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Press release / Sept. 8, 2019
Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Launches in San Francisco Bay
Architecture faculty Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones reach a major milestone in their award-winning Float Lab project. Public celebration is 1–3pm September 21 at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.
Press release / Sept. 8, 2021
CCA launches new Bachelor in Fine Arts in Comics in fall 2022
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The power of hope and truth in racial healing
Tricia Brand, our inaugural vice president of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, talks about what sets CCA apart from other colleges and why she’s hopeful for the future.
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Meet Curatorial Practice curator-in-residence Maria Lind
Globally recognized curator Maria Lind helps CCA curatorial graduate students think more broadly about the field of curating.
Press release / May 24, 2018
Gala honoring Kay Kimpton Walker raises $1,267,000 for student scholarship fund
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What can you do with an arts degree? Here are five amazing careers.
There are excellent career paths available for art and design degree holders.
Press release / March 27, 2019
CCA People’s Party honoring Wayne Thiebaud raises over $1.2 million for student scholarship fund
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The MFA program: 5 things to consider when choosing a fine arts degree
Pursuing a master of fine arts is one of the best ways to take your artistic practice to the next level.
Press release / Aug. 1, 2017
CCA presents the 2017 MA in Social Practice and Public Forms Thesis Exhibition
Press release / May 22, 2017
CCA breaks ground on new student housing in San Francisco
Located less than three blocks from campus, building will house approximately 220 students and feature ground-floor commercial space.
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Want to make art that matters? Three questions to ask art school admissions
Making art that matters in an environment that is struggling with social, economic and political challenges.
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CCA’s First-Generation College Community
Colleges like CCA empower their first-gen students to achieve.
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CCA’s Visionary Practice Scholarship provides full tuition support for students to realize their creative potential
The scholarship empowers students who bring diverse life experiences and bold ideas with a financial means to realize their creative ambitions by sharing their authentic selves
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Rolling deep with the Earth
Faculty came together to start a new school at CCA—the E-school, an environmental justice collaboration across divisions that topples figureheads and centers frontline communities.
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Architecture students help Chinese villagers with eco-tourism plans
Press release / March 6, 2017
CCA to host first West Coast Queers and Comics conference
Second biennial, university-based conference brings together over 150 international LGBTQ cartoonists, editors, publishers, and scholars.
Press release / Dec. 14, 2016
CCA Wattis Institute awarded $20,000 NEA grant for exhibition exploring mechanisms in artists' work
Grant will support the largest presentation the CCA Wattis has mounted to-date.
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Three ways to make your college application stand out
What can you do to make sure your application won’t be overlooked? Here are a few tips from admissions officers at some of the best art colleges in the U.S.
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Lily Williams (Animation 2014) finds her dream career
Press release / April 20, 2020