Events & Exhibitions
CCA’s dynamic public programming brings art, architecture, design, writing, and the world of ideas to life through events, lectures, exhibitions, and more.
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All of CCA’s lectures, symposiums, and workshops are free, offering opportunities for students and the public to engage with cultural topics and creative practices through the work and ideas of award-winning artists, designers, authors, scholars, and alumni.
Featured events and programs
Art in action
Explore how democracy, creative activism, and voter advocacy intersect through Creative Citizens in Action’s (CCA@CCA) annual series of public programs, which span the disciplines of art, design, architecture, and writing.
Creative Citizens Series
Enjoy curated new work by our community of students, faculty, staff, and visiting artists in our contemporary galleries. Exhibitions are open to all and always free.
Current exhibitions
Discover on-campus experiences
Enjoy the future of art and design all year-long in CCA’s mix of campus galleries and presentation spaces. Visitors will find new work by students, faculty, staff, and visiting artists in curated venues that embrace diverse perspectives and a range of contemporary approaches. Offering our students the unique opportunity to present their work and expand their practice in a professional setting, the campus galleries are also a place for our community of makers and the public to connect across contemporary art and design. Plan a visit, today.
Meet the voices of tomorrow
CCA’s graduating student showcases, presented by class year, are digital time capsules of capstone projects and culminating work.
Celebrating the makers of 2023
Featuring work by graduating students, the 2023 Showcase represents the diversity of practice across CCA’s Architecture, Design, Fine Arts, and Humanities & Sciences divisions.
The deans of CCA’s four academic divisions selected students whose submissions to the 2023 Showcase deserve special recognition. Every student work chosen for a Deans’ Spotlight (displayed below) demonstrates excellence in theory and practice.
Creative Citizens in Action
The Creative Citizens in Action (CCA@CCA) initiative provides important resources to the CCA community to power dialogue and making related to creative activism. The connected programming explores art, democratic engagement, and current affairs through public events, exhibitions, grant opportunities, voting resources, and connections to the classroom.
CCA@CCA is overseen by the Exhibitions and Public Programming department in partnership with Student Affairs, as well as libraries, academic divisions, communications, and faculty.
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Rewind Review Respond
Rewind Review Respond (RRR) is an online forum where CCA students write about recent events and the ideas that affect their practice, communities, and fields of study. Through writing, videos, and interviews, RRR is an opportunity to debrief on a lecture, panel, screening, or roundtable and to dive deeper into ideas discussed.
RRR is organized by the Exhibitions and Public Programming department and led by a team of student editors, writers, and designers.
Exhibitions at CCA
@ccaexhibitionsApril 26, 2024
Today is the last day to see The Spring 2024 Fine Arts Senior Exhibition! Week 5 (of 5) features artwork by Cam Barnes, Ajaya (Maggie) Bhatnagar, Joy Kong (Kyung Mee Kong), Myrranda Mora, 혜빈 'Kelsey' Seo, Tamara Jazmín Sobek, and Finn Weldon. The Campus Gallery is open 11am–4pm.
Image 1: Ajaya (Maggie) Bhatnagar, "Mission Creek," 2022. Gesso, soil, pebbles, and glue on wood, 14 x 14 inches.
Image 2: Ajaya (Maggie) Bhatnagar, "Crissy Field," 2022. Sand, sea shells, pebbles, sea stones, glue, gesso, and acrylic medium on carving block, 14 x 14 inches.
Image 3: Ajaya (Maggie) Bhatnagar, "5212 Broadway," 2022. Soil, pebbles, grass, leaves, clay, gesso, acrylic medium, and glue on wood, 32 x 32 inches.
@ajaya.art
April 25, 2024
Opening TOMORROW (Friday, April 26th): "Absolute Memory: An Archive of Softness," curated by former PLAySPACE Gallery Directors @samanthahiura and @quinoa.cowgirl, and their Curatorial Practice classmate @luoboxiang.
"Absolute Memory" explores how we may soften the rigid boundaries of objectivity and materiality in the archive of the work of five artists— @widline_, @lachicaboom, @michaeljangsf, @cliffordprinceking, and @kenneth_tam.
Opening reception: April 26th, 6-8pm
On view: April 26-May 18, 2024
Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
Public program: Letter Writing with Survived and Punished
April 27th, 4–6pm (in-person at the Wattis Bar)
Image: Xandra Ibarra, "A Scarlot Mouth Dawns," (2023).
April 24, 2024
✨ Students from all divisions and programs, who are currently enrolled in thesis courses, are invited to create their galleries for the 2024 Showcase! ✨
The annual Showcase is a virtual presentation of capstone work by bachelor’s and master’s degree students across CCA’s Architecture, Design, Fine Arts, and Humanities & Sciences divisions. It is a space for families and potential employers to connect with students, explore their final projects, and discover their accomplishments.
Final Participation Deadline: May 5, 2024.
Visit the link in our bio to get started!
Running into issues uploading your work? Please reach out to [email protected] or [email protected].
April 23, 2024
Opening TOMORROW from 5 to 7pm at the CCA Campus Gallery: ALAR by Myrranda Mora, part of week 5 of The Spring 2024 Fine Arts Senior Exhibition.
Week 5 of The Spring 2024 Fine Arts Senior Exhibition features artwork by Cam Barnes, Ajaya (Maggie) Bhatnagar, Joy Kong (Kyung Mee Kong), Myrranda Mora, 혜빈 'Kelsey' Seo, Tamara Jazmín Sobek, and Finn Weldon.
Reception: Wednesday, April 24, 5–7pm
Gallery hours: Wednesday 11am–7pm, Thursday and Friday 11am–4pm
CCA Campus Gallery: 1480 17th Street, San Francisco
Images: artwork by Myrranda Mora (@myrranda.mora)
Find what’s next in our calendar of exhibitions and events