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Press release / Aug. 22, 2019
CCA Hubbell Street Galleries presents Surfacing Histories Sculpting Memories
Press release / July 2, 2019
CCA Wattis Institute receives prestigious 2019 Ellsworth Kelly Award
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced today that CCA's ultra-contemporary art space will receive $40,000 in support of Algiers-based multidisciplinary artist Lydia Ourahmane's upcoming exhibition.
Press release / June 26, 2019
CCA celebrates the opening of Alma Mater: Methods
This second biennial exhibition features almost 200 CCA alumni and is on view June 15–July 26, 2019 at CCA Hubbell Street Galleries.
Press release / June 19, 2019
Center for Impact at CCA announces Impact Award Winners
The Impact Award offers crucial funding for projects that could make a long-term impact addressing social and environmental challenges.
Press release / June 6, 2019
Vincent Fecteau premieres entirely new body of work at CCA Wattis Institute
Fecteau’s untitled exhibition of new work signals a shift in exhibition structure at CCA Wattis and will be on view September 5–November 9, 2019.
Press release / May 17, 2019
California College of the Arts appoints Ann Wiens Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Wiens joins CCA from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), where she served as director of marketing communications.
Press release / May 17, 2019
Faculty Kota Ezawa presents new work at the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Associate Professor of Film Kota Ezawa debuts his new work, National Anthem, a watercolor animation that was specifically selected by the biennial curators.
Press release / May 6, 2019
CCA Fashion Experience 2019 celebrates identity, vision, and craft
Press release / April 24, 2019
CCA diversity studies faculty Kim Shuck receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship
Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate, will receive $75,000 to launch “Seeds: Creating Poetic Activism,” a seed program for poets to grow audiences in their own communities across the city.
Press release / April 22, 2019
Joyce J. Scott, 2019 Honorary Doctorate Recipient
Joyce J. Scott is the 2019 Honorary Doctorate Recipient at California College of the Arts.
Press release / April 17, 2019
Architect Jeanne Gang named in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019
Press release / March 27, 2019
CCA People’s Party honoring Wayne Thiebaud raises over $1.2 million for student scholarship fund
Press release / March 12, 2019
New work by Abbas Akhavan and Akosua Adoma Owusu at CCA Wattis Institute this spring
Press release / March 7, 2019
To Know Herself presents new work by Tammy Rae Carland and iconic Macon Reed installation
The exhibition is curated by Yomna Osman and presented by the Curatorial Practice program in partnership with CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts.
Press release / Feb. 28, 2019
CCA breaks ground on new on-campus student housing
Located less than three blocks from campus, the building will house approximately 220 students and feature ground-floor commercial space.
Press release / Feb. 19, 2019
Transecologies explores ways of relating to nature without assimilating
Press release / Jan. 16, 2019
$90 million CCA student housing project receives strong support from investors
New building to house 500+ students with below-market, on-campus housing in San Francisco.
Press release / Jan. 15, 2019
Making (It) Work celebrates makers who embrace parenthood
This new group exhibition presents artists who are new parents and view parenthood as a generative force in their creative practice.
Press release / Nov. 27, 2018
Summit Public Schools awarded $10,000,000 XQ prize to design high school of the future
CCA to partner with Summit by providing a broad network of mentors for its students.
Press release / Nov. 7, 2018
CCA Wattis Institute presents new work by Diamond Stingily and Rosha Yaghmai
New York-based Diamond Stingily and Los Angeles-based Rosha Yaghmai are respectively and rapidly establishing themselves as leading voices in contemporary sculpture.