harriet Tubman and Other Truths," an expansive Joyce J. Scott exhibition, on view at Grounds for Sculpture
Joyce J. Scott, a 2016 MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, presents earthwork, an installation of beaded and found objects, quilts, and more in her most comprehensive exhibition to date.

Media coverage / Jan. 22, 2019
Co-chair of film Rob Epstein receives 2019 Academy Award nomination for "End Game"
Rob Epstein's documentary film End Game (2018) is a complex and compassionate look at end-of-life care at Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco. This film is nominated in the Oscar 2019 Documentary (Short Subject) category.

Media coverage / Jan. 16, 2019
"Drawing Codes" explores how coding can impact architectural representation
DRAWING CODES: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation was co-curated by CCA faculty Andrew Kudless and Adam Marcus.

Media coverage / Jan. 15, 2019
CCA faculty James Voorhies reflects on the curatorial work of Maria Lind at Tensta konsthall
Art Agenda published an essay by CCA faculty James Voorhies that reflects on the curatorial work of Maria Lind while she was director of Tensta konsthall.

Media coverage / Dec. 24, 2018
Temple of Direction by alumnus Geordie Van Der Bosch selected to be 2019 Burning Man temple
Burning Man 2019 temple designed by architect Geordie Van Der Bosch, who holds a masters in advanced architectural design from CCA, is inspired by Japanese torii gates.

Media coverage / Oct. 26, 2018
Looking back on Joyce J. Scott's earlier work and celebrating her latest ambitious exhibitions
Using beadwork, glass, found objects, fabric, and other materials, renowned artist Joyce J. Scott raises challenging social and political questions.

Media coverage / Oct. 9, 2018
Alumnus Tomie dePaola develops stories of service and stillness
America: The Jesuit Review writes that dePaola - known for his "Strega Nona" series - debuts a new children's book.

Media coverage / Oct. 9, 2018
Hank Willis Thomas named CCA's first Creative Citizenship Fellow
Artnet reports that the artist-activist returns to CCA this fall.

Media coverage / Oct. 5, 2018
Alumna Toyin Ojih Odutola confronts and redefines conventions
The New York Times includes alum Toyin Ojih Odutola as one of the year's changemakers in the arts.

Media coverage / Oct. 4, 2018
Alumna Lava Thomas highlights women who stand for courage
San Francisco Chronicle reviews Thomas's inspiring show "Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott"

Media coverage / Oct. 1, 2018
Professor Craig Scott is inducted into Interior Design hall of fame
The hall of fame recognized Craig Scott for his award-winning practice and work in education.

Media coverage / Oct. 1, 2018
Professor Martin Venezky creates new worlds through design
The Letterform Archive features Venezky's prolific work and career as artist, designer, photographer, and educator.

Media coverage / Sept. 28, 2018
A San Francisco curatorial yearbook
This fall, as Chair of Curatorial Practice, James Voorhies gets outside of the walls of the academy by relocating CCA’s graduate curatorial program to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), where students can intersect regularly with the institution.

Media coverage / Sept. 28, 2018
Professor Josh Faught weaves layered histories
California Home + Design interviews CCA's chair of Textiles on the sociopolitical ideas behind his practice and works.

