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CCA alumnus Hank Willis Thomas selected to design Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

March 4, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas, an artist-activist and CCA alumnus, has been selected to design his "Embrace" sculptural concept for the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Boston.

Hank Willis Thomas’s winning design "The Embrace" features pairs of arms and hands that appear to clasp one another.

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Artist Hank Willis Thomas at his Brooklyn studio.

CCA alum Hank Willis Thomas profiled in the Wall Street Journal

With a major new exhibition, artist-activist Thomas continues to confront today's most divisive issues—violence, racism, polarization—in hopes of inspiring mutual understanding and positive solutions.

Hank Willis Thomas named CCA's first Creative Citizenship Fellow

Artnet reports that the artist-activist returns to CCA this fall.

Right: Portrait of Deborah Willis by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. Left: Portrait of Hank Willis Thomas.

California College of the Arts announces 2024 Honorary Doctorate recipients Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas

CCA is thrilled to announce artist and scholar Deborah Willis and visual artist and CCA alum Hank Willis Thomas (MFA Photography and MA Visual Criticism 2003) as the Honorary Doctorate degree recipients at the 117th Commencement Ceremony.