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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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Life in San Francisco as an art student

CCA students Layla Namak, Jennifer Guo, and Angel Lusky, and alum Wally Corona give us an insider’s view of what it’s like to live and learn in San Francisco.

Purple glass hallway in SFMOMA.

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Q&A: Comics professor Justin Hall on nurturing community in queer comics

Interim MFA Comics Chair Justin Hall on his documentary, No Straight Lines, and the importance of finding (and sharing) your own voice.

Justin Hall—a man with a beard, wearing a black t-shirt—holds up a graphic novel while speaking to a class.

Press release / March 17, 2022

CCA Curatorial Practice and CCA Wattis Institute Present Resonance of Place, April 28–May 14, 2022

Resonance of Place, a multi-site exhibition reflecting on the body’s precarious relationship to its surroundings, curated by the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice Class of 2022.

"Natani Notah, #TsiiyéełPowered, 2017-present. Documentation of ongoing walking performance.

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Imagining new worlds through interdisciplinary studio courses

Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studio courses illustrate how students from across the college learn to take their practice to a new level.

Photo of a collaged group of graphics, posters, and text that says Highlands and the Northern Isles.

Press release / Aug. 23, 2023

California College of the Arts welcomes 10 new chairs across the college

CCA is delighted to welcome 10 new chairs to the college, including both new hires and current professors and faculty.

Front of the San Francisco campus at night.

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Art in action

Leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the CCA@CCA Artwork Campaign celebrates our community’s deep commitment to activism and democratic participation.

Robyn Waxman (MFA Design 2009) Oceans Are Rising

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Student spotlight: Melissa Rodriguez

From Colombia, to California, to Fashion Design 3, Melissa Rodriguez (BFA Individualized Studies 2022) shares the art-inspired journey that helped her find a new definition of home.

Mixed media collage shows a young Melissa Rodriguez holding an American and Colombian flag standing on top of a suitcase.

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How a town touched by fire looked to the next generation to inspire its future

One alum’s vision to help his hometown recover from the Dixie Fire blossomed into a multi-year partnership where CCA students offered inspiration to rebuild for resilience and longevity.

A panoramic photo of a mix of people forming a circle in the middle of a forest clearing.

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