Celebrating the Class of 2025 at Show Offs
Family, friends, and the community gathered to celebrate the Class of 2025. Take a look at the highlights from this vibrant showcase.
Guests gather around the runway for CCA's 2025 fashion show.
On Friday, May 16, nearly 1,500 guests came together to mark the end of the academic year with Show Offs: Graduating Student Showcase, featuring work across the Architecture, Design, Fine Arts, and Humanities and Sciences divisions. Families flew in from all over the world, joining friends, faculty, and the community to celebrate the Class of 2025.
As soon as the DJ kicked off the evening, the campus came to life with engaging conversations, families and friends snapping photos, and graduating students proudly sharing the inspirations behind their projects. Guests explored the bold, boundary-pushing work with curiosity and reflection, while some pieces invited them to interact and contribute their own perspectives.
After experiencing the works in the Nave, guests made their way across the newly expanded campus to the activated studios and maker spaces. The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts and the Deborah and Kenneth Novack Gallery hosted the 2025 MFA Fine Arts graduate exhibitions. The works explore the intersections of personal, social, and aesthetic ideas through painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, installation, and textiles.
As the sun set over the city skyline, crowds gathered around the runway with anticipation for our iconic fashion show. Against the golden hour backdrop, graduating students from the fashion program unveiled seven unique collections crafted from intricate patterns and rich textiles, each telling stories of childhood, culture, and identity.
More than a showcase, Show Offs felt like a warm sendoff. It captured the graduating students’ ability to boldly bridge art, design, and technology. The culmination of work, designs, and installations stood as a testament to the strong artistic voices they have fostered throughout their time here — now ready to step out into the world.
Congratulations, Class of 2025!