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CCA faculty Rita Bullwinkel honored with Whiting Award

April 20, 2022

From the selection committee: “The stories of Rita Bullwinkel glimmer like objects in a wunderkammer that shift their shapes when taken up in the hand...she sounds simply like herself and nobody else.”

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Photo of a darkened gallery room spotlighting black and gold sculptural works.

Two CCA faculty win SFMOMA’s SECA Art Award

Congratulations to Illustration faculty member Lauren D’Amato and Associate Professor of Critical Studies and Graduate Fine Arts Angela Hennessy.

Portrait of Marcel Pardo Ariza and Ambrose Trataris.

Photography faculty member honored in the 2025 Art Basel Awards

Marcel Pardo Ariza's project Art Handlxrs* was recognized by the Art Basel Awards in the Allies category. The group supports the growth of BIPOC, women, queer, trans and gender nonconforming people in the professional arts industry.

Terri Friedman, If Only, 2020. Cotton, acrylic, chenille, hemp, metallic, wool fibers, 86 x 103 inches.

CCA faculty member Terri Friedman wins 2021 Artadia Award

CCA Sculpture Associate Professor Terri Friedman is one three recipients of the 14th annual San Francisco Artadia Awards along with Bay Area artists Sydney Cain and Dana King.