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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.
Media coverage / March 6, 2019
Professor Sandra Vivanco receives a Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant
Media coverage / March 6, 2019
Distinguished Professor Ishmael Reed discusses groundbreaking film project made with Bill Gunn
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From scholarship recipient to community creative
Media coverage / March 4, 2019
CCA alumnus Hank Willis Thomas selected to design Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Media coverage / March 4, 2019
10 supplies from the art store one CCA alumna can't live without
Cleo Papanikolas, a BFA in Printmaking alumna and working artist, shares a list of her top ten favorite supplies from the art store.
Media coverage / March 4, 2019
Discover the founding story of CCA's innovative BFA in Interaction Design program
Learn how Kristian Simsarian, CCA associate professor, leveraged design process to build the curriculum for one of the world's first undergraduate interaction design programs.
Media coverage / March 1, 2019
Graduate Painting & Drawing alumna wins oldest German art prize
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.
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Five of the highest-paying art majors
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Intellectual cross-training in liberal arts: Interview with Dean TT Takemoto
CCA’s dean of Humanities & Sciences discusses the practice of lifelong, interdisciplinary learning.
Press release / Feb. 19, 2019
Transecologies explores ways of relating to nature without assimilating
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SFMOMA Visual Identity Has CCA Roots: Some Faces Behind the Rebrand
Learn about how graduate design alumna Jennifer Sonderby led a stellar team of designers—including several CCA alumni—in the visual rebranding of SFMOMA.
Media coverage / Feb. 6, 2019
Three architecture faculty win 2019 ACSA Architectural Education Awards
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Graphic Design student Mark Buenafe wins the prestigious Bill Moggridge Award
Media coverage / Jan. 31, 2019
Film by Dean Tina Takemoto wins Experimental Shorts Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance Film Festival
Media coverage / Jan. 30, 2019
"Harriet Tubman and Other Truths," an expansive Joyce J. Scott exhibition, on view at Grounds for Sculpture
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Craft and content shine at the 2018 BFA Design thesis show
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China research trip offers novel opportunities for DMBA students
Media coverage / Jan. 22, 2019