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Media coverage / Aug. 11, 2019
Individualized Studies alum Andrew Utt is the new executive director of Lux Art Institute in Encinitas
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Changing the way fashion designers think
CCA Fashion Design faculty, students, activists, and influencers leverage every skill they have to bring change to the injustice at the root of fashion production.
Media coverage / Aug. 7, 2019
Alum Kalia Brooks Nelson selected for new visiting curator's initiative at Moore College of Art & Design
Kalia Brooks Nelson (MA Curatorial Practice 2006) joins two other curators for the Moore College of Art & Design's new Visiting Curators Initiative.
Media coverage / Aug. 7, 2019
Chair Aynne Valencia helps lead partnership between CCA interaction design students and swissnex San Francisco at Pier 17
Media coverage / Aug. 5, 2019
Alum Dionne Lee's solo exhibition at Interface Gallery named one of Artforum's Critics' Picks
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2019 IMPACT Award winners challenge climate change
Buoyant Ecologies and Rubber Impact Awareness & Action Project are this year's grant winners.
Media coverage / Aug. 1, 2019
Jacqueline Francis, chair of MA in Visual and Critical Studies, awarded guest scholar position at the National Gallery of Art
Media coverage / July 30, 2019
Professor David Gissen's story highlights the rarely considered physical challenges of being an architect
Media coverage / July 30, 2019
Director Spike Jonez drew inspiration from a CCA alum's photograph for the 2013 movie "Her."
Media coverage / July 29, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle interviews MArch alum Sarah Hobstetter about her certified women-owned local business
Media coverage / July 29, 2019
Printmaking alum plays Pablo Picasso at New Village Arts Theatre in San Diego
Media coverage / July 26, 2019
CCA's Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab will soon pioneer a new kind of resilient coastal infrastructure in the bay waters
Media coverage / July 25, 2019
Nathan Lynch, chair of Ceramics, among Bay Area artists who approach ceramics in new ways
Nathan Lynch describes his affinity for clay to San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook, which also highlighted Viola Frey and Woody De Othello (MFA Fine Arts 2017).
Media coverage / July 22, 2019
Alum Sarah Hotchkiss is one of eight art journalists to receive a prestigious Rabkin Foundation Award
Media coverage / July 12, 2019
CCA alums recognized by Headlands Center for the Arts with Tournesol Award and graduate fellowship
Media coverage / July 10, 2019
Beal is one of four Bay Area arts leaders asked to comment on the controversial George Washington High School mural
Media coverage / July 10, 2019
CCA lecturer Vanessa Chang discusses the dangers of haptic touch and motion control technology in Wired magazine
Press release / July 2, 2019
CCA Wattis Institute receives prestigious 2019 Ellsworth Kelly Award
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced today that CCA's ultra-contemporary art space will receive $40,000 in support of Algiers-based multidisciplinary artist Lydia Ourahmane's upcoming exhibition.
Media coverage / July 1, 2019
Tish Evangelista, Graphic Design alum, on the moral responsibilities of branding and design agencies
Media coverage / July 1, 2019