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CCA’s Visionary Practice Scholarship provides full tuition support for students to realize their creative potential

The scholarship empowers students who bring diverse life experiences and bold ideas with a financial means to realize their creative ambitions by sharing their authentic selves

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New scholarship in partnership with LoveFrom aims to increase representation in design

The LoveFrom Scholarship supports creative and talented students of diverse backgrounds, providing full tuition, housing, and funds for materials and supplies.

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From the Black Studies Institute to Critical Ethnic Studies: Celebrating 50 years at CCA

On its 50th anniversary, we’re celebrating the Critical Ethnic Studies program’s many accomplishments while looking to the future.
Critical Ethnic Studies 50th anniversary logo designed by Steve Jones.

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Fashion Experience 2018 debuts 11 collections by CCA emerging designers

Works presented through a fashion show and installation at SOMArts.

Fashion Experience 2018, models in an checkered installation.

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CCA provides more than $700,000 in emergency funding to students financially impacted by COVID-19

CCA’s donor-supported Student Emergency Fund has raised over $30,000 to date, and federal CARES Act funding provides nearly $700,000 in emergency relief grants to students.

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Alum spotlight: Architect Nastaran Mousavi

At Studio BANAA, Nastaran Mousavi (MArch 2013) is designing authentic spaces brimming with story and meaning.
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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.

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

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CCA Faculty Receive the 2018 IDEC Community Service Award

The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) recognize CCA faculty and students for their work with a homeless community in the Mission District.
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Acknowledging Indigenous Peoples’ Day

At CCA, we aspire to strengthen our commitment to expanding the visibility of Indigenous histories and contemporary presence in art, architecture, and design, on whose ancestral land we occupy.

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Can game design be a tool for social justice?

Building interactive new worlds as a game designer is a powerful way to share your vision for a more just future.

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Explore what’s possible as an undergraduate at CCA

Picture yourself in college and making, learning, and thriving in our community of creative-citizens in the Bay Area

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Explore what's possible as a graduate CCA student

Whether you want to switch careers, accelerate your skills and practice, or dive back into academics, here’s why CCA is a good fit

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Academics

Critical Ethnic Studies

Our interdisciplinary Critical Ethnic Studies seminars and studios inform your research and creative processes at CCA.

Engage: mural project class taught by Eduardo Pineda.

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Exhibition "Designing Material Innovation" opens on CCA's back lot

Outdoor show features five original site-specific architecture structure and pavilions using material and form in ways that have rarely been seen before.

Image of Float Lab by Buoyant Ecologies.

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Three questions with BFA Interaction Design student Colin Chan

The senior in the BFA Interaction Design program discusses what belonging feels like as an international student, holding on to hope in times of rapid change, and grounding his design practice.

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Honorary Doctorates and Professors Emerit

CCA's current and past honorary doctorate recipients and professors emerit.

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Game arts: 5 trends for the future

Game arts experts identify five trends that will define the future of game design and what they mean for gamers and aspiring game artists.

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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.

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