California College of the Arts

It’s Week 3 of our CCA Fine Arts Division Senior Exhibition ✨ Come celebrate our Week 3 artists starting tomorrow, April 15: Aki Yoshie, Alexandra Guthrie, Angel Mae Lusky, Burugz Burugu, Byron Claxton Jr, Estella Mora-Lopez, Jakob Jimenez, Netanya Buenrostro, and Sara Govert.

It’s Week 2 of our CCA Fine Arts Division Senior Exhibition in the Novack Gallery 🤩 Join us to celebrate the work pf Devon, Faye Tagen, Jay Martin, Lola Reed, ManJia (Liz) Zhu, Marcus Masaki Rodriguez, Megan Mei Shum Wong, Millicent Villacastin, RUOSHUI ZHU, and Shi Su.

When The Bay *is* the classroom 👨‍🏫🌁 Swipe to see some exciting field trip destinations so far this semester!

✴︎ went to Jessica Silverman Gallery in Chinatown
✴︎ went to the Charles M. Schulz museum in Santa Rosa
✴︎ went to Tolleson Design in Sausalito and IDEO in San Francisco
✴︎ went to Lands End in San Francisco
✴︎ went to The Fillmore in San Francisco

Career fairs are more than networking. They are opportunities to share your story, your creativity, and your goals. Preparation makes all the difference — here are our tips for preparing to attend a career fair ✅

Join us for the Design Emerging Talent Career Fair this Friday! Register via Handshake.

⏰ Friday, March 6 | 12-5 pm
📍The Nave and Nave Presentation Space

Step into ‘METAXIS’ and experience how transforms architecture into a shifting dialogue of digitally crafted forms where art and structure collide, coexist, and continually evolve.

On view in the CCA Campus Gallery until March 20.

📍1480 17th Street
🪟 Free and open to the public
🕕 Gallery hours: Wednesday 11am–7 pm, Thursday–Friday 11 am–4 pm

This month at CCA 📣 Join us for a gallery visit to METAXIS and walking tour with , the forum, artist talks, the new After Intelligence series, an industry panel discussion about Agentic AI by , a party in the printmedia studios. . . and more!

All events are free to attend and open to the public. See you on campus!

President Howse announces an agreement with Vanderbilt University. CCA will conclude operations by the end of the 2026–27 academic year. Learn more: cca.edu/vanderbilt-agreement

Doors = open
Minds = open
Dialogue = open

Welcome to 82,300+ more square footage for creativity, collaboration, and change-making. Now, let’s get messy and make it ours ♡

Big news! , in partnership with University of California San Francisco, just won the Outstanding Science Award at the 2024 BioDesign Challenge 🏆 🏆 🏆

Their project ‘Shell We Dance?’ transforms the high volume of waste from the consumption of eggs and shellfish in urban environments into a bio-material which is harvested, processed, and fabricated into a new component-based building system. The team developed moldable components and a complimentary adhesive which were tested at multiple scales, looking at the chemical and biological structure of the material, exploring variable formulations and developing ways to enhance the structural capacity with the addition of living bacteria.

Project team: Miti Mehta, Nega Hosseini, Kianoush Hamedi, Jesus Giullermo Macias Franco, Alex Hong, Claire Kokontis, Camille Moore
Instructors: Margaret Ikeda, Evan Jobes, Dyche Mullins, Dr. Negar Kalantar
Advistors: Ali Farajmani, Anastasia H. Muliana, Alain Goriely, Gabor Domokos

“As imagemakers we have sought to create an active role in creating exchanges of perspectives about art and culture; and how art engages with questions we face as a society today. Our experience as artists and academics have reaffirmed our belief that the arts have a crucial role to play in imagining new futures, especially in turbulent times such as these.” — Deborah Willis

We’re proud to award an honorary doctorate degree to inspirational artists, designers, and thinkers each year at our Commencement Ceremony. We were thrilled to have artist and scholar Deborah Willis and visual artist and CCA alum Hank Willis Thomas (MFA Photography and MA Visual Criticism 2003) as the degree recipients at our 117th Commencement Ceremony last weekend.

An advocate for all voices, Deborah Willis has been instrumental in furthering diversity and inclusion in the art world. Her work continues to inspire generations of artists, scholars, and educators, cementing her legacy as a leading figure in art history and visual studies.

Hank Willis Thomas’s work engages with historical and contemporary issues of social justice, drawing attention to systemic inequities and advocating for change. Like his mother, he is also recognized for his activism in nurturing diversity and inclusion in the art industry. Thomas’s contributions have left an indelible mark on the art world, provoking important conversations and reflections.

Congratulations, and !

This year, we honor the retiring faculty of the class of 2024. Each one is an accomplished creative in their own right, with careers that have shaped the fields of art, design, architecture, and writing. The impact of our CCA faculty reaches far beyond our community and will continue long past their time in the classroom.

Please join us in celebrating this milestone by supporting The Retiring Faculty Scholarship. Your gift will provide much-needed scholarships, ensuring student success for years to come.

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