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These portfolio tips will help you choose what work to include and what admissions counselors look for.

Shannon and the Clams bandmates Cody Blanchard and Shannon Shaw first met at California College of the Arts in 4D, a studio class that's part of the undergraduate core curriculum.

Learn how art school prepares you to work at top-tier companies like Pixar.

Discover five ways students at CCA, in the innovation hub of the Bay Area, are making art that matters.

Here are the most important things you need to know to evolve from art college newbie to an expert school researcher.

Master a visual language to tell a story, communicate a message, or inspire a response.

These internships at Nike, Pixar, and Intel held by recent CCA students became launchpads for their future careers.

Improve your chances of being admitted to a top art and design college with these three suggestions.

These mistakes on your application portfolio can risk giving admissions counselors the wrong impression about you.

MFA and BFA film students hear from Laura Poitras, journalist and Academy Award-winning director, during CCA Cinema Visionaries, a yearly lecture series.

Banker White’s art college odyssey took him from crafting giant drums, to making documentaries, to helping found a successful cooperative of multimedia artists in a recovering nation.

When researching art colleges, it's helpful to think ahead by asking yourself critical questions about what a sustainable practice looks like, where you'd like to live, and more.

Here are tips for finding scholarships for art school, which can help offset art degree costs.

While these majors have some similarities, they also have differences in their curriculum and job prospects. We've compared them in a few key areas to see how they stack up against each other.

Money isn't the main reason you're pursuing an art degree, but it matters, just like your art does.

There are excellent career paths available for art and design degree holders.

Design students gain the skills and perspective needed to positively impact society and create beauty while doing it.

Choosing the right graduate school can set the stage for your career, community, and area of focus. We've compiled ten reasons to say 'yay' to the Bay Area.

CCA alum Patrick Lin has one of the most coveted Pixar jobs: DOP. Learn how he merges traditional cinematography with 3D animation software.

CCA partnered with Pixar during an intensive summer program—focused on new voices, collaboration, and storyboarding—for students pursuing an animation degree.