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California College of the Arts (CCA) has implemented staff layoffs to address its $20 million budget deficit for this fiscal year.

CCA’s creative citizens from the past include Bertha M. Boyé who over a century ago helped achieve women’s suffrage in California through her art, nine years before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Graduating from the college with a BFA in Industrial Design, Lily Chinn is now pursuing a master’s degree in Strategic Product Design at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

The culmination of California College of the Arts’ campus expansion project has arrived to welcome students, faculty, and staff in an added 82,000+ of innovative makerspaces, labs, shops, and more.

Nitya Sanjana Reddy Cheruku (BFA Interior Design 2025) has earned the acclaimed 2024 Angelo Donghia Foundation Senior Student scholarship, helping to cover the cost of her final year of studies and launch her design career.

Elena Pacenti takes the helm of the college’s MDes in Interaction Design program with decades of experience building on innovative research, establishing new academic programs, and mentoring the next generation of designers.

From state-of-the-art tools and industry partnerships to opportunities to make a real-world impact and design the future, learn why a STEM-designated undergraduate program at an art school may be right for you.

A two-day event uncovering how materials are creatively wielded to imagine, promote, and enact resistance to the status quo in American art and visual culture.

Congratulations to Illustration faculty member Lauren D’Amato and Associate Professor of Critical Studies and Graduate Fine Arts Angela Hennessy.

The CCA community of jewelers and metalsmiths are at the forefront of pushing their industry forward to a more ethical and responsible future.

Learn about Daisy Nam’s background and what she’ll bring to the college in this new chapter for the institute as the gallery debuts its new space on CCA’s expanded campus.

CCA students like Katayoun Bahrami grow their visionary projects into murals, installations, and more with the Center for Art and Public Life’s (CAPL) annual Impact Award.

Four esteemed graduates of the college—artists, industry leaders, and designers in their own right—share why they stay involved with our community and continue to give back to CCA.

The magazine Sightlines published by the graduate program in Visual and Critical Studies program reveals how scholarly research combines with creative inquiry to uncover hidden stories or uneasy truths.

The CCA Film student discusses his time as an artist in residence at San Francisco’s Recology, his interdisciplinary practice, and how family inspires his work.

Four Industrial Design alumni make contributions to sustainable products, materials, and systems in a global industry typically known for the waste it creates.

Soojee Choi, Negar Hosseini, Chizumi Kano, Jesus Guillermo Macias Franco, and Electra White have earned a coveted spot among the Metropolis Future100 list.

Delving into the unique blend of design and strategy, the chair of the MBA in Design Strategy (DMBA) program explores the distinct edge a DMBA degree offers.

Second year BFA Fashion Design student Ashley Robles-Rasgado is striving for a more connected world through accessibility in fashion. Here she shares her thoughts on community, inspiration, and hearing the needs of others.

CCA faculty from across the Design, Fine Arts, Architecture, and Humanities and Sciences divisions reveal insights into their creative professions beyond academia and what inspires their work.