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The 2020–2021 Design Lecture Series
Saraleah Fordyce reflects on the key takeaways from fall 2020 lectures and gives a preview of the guests to look forward to this spring
Media coverage / Feb. 1, 2021
Cartoonist Justin Hall spotlights local LGBTQ history on Market Street
Media coverage / Jan. 29, 2021
Nicole Hayden’s San Francisco mural captures sensation of poet Amanda Gorman
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Two new diversity scholarships will further open access to arts and design education and practice
Support the Sandra Vivanco Diversity Scholarship and Diversity in Design Scholarship. Your gift will open doors to arts education for Black and Indigenous students, students of color, and LGBTQ students.
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Exploring the outer realm with Susan Worthman
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Interrogating boundaries: hybrid practices in MFA Design
Press release / Jan. 25, 2021
The Wattis Institute's winter/spring 2021 schedule features free, artist-centric events, lectures, screenings, and programming
The Wattis Institute presents a robust schedule of events centered on the question that drives the institution’s core mission: What and how can we learn from artists today?
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Art, design, and language as action: Q+A with Associate Professor Allison Yasukawa
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From the Black Studies Institute to Critical Ethnic Studies: Celebrating 50 years at CCA
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Rewind Review Respond reimagines event discourse in a virtual space
CCA students share their reflections on recent conversations, lectures, and events they’ve encountered on our campus on the cloud.
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Fall 2020 Showcase celebrates student excellence and perseverance
CCA’s fall 2020 graduating students have persevered to finish their degrees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Explore their work and celebrate their perspectives with the Fall 2020 Showcase.
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The human gesture of illustration
Faculty Owen Smith and Michael Wertz reflect on illustration's role during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Media coverage / Dec. 14, 2020
Alum Wayne Wang’s "The Joy Luck Club" selected for preservation by National Film Registry
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Celebrating our Bay Area community with the de Young Open
More than 100 CCA community members were selected for the de Young Open exhibition, a celebration of the diversity of talent in the Bay Area this fall.
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New virtual mural brings the Creative Accord principles to life
Students in this fall’s Mural Project course express CCA’s Creative Accord in a virtual environment and think beyond traditional mural making.
Media coverage / Dec. 5, 2020
“The Fallacies of Whiteness”: Divya Mehra’s postcards for the Wattis Institute
Press release / Dec. 2, 2020
Interior Design program awarded $50,000 Angelo Donghia Foundation Grant
Media coverage / Nov. 23, 2020
Art as a form of escapism: An interview with CCA alum Lisa Wong Sook Kuan
The Sun Daily spoke with CCA alum Lisa Wong Sook Kuan (BFA Illustration 2015) about finding meaning in the ubiquity of art.
Media coverage / Nov. 19, 2020