Newsroom
The latest at CCA
From student spotlights and faculty stories to recent media coverage and current events, catch up on what’s new.
Have a story to share? Contact [email protected].
Story
A conversation about the CCA campus expansion with Jeanne Gang, founding principal of Studio Gang
In this Q+A, Jeanne Gang discusses her firm’s design for the innovative centerpiece of the college’s campus expansion, slated for completion in 2024.
Story
Changing the way fashion designers think
CCA Fashion Design faculty, students, activists, and influencers leverage every skill they have to bring change to the injustice at the root of fashion production.
Story
Four CCA students named to prestigious Metropolis Future 100
Two undergraduate and two graduate students were named to the Metropolis Future 100, designed to designate the top architecture and interior design students.
Story
Over the Threshold: Returning to campus with energy and experimentation
From tie-dye to chainsaws and Tamagotchis, Design faculty and students are making the leap, returning to campus and community to learn together once more.
Story
Three truly amazing internships for art students
These internships at Nike, Pixar, and Intel held by recent CCA students became launchpads for their future careers.
Press release / May 11, 2020
CCA celebrates its graduating students in digital Class of 2020 Showcase, on view online beginning May 14
The Class of 2020 Showcase brings the work of over 300 students across the Fine Arts, Architecture, Design, and Humanities and Sciences divisions to visitors’ homes while CCA’s campus is closed.
Story
The game designer as artist
As a game arts major, you can combine your passions for art and gaming to shape the future of play.
Story
JD Beltran and Scott Minneman: Learning interactively
Story
Public Sediment project awarded $31.4 million
Public Sediment for Alameda Creek, a project by CCA’s Architectural Ecologies research lab, has been awarded $31.4 million in California state funding.
Story
China research trip offers novel opportunities for DMBA students
Story
Rewind Review Respond reimagines event discourse in a virtual space
CCA students share their reflections on recent conversations, lectures, and events they’ve encountered on our campus on the cloud.
Story
Get to know CCA alum Brooke Hopper, Principal Designer, AI/ML at Adobe
Graduating from CCA with an MFA in Design in 2015, Brooke Hopper is now a principal designer, speaker, and champion for artists.
Media coverage / Feb. 26, 2020
What does it take to be an interior designer in 2020?
Media coverage / June 22, 2018
Alumna Reena Merchant leads user experience at Google
Silicon Valley Magazine interviews Reena Merchant (MBA in Design Strategy) on her professional career in the tech world and her love of art and design.
Story
Why unification?
Discover how our campus expansion project is transforming CCA into a residential campus that unifies all our academic programs on a single campus and supports innovative, cross-disciplinary work.
Story
Alum Matthew Jervis believes everyone can be a designer
Story
Art, design, and language as action: Q+A with Associate Professor Allison Yasukawa
Story
In Memoriam: Arthur Gensler, 1935–2021
Story
Three reasons why San Francisco is the best city for art students
Why go to art school in San Francisco? Location matters. In San Francisco, art and industry are everywhere, and opportunities abound.
Press release / June 7, 2018
Center for Art + Public Life announces winners of the 2018 IMPACT Award
HATCH Workshop and House9 each receive $25,000 to create affordable and sustainable living environments for artists and designers.