CAMPUS NEWS

United Together In San Francisco

Fall 2022 was a semester of firsts for CCA. It was the first to welcome students to a fully unified campus with all programs located in San Francisco. This milestone felt even

On November 15, CCA launched both construction on its new campus with a “ground-making” ceremony and the public phase of the Maker/Meets/ Future Campaign. The campaign reimagines arts education for the future on a unified, expanded campus—a living, learning laboratory in the heart of San Francisco designed by MacArthur Award–winning architect Jeanne Gang. The campaign also supports public programming and diversification of the student body through scholarships, bringing students, faculty, and the community together to engage in the power of creative work.

The Maker/Meets/Future Campaign is only $3 million away from its goal of $123 million. If you would like to support building the college of the future and expanding access to CCA through scholarships, please visit cca.edu/future.

MAKER/MEETS/FUTURE REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS IN OAKLAND

more momentous since it was the first time in two years that all classes resumed for fully in-person instruction. Students described their first days together on the unified campus as “beautiful,” “inspiring,” “lively,” and “full of school spirit.” It was also the first time the beloved Annual Blindfold Throwing Contest, now in its 32nd year, took place in San Francisco after the Ceramics program’s move from the Oakland campus. And in another first, CCA held its first Homecoming in San Francisco with a street party complete with food trucks, music, a petting zoo, and the Holiday Fair.

Even as we celebrated the unification of CCA’s programs in San Francisco, we honored the past by coming together on the Oakland campus to show our gratitude to the place we called home for 100 years. To mark this historic transition, we rang the campus’s bronze bell, traditionally sounded at the beginning and end of each academic year, for the last time in Oakland.