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From student spotlights and faculty stories to recent media coverage and current events, catch up on what’s new.
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Internships and Externships: The Gateway to Careers in Fine Arts
Students discuss how their internships opened up new career paths.
![Student cataloguing silkscreens in the screen printing room](https://media.cca.edu/images/edit-2716.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Donald Fortescue: Arctic Visions
Furniture and Fine Arts faculty member Donald Fortescue travels to the Arctic as a part the Arctic Circle Residency.
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Tina Takemoto: Life at the Speed of Art
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Changing the Outlook: Amanda Cachia
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Steven Miller: Designing Tomorrow at The NWBLK
Steven Miller (BFA Interior Design 1992) shares what initially drew him to interior design and what it's like to start your own studio.
![NWBLK Gallery, San Francisco](https://media.cca.edu/images/nwnlk-003.2a4a385c.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Sienna DeGovia: Sculptural Food Stylist Extraordinaire
Sculpture alumni Sienna DeGovia on working as a food stylist in Los Angeles.
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Notes from the Studio
Alumna Kindah Khalidy reflects on her studio space at CCA.
![Portrait of Kindah Khalidy in studio.](https://media.cca.edu/images/KindahKhalidy00.9a4b4b2c.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Glass Artist and CCA Alumnus Jaime Guerrero Creates Life Size Glass Sculptures to Comment on Refugee Crisis
Jaime Guerrero on his life-size glass children and piñata.
![Jaime Guerrero, Once Upon A Time, 2013.](https://media.cca.edu/images/GUERRERO_Once-Upon-a-Time-01.5040ce56.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Faculty Spotlight: David Huffman, Painting & Drawing and Fine Arts
David Huffman (Painting & Drawing 1986, MFA 1998) a tenured faculty member of CCA’s Painting & Drawing and MFA in Fine Arts programs discusses how …
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Faculty spotlight: Sunny A. Smith, Dean of Fine Arts
Faculty Spotlight is an editorial series that showcases CCA's wide range of faculty members. The article features Sunny A. Smith, Dean of Fine Arts.
![Portrait of Sunny A. Smith, Dean of Fine Arts at CCA.](https://media.cca.edu/images/img_7948-1.ba614369.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Architecture students help Chinese villagers with eco-tourism plans
![Temple and pagoda at Dali](https://media.cca.edu/images/DSC04054.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Christopher McCall and Pier 24 Photography: The CCA legacy continues
Christopher McCall (MFA Photography 2003) on his experience at CCA, what it's like to be the founding director at Pier 24 Photography, and how he defines success.
![Pier 24, San Francisco](https://media.cca.edu/images/Pier24Photography1.5304be2d.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Jeremy Mende & Desirae Rivera: Students Find Their Mentors at CCA
![Jeremy Mende & Desirae Rivera](https://media.cca.edu/images/jeremy-desirae.still005_1.71fbf0c2.fill-150x150.jpg)
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2018 IMPACT Award Winners
These winners receive $25,000 and a network of resources to complete an innovative project that cultivates social or environmental responsibility.
![Image of a “Stockton” mural decorating the new workshop spaces at Hatch Workshop.](https://media.cca.edu/images/HatchWorkshop_FORWEB.1a40f3e0.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Student Spotlight: Christopher Paguio
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Student Spotlight: Julia Loopstra
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Student Spotlight: Jiayu He
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Student Spotlight: Sarah Herlugson
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Designing the future of commerce
The Visa sponsored Experience Design Studio challenged students to solve complex problems around the digital payment systems of the future.
![Visa Experience Design Studio_Designing the Future of Commerce_LD.jpg](https://media.cca.edu/images/Visa_Experience_Design_Studio_Desi.4aee592d.fill-150x150.jpg)
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3 writing tips from U.S Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith, U.S. Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2019 and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, offers three fruitful tips to help jump-start your writing. The first one might surprise you.
![U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Tracy K. Smith.](https://media.cca.edu/images/Screen_Shot_2018-11-20_at_10.59.58.4a5c0687.fill-150x150.jpg)