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Press release / May 22, 2023

Nicki Green to represent Northern California in the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024 exhibition

Nicki Green chosen to represent Northern California in New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024 exhibition at NMWA's renovated museum, April 14-August 4, 2024.

Hybrid Vessel 1, 2020. Glazed earthenware. 30 x 36 x 15 inches.

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Nathan Lynch & Oikonos receive $200k Wildlife Conservation Society grant for seabird habitat restoration

Ceramics chair Nathan Lynch has been working with Oikonos for over a decade to help restore at-risk seabird habitats with ceramic nesting modules.

A Rhinoceros Auklet chick.

Press release / Aug. 19, 2021

CCA presents DRAWING CODES: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation, Volume II

CCA's Architecture Digital Craft Lab presents DRAWING CODES: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation, the second volume in a series organized by curators Adam Marcus and Andrew Kudless.

Stephanie Lin, Accumulated Error No. 41. Courtesy of the artist.

Press release / May 14, 2018

CCA appoints Keith Krumwiede as new dean of architecture

Award-winning educator and respected mind in the field begins in August 2018.
Image of Keith Krumwiede, Dean of Architecture at CCA

Media coverage / Aug. 22, 2023

AIA California recognizes CCA architecture students

CCA Architecture students (MArch) Vishesh Naresh Khetwani and Daisy Porras received the Merit Award from the 2023 Urban Design Awards by AIA California.

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Media coverage / Feb. 5, 2023

CCA Professor Lauryn Menard on the future of greener hardware

Here’s how you can make hardware without ruining the planet. TL;DR: Weave sustainability into the product design as early as you can.

A pink and purple graphic drawing of a person working with a robot on design.

Media coverage / June 26, 2023

Lihui Liang's transformative paintings reimagine her portrait subjects as animals

In their series Animal Religion, Lihui Liang (BFA Industrial Design 2017) combines animal symbolism with spiritual elements, creating thought-provoking and mesmerizing artworks.

Lihui Liang standing in front of her paintings in a gallery.

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.

Exterior view of the front of CCA's main building.

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CCA’s summer study abroad program immerses students in art and design.

Explore photos from our 2023 summer study abroad to Mexico, Iceland, Japan, Seoul, and London and Paris.

A cca study-abroad student in Seoul Korea, looking at a display case full of graphic posters in a room with similar shapes on the walls.

Media coverage / Jan. 17, 2018

Alumni are noted as "artists to watch"

Cultured magazine highlights Petra Cortright (BFA Graphic Design) and Toyin Ojih Odutola (MFA Fine Arts) in its list of 30 artists under 35 to watch in 2018.

Portrait of Petra Cortright

Media coverage / Sept. 1, 2020

CCA’s Decolonial School featured in the September issue of Communication Arts

Indigenous designers and designers of color in academia are laying the foundations for new design methods that decenter white European-based visual culture.

CCA faculty members welcome keynote presenter Dr. Dori Tunstall to the Decolonial Unconference held at the school’s San Francisco campus in February 2020

Media coverage / Sept. 3, 2021

Forbes covers Rachel Berger's exhibition, "Shooter Box"

Graphic Design Chair Rachel Berger spoke with Forbes about Shooter Box, an exhibition of designed objects protesting the U.S. military’s use of Microsoft Xbox controllers as battle equipment.

Rachel Berger, Bullet I, 2021. Cast lead and copper, 6 x 4 x 2.5 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Media coverage / May 13, 2019

Third-year student Jung (Hailey) Kim wins $10,000 Joe's Blackbook scholarship

Learn about Jung (Hailey) Kim, winner of a $10,000 Joe's Blackbook scholarship and a Fashion Design student who believes in thinking outside of the box.
So Jung (Hailey) Kim winning a scholarship from Joe's Blackbook Foundation.

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.

Neeraj Bhatia in the exhibition, "New Investigations in Collective Form."

Press release / April 24, 2023

CCA announces 2023 Honorary Doctorate recipient Mildred Howard

CCA is thrilled to announce Mildred Howard as the degree recipient at the 116th Commencement Ceremony held Saturday, May 13, 2023 at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco.

Portrait of Mildred Howard.

Press release / Aug. 17, 2023

CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts presents an exclusive solo exhibition Ana Jotta: Never the Less

CCA and CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts proudly presents Ana Jotta: Never the Less, a new solo exhibition by acclaimed Portuguese artist Ana Jotta.

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Media coverage / March 25, 2020

Dean Helen Maria Nugent explains how to look your best on webcam

In a New York Times article, Dean of Design Helen Maria Nugent shares a bit of advice for looking presentable while on video conference calls.
Headshot of Helena Maria Nugent.

Press release / April 13, 2022

CCA reaches collective bargaining agreements with unionized staff, faculty

CCA employees represented by SEIU Local 1021 have voted to ratify tentative collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) with the college.

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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.
CCA is pleased to announce three faculty as 2018-2019 Architectural Education Award Winners.

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.

Picture of a soldering iron.

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