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With an ongoing commitment to democratic engagement and creative activism, CCA made the 2022 honor roll among universities "doing the most to turn students into citizens."

With official instruction at CCA’s Oakland campus ending in the spring of 2022, we honored the campus with events, exhibitions, and celebration.

Explore creative activism across the college.

Through TBD*, CCA’s in-house student design studio, Hyunsoo Kang's and Walker Lambert's quintessentially San Francisco designs offer transit riders "a slice of joy and color" with an AR twist.

Artist and CCA alum Carmen Winant’s work illuminates the invisible experiences of women, as well as feminist strategies for survival, revolt, and self-determination in a new exhibition at The Print Center in Philadelphia.

Opening September 1, this 3-part exhibition with an accompanying performance series brings together contemporary artists and performers from around the world.

Discover how CCA students and faculty embraced the return to campus and got back to doing what they do best—building, making, and transforming—together.

Undergraduate students in the CCA Illustration program reflect on their work and what it means to be recognized nationally by the Society of Illustrators.

Curated by Wattis Institute Director Anthony Huberman, this exhibition at the Wattis Institute introduces a lesser-known body of work by the late French artist Hervé Guibert (1955–1991). On view …

CCA celebrates Swig’s impact on the Bay Area as arts champion, civic leader, and community advocate.

With an MFA degree in fine arts, you can change culture by developing a socially engaged art practice.

The Women in Leadership team from DMBA and the feminist design collective GRL GRP host a special workshop called “Sewing Connections”

The New York Times spotlights Gender Queer, a graphic novel about coming out as nonbinary, and how it landed Maia Kobabe at the center of a battle over which books belong in schools.

In the First Year Core Studio program, students deepen their understanding of themselves and their craft.

Animators bring stories to life on screen. You can bring your unique story to life, and land your dream job, by learning the art and craft of animation.

From the selection committee: “The stories of Rita Bullwinkel glimmer like objects in a wunderkammer that shift their shapes when taken up in the hand...she sounds simply like herself and nobody else.”

Professors from California College of the Arts explain why they advocate for resilient design to meet the challenges of a warming planet.

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

The exhibition features the work of long-time CCA instructor Dennis Leon, alongside work from his students.

Learn how to become an illustrator with these five tips from professors at a top-ten art and design college.