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Press release / April 20, 2017
CCA announces 2017 commencement speakers
![Neal Benezra gives speech at 2017 CCA Commencement ceremony](https://media.cca.edu/images/2017-Commencement-Neal-Benezra_pre.775f43aa.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Four tips for ranking your top art colleges
Learn four key things to consider when deciding which top art college you will attend.
![One student points up at a wall of Architectural illustrations, three students look on.](https://media.cca.edu/images/architecture_lecture-series_2021_f.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / April 10, 2017
David Kelley Honored at CCA Gala
CCA celebrates the renowned American design visionary at its annual fundraising event to benefit CCA student scholarships.
![David Kelley is honored at the 2017 CCA Gala](https://media.cca.edu/images/2017_Gala_David_Kelley_hero_image_.9ebf1356.fill-150x150.jpg)
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Three ways fine arts colleges help you grow as an artist
![photo of a female painting](https://media.cca.edu/images/adult-art-artist-374009.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / March 20, 2017
CCA presents the 2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition showcases work of 35 emerging artists from CCA's graduate program in Fine Arts.
![Photo of attendees at the 2017 CCA MFA Thesis Exhibition.](https://media.cca.edu/images/2017-MFA-Thesis-Exhibition_hero-im.17bb1066.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / March 6, 2017
CCA to host first West Coast Queers and Comics conference
Second biennial, university-based conference brings together over 150 international LGBTQ cartoonists, editors, publishers, and scholars.
![Queers and Comics conference logo](https://media.cca.edu/images/2017-queers--comics_hero-image_cjm.38fb370d.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Feb. 14, 2017
CCA Wattis Institute presents Henrik Olesen: The Walk, a solo exhibition of new and existing work
![Photos in The Walk exhibition by Henrik Oleson at CCA](https://media.cca.edu/images/Henrik_Oleson_The_Walk_exhibition_.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Feb. 14, 2017
CCA's 2017 graduates in Curatorial Practice present "Black Light"
Exhibition converts CCA Wattis Institute into forum for conversations addressing relationship between cultural institutions and black artists.
![DeShara Darshell performs her poetry at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art during the 'Black Light' exhibition.](https://media.cca.edu/images/DeShara-Darshell-performs-her-poet.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Jan. 10, 2017
CCA Wattis Institute appoints Kim Nguyen as new curator and head of programs
Former director and curator of Artspeak begins in January 2017.
![Portrait photo of Kim Nguyen](https://media.cca.edu/images/Kim_Nguyen_Wattis_press_release_he.ccb1e128.fill-150x150.jpg)
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CCA alumni form design foundation of Townsquared startup
Creating an online community for local businesses core values they learned as students in CCA’s Graduate Program in Design.
![From left: Marru Carrion, Tan-ya Gerrodette, Carolyn Packer, and Miwa Ikemiya](https://media.cca.edu/images/townsquared.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
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DMBA alumna employs design strategy to launch musicians
![Vinitha Watson (headshot)](https://media.cca.edu/images/VinithaWatsonHeadshot-web.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Dec. 14, 2016
CCA Wattis Institute awarded $20,000 NEA grant for exhibition exploring mechanisms in artists' work
Grant will support the largest presentation the CCA Wattis has mounted to-date.
![Installation view of 2017 Mechanisms exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute](https://media.cca.edu/images/Wattis_Mechanisms_exhibition_press.d87942dc.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Nov. 17, 2016
CCA Wattis Institute announces winter 2016-17 solo exhibitions focused on Melanie Gilligan and Yuki Kimura
Exhibitions feature west coast debut of video installation by Gilligan and a new mixed-media installation by Kimura.
![Installation view of "Table Matematica" by Yuki Kimura, 2016; Inhuman Transformation of New Year's Decoration, Obsolete Conception or 2, 2016, Wattis Institute](https://media.cca.edu/images/Wattis_Yuki_Kimura_exhibition_pres.d945c66e.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Nov. 17, 2016
CCA selects Studio Gang to design unified campus in San Francisco
Founded by MacArthur fellow Jeanne Gang, firm is selected after extensive international architect search.
![Portrait of Jeanne Gang](https://media.cca.edu/images/1200px-Jeanne_Gang.ff30d2f0.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Oct. 16, 2016
CCA announces finalists for design of expanded San Francisco campus
Allied Works, Michael Maltzan Architecture, and Studio Gang are selected as finalists to design a new unified institution for CCA.
![interior of CCA main building on San Francisco campus](https://media.cca.edu/images/CCA-announces-finalist-for-design_.69ca930d.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Sept. 19, 2016
New Hubbell Street Galleries to open September 27, 2016
A series of new storefront galleries opens one block from the San Francisco campus and features the work of students, faculty, and visiting artists.
![view of opening art reception through window at Hubbell St Galleries](https://media.cca.edu/images/Hubbell_St_Galleries_to_open_Sept_.bf5f0808.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Sept. 12, 2016
Del Harrow is the 2016–17 Viola Frey Distinguished Visiting Professor at CCA
The multidisciplinary artist, whose work melds sculpture, design, digital modeling software, and computer-controlled machines, teaches CCA's students and gives a public lecture.
![Del Harrow, 2016-17 Viola Frey Distinguished Visiting Professor at CCA](https://media.cca.edu/images/Del_Harrow_2016-17_Viola_Frey_Dist.6d6f97dd.fill-150x150.jpg)
Media coverage / April 4, 2015
Playing out climate risk with Urban Works Agency
![Group of students around "Bordertown" game. Created by Shiyun Fan, Huaye Wei, and Seungah Lee.](https://media.cca.edu/images/newsroom_urban-Works-Lab2_2020_med.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
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CCA IMPACT-awarded Juabar empowers entrepreneurs in Tanzania
![Children standing in front of a Juabar charging station](https://media.cca.edu/images/juabar.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
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CCA students drive Audi design challenge with innovation and creativity
At the intensive two-week design challenge, Audi Group designers came to campus to hear student ideas about the next phase of luxury automobiles.
![CCA student team around table discussing Audi Design Challenge](https://media.cca.edu/images/audi_4.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)