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Media coverage / April 22, 2020
Humanities and Sciences Dean Tina Takemoto receives a Mike Kelley Foundation grant with Visual Communications Media
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CCA community gets innovative to produce PPE
From face shields to face masks, faculty, alumni, and staff are contributing their time and talent to address nationwide shortages of personal protective equipment.
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Where the rubber meets the recycling
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Ecopoesis Project captures the sounds of a socially distanced world
To mark Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, How We Hear Now invites participants to record the unique sound of their environments.
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Recommendations: Seven books written by CCA alumni
From gripping memoirs to enduring works of fiction, this list of written works from CCA alumni will help you get through shelter in place.
Press release / April 20, 2020
CCA appoints Ed Prohaska as chief financial officer
Media coverage / April 17, 2020
48 Hills notes CCA Professor who illustrated ‘devastating, beautiful’ New Yorker cover
Illustration Chair Owen Smith is grabbing national attention for his recent New Yorker cover, which independent news outlet 48 Hills called “devastating” and “beautiful.”
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New housing and dining at CCA
New campus housing and dining in San Francisco, opening fall 2020, make CCA a full residential campus for the first time in its history.
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Bold moves timeline
Explore the college’s most prominent geographic decisions, which prove CCA has never shied away from change.
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Oakland campus legacy
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Jeanne Gang on Double Ground
Jeanne Gang and President Stephen Beal discuss the intentionality behind Double Ground, the concept that will physically unite CCA in San Francisco.
Press release / April 14, 2020
California College of the Arts to host inaugural CCA Sparks Pitch Day competition
Student-run teams put their new and innovative business ideas to the test at California College of the Arts’ inaugural CCA Sparks Pitch Day event.
Media coverage / April 14, 2020
CCA Adjunct Professor featured in American Craft Council Magazine
Media coverage / April 13, 2020
CCA Chair illustrates latest New Yorker cover
Illustration Chair Owen Smith discusses the inspiration behind his cover for the April 20, 2020, issue of the New Yorker.
Media coverage / April 13, 2020
Photography alum named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
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CCA counselors discuss how to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic
Leah Oliver and Brigette Stump-Vernon offer advice on how students, staff and faculty can navigate the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.
Media coverage / April 7, 2020
Campus construction kickoff celebration postponed until fall
CCA’s campus expansion groundbreaking ceremony, originally scheduled for April 14, has been postponed until fall 2020 to support the containment of COVID-19.
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What does it mean to make art in the time of COVID-19 and physical distancing?
Fine Arts Dean Sunny A. Smith reflects on the meaning of artmaking in the time of COVID-19 and physical distancing.
Press release / April 2, 2020
CCA Wattis Institute launches free online platform for videos, lectures, and essays
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts introduces the Wattis Library, a free online platform for videos, lectures, and essays.
Media coverage / March 31, 2020
Design alum makes medical supplies for the health care workers fighting COVID-19
Profiled alongside other makers producing supplies for health care workers fighting COVID–19, Rahim Bhimani (Design Strategy 2013) is making and delivering face shields.