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Press release / May 10, 2021
CCA celebrates its graduating students in Class of 2021 Showcase
The Class of 2021 Showcase features work from over 260 students across the Fine Arts, Architecture, Design, and Humanities and Sciences divisions.

Press release / April 13, 2021
CCA honors legendary designer Sir Jony Ive during the 2021 virtual gala celebration on May 14
CCA will also recognize Sir Jony’s extraordinary contributions to design with an honorary doctorate during the college’s virtual commencement celebration on May 10, 2021.

Press release / April 7, 2021
California College of the Arts presents the 2021 MFA Showcase exhibition
On Thursday, April 8, 2021, a new exhibition featuring a selection of work by 16 emerging artists from California College of the Arts’ graduate program in fine arts opens at 360 Kansas Street in San Francisco.

Press release / April 7, 2021
CCA’s Architecture Division announces new Academic Alliance with the Autodesk Technology Centers

Press release / March 23, 2021
The Wattis Institute's 2020-2021 Capp Street Artist-in-Residence Raven Chacon launches Radio Coyote, a new 24/7 online and FM radio station, April 1–June 30
Radio Coyote is conceived entirely by Chacon and guest collaborators, featuring live and pre-recorded performances, interviews, and text-based recordings. Listen April 1–June 30, 2021, at radiocoyote.org.

Press release / March 15, 2021
CCA's Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice presents "Contact Traces," May 9–June 6, 2021
"Contact Traces," an exhibition curated by CCA’s Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice Class of 2021, reconsiders existing definitions of care in the absurd and dire circumstances of our present moment.

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?

Press release / Dec. 2, 2020
Interior Design program awarded $50,000 Angelo Donghia Foundation Grant

Press release / Oct. 14, 2020
CCA Wattis Institute presents Jeffrey Gibson: Nothing is Eternal

Press release / Oct. 13, 2020
CCA launches the [email protected] Artwork Campaign—a new exhibition highlighting democratic engagement and creative activism
The walk-by exhibition and website features artwork and poster designs by 66 CCA students, faculty, staff, and alumni; see it in the Hubbell Street Galleries windows or online at creativecitizens.cca.edu.

Press release / Oct. 8, 2020
California College of the Arts presents Make. Act. Resist: A Teach-In on Borders & Migration

Press release / Sept. 22, 2020
Wattis Institute launches year-long research season dedicated to the work of Cecilia Vicuña

Press release / July 7, 2020
California College of the Arts appoints Ritu Kalra to Board of Trustees

Press release / June 24, 2020
CCA awarded $225,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The grant will support CCA’s work converting to a hybrid, online, and in-person fall 2020 semester by supporting four CCA library staff positions and two online learning platforms.

Press release / June 15, 2020
CCA presents four events during San Francisco Design Week’s 2020 virtual festival
CCA’s 2020 San Francisco Design Week events feature discussions exploring long-term design thinking, designing the future of music, and what matters now in design and architecture education.

Press release / May 11, 2020
CCA celebrates its graduating students in digital Class of 2020 Showcase, on view online beginning May 14
The Class of 2020 Showcase brings the work of over 300 students across the Fine Arts, Architecture, Design, and Humanities and Sciences divisions to visitors’ homes while CCA’s campus is closed.

Press release / May 7, 2020
CCA's 2020 graduates in Curatorial Practice present 'The Word for World is Forest'
The Word for World is Forest, a project curated by CCA’s Curatorial Practice graduate program Class of 2020, is on view at wattis.org May 14–September 14, 2020.

Press release / April 28, 2020
CCA Wattis Institute launches a new annual book series, A Series of Open Questions

Press release / April 20, 2020
CCA appoints Ed Prohaska as chief financial officer

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.
