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Press release / Sept. 8, 2019
Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Launches in San Francisco Bay
Architecture faculty Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones reach a major milestone in their award-winning Float Lab project. Public celebration is 1–3pm September 21 at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.
![CCA Float Lab prototype in the San Francisco Bay.](https://media.cca.edu/images/bfqfek0jrkst47tbozmo-Optimized8.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Aug. 22, 2019
CCA Hubbell Street Galleries presents Surfacing Histories Sculpting Memories
![Julia Goodman, Rag Sorters (1964), 2013. Pulped, discarded fabrics gleaned during residency at Recology SF](https://media.cca.edu/images/2_Julia_Goodman_Rag_Sorters_CCA_Su.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / July 2, 2019
CCA Wattis Institute receives prestigious 2019 Ellsworth Kelly Award
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced today that CCA's ultra-contemporary art space will receive $40,000 in support of Algiers-based multidisciplinary artist Lydia Ourahmane's upcoming exhibition.
![Anthony Huberman at the Wattis Bar—a casual, social space where community gathers.](https://media.cca.edu/images/Anthony-Huberman-headshot_07022019.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / June 26, 2019
CCA celebrates the opening of Alma Mater: Methods
This second biennial exhibition features almost 200 CCA alumni and is on view June 15–July 26, 2019 at CCA Hubbell Street Galleries.
![Opening reception of Alma Mater: Methods.](https://media.cca.edu/images/01_CCA_AlmaMaterOpening_June15_201.e44dfcf0.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / June 19, 2019
Center for Impact at CCA announces Impact Award Winners
The Impact Award offers crucial funding for projects that could make a long-term impact addressing social and environmental challenges.
![Cross section of Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab.](https://media.cca.edu/images/CCA_Center_ImpactAwards_BuoyantEco.91201d6c.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / June 6, 2019
Vincent Fecteau premieres entirely new body of work at CCA Wattis Institute
Fecteau’s untitled exhibition of new work signals a shift in exhibition structure at CCA Wattis and will be on view September 5–November 9, 2019.
![Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 2019, papier mâché, resin clay, acrylic, burlap, raffia, 20.5 x 27.25 x 34 inches.](https://media.cca.edu/images/CCA_WATTIS_VincentFecteau_Untitled.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / May 17, 2019
California College of the Arts appoints Ann Wiens Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Wiens joins CCA from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), where she served as director of marketing communications.
![Ann Wiens, new CCA Vice President for Marketing and Communications.](https://media.cca.edu/images/WEB_AnnWiens_Headshot_05172019_Pre.3968ba1c.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / May 17, 2019
Faculty Kota Ezawa presents new work at the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Associate Professor of Film Kota Ezawa debuts his new work, National Anthem, a watercolor animation that was specifically selected by the biennial curators.
![National Anthem (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), 2019. Watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 19 inches, edition variée of three. Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery.](https://media.cca.edu/images/WEB_KotaEzawa_National-Anthem-Tamp.93c9dab7.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / May 6, 2019
CCA Fashion Experience 2019 celebrates identity, vision, and craft
![CCA Fashion Design thesis work from Qiongyun Hu, Misha Abbas, and Kaiying Ni.](https://media.cca.edu/images/CCA_FashionExperience2019_05062019.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / April 24, 2019
CCA diversity studies faculty Kim Shuck receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship
Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate, will receive $75,000 to launch “Seeds: Creating Poetic Activism,” a seed program for poets to grow audiences in their own communities across the city.
![Portrait of Kim Shuck, Poet Laureate of San Francisco, CA and CCA diversity studies faculty.](https://media.cca.edu/images/KimShuckHeadshot_04242019_LDV.1b0d4cf1.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / April 22, 2019
Joyce J. Scott, 2019 Honorary Doctorate Recipient
Joyce J. Scott is the 2019 Honorary Doctorate Recipient at California College of the Arts.
![photo of Joyce J Scott](https://media.cca.edu/images/Joyce_J_Scott.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / April 17, 2019
Architect Jeanne Gang named in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019
![Portrait of Jeanne Gang](https://media.cca.edu/images/1200px-Jeanne_Gang.ff30d2f0.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / March 27, 2019
CCA People’s Party honoring Wayne Thiebaud raises over $1.2 million for student scholarship fund
![Guest of honor Wayne Thiebaud giving impromptu remarks at CCA People's Party on March 25, 2019.](https://media.cca.edu/images/CCA_PeoplesParty_WayneThiebaud_Mar.9c88e8be.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / March 12, 2019
New work by Abbas Akhavan and Akosua Adoma Owusu at CCA Wattis Institute this spring
![Abbas Akhavan, Study for a Garden: Fountain (installation view, Delfina Foundation, London), 2012. Oscillating water sprinkler, pump, hose, pvc pond liner, water, dimensions variable. Courtesy of Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. Photo: Christa Holka.](https://media.cca.edu/images/WEB_1600_Akhavan_Study_for_a_Garde.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
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.
![Macon Reed, Eulogy for the Dyke Bar 2015, Plastic and digital photo reproductions Dimensions varies 20 plastic frames, Wayfarers Gallery, New York, NY, 2015 .jpg](https://media.cca.edu/images/WEB_Macon_Reed_Eulogy_for_the_Dkye.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
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.
![California College of the Arts Breaks Ground on New On-Campus Student Housing](https://media.cca.edu/images/groundbraking-ceremoy_2.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Feb. 19, 2019
Transecologies explores ways of relating to nature without assimilating
![Nicki Green, Morel Figure with Prosthesis, 2017. Glazed earthenware and felt, 37 x 22 x 21 inches.](https://media.cca.edu/images/Nicki_Green_Morel_Figure_with_Pros.863fab20.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Jan. 16, 2019
$90 million CCA student housing project receives strong support from investors
New building to house 500+ students with below-market, on-campus housing in San Francisco.
![CCA official logo.](https://media.cca.edu/images/press_release_cca_logo_2022_listin.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.png)
Press release / Jan. 15, 2019
Making (It) Work celebrates makers who embrace parenthood
This new group exhibition presents artists who are new parents and view parenthood as a generative force in their creative practice.
![Madeline Donahue, Bathers, 2018, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.](https://media.cca.edu/images/1._Madeline_Donahue_Bathers_2018.e6f74d3c.fill-150x150.jpg)
Press release / Nov. 27, 2018
Summit Public Schools awarded $10,000,000 XQ prize to design high school of the future
CCA to partner with Summit by providing a broad network of mentors for its students.
![Summit Schools Awarded $10 Million XQ Prize hero image](https://media.cca.edu/images/Summit_Schools_Awarded_10_Million_.0d9b24e7.fill-150x150.jpg)