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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.

CCA Float Lab prototype in the San Francisco Bay.

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Life before and after CCA, with Individualized Studies alum Galen Boone

Galen Boone shares how the Individualized Studies curriculum formed her practice, which CCA faculty had the biggest impact, and what life has been like after graduation.

Galen Boone, THIRDSEX | The Mother. Parure portrait. 2018.

Media coverage / Sept. 5, 2019

Melissa Leventon, fashion historian and professor, discusses the rise of Bay Area "casual wear"

In a KQED article on the Bay Area's fashion roots, Melissa Leventon, fashion historian and senior adjunct at CCA, weighs in on the companies and trends that championed casual style.

KQED Bay Curious podcast interviews CCA faculty Melissa Leventon on casual fashion in the Bay Area.

Media coverage / Sept. 4, 2019

Vincent Fecteau, who has a show at CCA Wattis, invites The San Francisco Chronicle into his Balboa Park studio

On view at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Sept. 5–Nov. 9, 2019), Vincet Fecteau's first show in over 15 years features seven new sculptural works.

Portrait of artist Vincent Fecteau working in his studio.

Media coverage / Sept. 3, 2019

The Museum of Craft and Design welcomes CCA grad students back to school with special event

MAKE x CCA, a special event organized by the Museum of Craft and Design, will welcome CCA MFA students back to school (and their studios) with engaging work by MFA Design alumni.

Event image for MAKE x CCA at the Museum of Craft and Design.

Media coverage / Aug. 26, 2019

Rachel Berger, chair of Graphic Design, explores how designers in tech are changing their approach to professional portfolios

In an essay on Medium, chair of BFA in Graphic Design Rachel Berger shares how designers in "Big Tech" are shifting from portfolios focused on outcome to portfolios focused on process.

Media coverage / Aug. 23, 2019

Craig Campbell, MFA Comics alum, joins Columbus College of Art & Design faculty

Craig Campbell (MFA Comics 2018), a regular Hyperallergic contributor, is named Assistant Professor of Comics and Narrative Practice at Columbus College of Art & Design.

Media coverage / Aug. 23, 2019

MFA Comics alum Maia Kobabe nominated for 2019 Ignatz Award

Maia Kobabe (MFA Comics 2016) has been nominated for a 2019 Ignatz Award in the Outstanding Graphic Novel category for their book Gender Queer: a Memoir.

Cover of Maia Kobabe's book Gender Queer.

Press release / Aug. 22, 2019

CCA Hubbell Street Galleries presents Surfacing Histories Sculpting Memories

CCA's Hubbell Street Galleries proudly presents the exhibition in conjunction with the National Museum of Women in the Arts 2020 Women to Watch series.

Julia Goodman, Rag Sorters (1964), 2013. Pulped, discarded fabrics gleaned during residency at Recology SF

Media coverage / Aug. 22, 2019

MFA alumni Jay and Rie Dion are among 15 Bay Area ceramicists who should be on your radar

Jay and Rie Dion, among the top 15 Bay Area ceramicists to watch, are a husband-wife team based in Oakland. The duo met while in graduate school at CCA (MFA Ceramics 2010).

Colorful display of ceramic mugs by Atelier Dion.

Media coverage / Aug. 16, 2019

Architecture professor Neeraj Bhatia, co-director of CCA's Urban Works Agency, is the winner of the Prix de Rome

The Prix de Rome in Architecture, which includes $50,000 for work, travel, and a public presentation, has been awarded to CCA's Neeraj Bhatia, whose work intersects infrastructure, politics, and urbanism.

Neeraj Bhatia in his exhibtion "The Open Workshop: New Investigations in Collective Form" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.

Media coverage / Aug. 14, 2019

Art Papers interviews alum Diedrick Brackens on the occasion of his solo exhibition at the New Museum

Diedrick Brackens (MFA Fine Arts 2014), whose solo exhibition Darling Divined is at the New Museum in New York, speaks with Art Papers about black- and queer-identifying artists.

Media coverage / Aug. 13, 2019

Vincent Fecteau at the CCA Wattis makes the San Francisco Chronicle's list of 2019 must-see fall exhibitions

A long-time resident of the Bay Area, Vincent Fecteau has a solo exhibition at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. View the San Francisco Chronicle's write-up for more details.

Vincent Fecteau Untitled, 2018 papier mâché, resin clay, watercolor pencil, acrylic, felt sculpture.

Media coverage / Aug. 11, 2019

Individualized Studies alum Andrew Utt is the new executive director of Lux Art Institute in Encinitas

As the new executive director of the Lux Art Institute, alum Andrew Utt (BFA Individualized 2005), will work to make sure art remains a central part of San Diego's cultural landscape.

Andrew Utt, 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.

Students attending Remake trip Made in Mexico

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

Together with swissnex San Francisco, CCA interaction design students reinvent office furniture for a diverse set of rules, building prototypes for the Pier 17 space. View the video to learn more.

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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.

Artists rendering of the view from the top of the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab

Media coverage / Aug. 5, 2019

Alum Dionne Lee's solo exhibition at Interface Gallery named one of Artforum's Critics' Picks

Dionne Lee (MFA Fine Arts 2017), who works in collage, photography, and video, was selected as one of Artforum's Critics' Picks for her solo exhibition at Interface Gallery, Oakland.

Dionne Lee, Surface Tension, 2019, solarized gelatin silver print, 8 x 10".

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

Beginning in fall 2019, Jacqueline Francis, chair of CCA's graduate program in Visual and Critical Studies, will be the Paul Mellon Guest Scholar at the National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.

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The latest at CCA

Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Launches in San Francisco Bay

Life before and after CCA, with Individualized Studies alum Galen Boone

Melissa Leventon, fashion historian and professor, discusses the rise of Bay Area "casual wear"

Vincent Fecteau, who has a show at CCA Wattis, invites The San Francisco Chronicle into his Balboa Park studio

The Museum of Craft and Design welcomes CCA grad students back to school with special event

Rachel Berger, chair of Graphic Design, explores how designers in tech are changing their approach to professional portfolios

Craig Campbell, MFA Comics alum, joins Columbus College of Art & Design faculty

MFA Comics alum Maia Kobabe nominated for 2019 Ignatz Award

CCA Hubbell Street Galleries presents Surfacing Histories Sculpting Memories

MFA alumni Jay and Rie Dion are among 15 Bay Area ceramicists who should be on your radar

Architecture professor Neeraj Bhatia, co-director of CCA's Urban Works Agency, is the winner of the Prix de Rome

Art Papers interviews alum Diedrick Brackens on the occasion of his solo exhibition at the New Museum

Vincent Fecteau at the CCA Wattis makes the San Francisco Chronicle's list of 2019 must-see fall exhibitions

Individualized Studies alum Andrew Utt is the new executive director of Lux Art Institute in Encinitas

Changing the way fashion designers think

Alum Kalia Brooks Nelson selected for new visiting curator's initiative at Moore College of Art & Design

Chair Aynne Valencia helps lead partnership between CCA interaction design students and swissnex San Francisco at Pier 17

2019 IMPACT Award winners challenge climate change

Alum Dionne Lee's solo exhibition at Interface Gallery named one of Artforum's Critics' Picks

Jacqueline Francis, chair of MA in Visual and Critical Studies, awarded guest scholar position at the National Gallery of Art