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Young creative thinkers and makers take a sneak peak at art school life, build their portfolios, and earn college credits.

Students, faculty, alums, and staff got a feel for the new Ceramics studio at the 32nd annual Blind Throwing Contest.

In CCA’s second year celebrating the national First-Generation College Celebration, a new student organization reminds students they are one among many.

Discover how students from across CCA’s Design programs speculated on the future in the industry-sponsored course Studio Forward.

Alumni Joey Rose and Alexandra Underwood bring the international Sea Walls mural festival to Emeryville, promoting environmental conservation through art.

Graduate student Ingrid Henderson talks about how her thesis project went viral on TikTok, reached performer Billie Eilish, and how it all happened.

CCA students returning to campus for the fall 2022 semester were met with a dynamic mix of welcome-back events, programs, and get-togethers.

Why go to art school in San Francisco? Location matters. In San Francisco, art and industry are everywhere, and opportunities abound.

In four exciting Summer Study Abroad courses, CCA students explored cities across Europe to gain a deep sense of history and connect with a global community of artists and designers.

In the Social Lab course, MDes Interaction Design students work with community partners and bring systems thinking to complex problems to create real change.

The scholarship empowers students who bring diverse life experiences and bold ideas with a financial means to realize their creative ambitions by sharing their authentic selves

With official instruction at CCA’s Oakland campus ending in the spring of 2022, we honored the campus with events, exhibitions, and celebration.

Explore creative activism across the college.

Artist and CCA alum Carmen Winant’s work illuminates the invisible experiences of women, as well as feminist strategies for survival, revolt, and self-determination in a new exhibition at The Print Center in Philadelphia.

Discover how CCA students and faculty embraced the return to campus and got back to doing what they do best—building, making, and transforming—together.

Undergraduate students in the CCA Illustration program reflect on their work and what it means to be recognized nationally by the Society of Illustrators.

With an MFA degree in fine arts, you can change culture by developing a socially engaged art practice.

The Women in Leadership team from DMBA and the feminist design collective GRL GRP host a special workshop called “Sewing Connections”

In the First Year Core Studio program, students deepen their understanding of themselves and their craft.

Animators bring stories to life on screen. You can bring your unique story to life, and land your dream job, by learning the art and craft of animation.