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San Francisco Chronicle features CCA's new presidential announcement

October 25, 2023

San Francisco Chronicle introduces David C. Howse as CCA's new president, highlighting his arts background, future prospects, campus expansion, and more.

David C. Howse poses against a dark background wearing glasses and a suit.

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San Francisco Chronicle spotlights Closer Reading

On view through October 23, 2026, the exhibition features work by Macy Chadwick, Kate Laster, and Vivian Sming—Bay Area artists whose practices reflect distinct interpretations of the book as art.

Daisy Nam sits on a white ladder with a desert backdrop behind her.

San Francisco Chronicle highlights the new director of CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

CCA has named Daisy Nam the new director and chief curator of the school’s Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts museum.

Yomna Osman, the curator of “To Know Herself,” is seen at the Wattis Institute.

Wattis exhibition convenes queer community, writes the San Francisco Chronicle

Curated by Yomna Osman (MA Curatorial Practice 2019), To Know Herself captures the enduring loss of queer spaces in the bay by making space of its own.