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California College of the Arts (CCA) is a Private university, private art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922. In 1996 it opened a second campus in San Francisco; in 2022, the Oakland campus was closed and merged into the San Francisco campus. CCA enrolls approximately 1,239 undergraduates and 380 graduate students.
CCA was founded in 1907 by Frederick Meyer in Berkeley, California, Berkeley as the School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts during the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. The Arts and Crafts movement originated in Europe during the late 19th century as a response to the industrial aesthetics of the machine age. Followers of the movement advocated an integrated approach to art, design, and craft. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ()
In 1908 the school was renamed California School of Arts and Crafts, and in 1936 it became the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC).
The college's Oakland campus location was acquired in 1922, when Meyer bought the four-acre James Treadwell estate at Broadway and College Avenue. Two of its buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. After the San Francisco campus was opened, the Oakland campus continued to house the more traditional, craft based studios like the art glass, jewelry metal arts, printmaking, painting, sculpture and ceramic programs.
In 1940 a Master of Fine Arts program was established.
In the 1980s, the college began renting various locations in San Francisco, and in 1996 it opened a campus in the city's Design District, converting a former Greyhound Lines, Greyhound maintenance building.
In 2003 the college changed its name to California College of the Arts.
In 2016 it was decided to close the Oakland campus and consolidate all activities at the San Francisco campus. The final day of classes at Oakland was May 6, 2022. The college said it will "redevelop the campus with community gathering spaces, affordable housing, office space for arts nonprofits and bike parking while preserving the campus’s cluster of historic buildings and trees."
CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 13 graduate majors. In 2021, CCA unveiled a BFA in Comics. CCA confers the Bachelor of Fine Arts, bachelor of fine arts (BFA), bachelor of arts (BA), bachelor of architecture (BArch), master of fine arts (MFA), master of arts (MA), master of architecture (MArch), master of advanced architectural design (MAAD), Master of Design, masters of design (MDes) and master of business administration (MBA) degrees.
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, located near the San Francisco campus in a facility on Kansas St., is a forum for contemporary culture. In 2013 the Wattis Institute recruited a new director, Anthony Huberman, formerly of Artist's Space in New York.
In the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2020, CCA ranked #10 in the country for graduate fine arts programs, #4 in graphic design, and #6 in ceramics. PayScale lists CCA as the #1 art school in the United States for return on investment and #4 for average alumni salary (bachelor's degree). As of 2022, Niche (company), Niche rated CCA with an overall grade of B- (with B- for academics, A+ for diversity, and B- for value), reporting an acceptance rate of 85%, graduation rate of 67%, and average alumni starting salary of $29,400. The averages class size is 13 for undergraduate programs and 12 for graduate. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.
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History
CCA was founded in 1907 by Frederick Meyer in Berkeley, California, Berkeley as the School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts during the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. The Arts and Crafts movement originated in Europe during the late 19th century as a response to the industrial aesthetics of the machine age. Followers of the movement advocated an integrated approach to art, design, and craft. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ()
In 1908 the school was renamed California School of Arts and Crafts, and in 1936 it became the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC).
The college's Oakland campus location was acquired in 1922, when Meyer bought the four-acre James Treadwell estate at Broadway and College Avenue. Two of its buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. After the San Francisco campus was opened, the Oakland campus continued to house the more traditional, craft based studios like the art glass, jewelry metal arts, printmaking, painting, sculpture and ceramic programs.
In 1940 a Master of Fine Arts program was established.
In the 1980s, the college began renting various locations in San Francisco, and in 1996 it opened a campus in the city's Design District, converting a former Greyhound Lines, Greyhound maintenance building.
In 2003 the college changed its name to California College of the Arts.
In 2016 it was decided to close the Oakland campus and consolidate all activities at the San Francisco campus. The final day of classes at Oakland was May 6, 2022. The college said it will "redevelop the campus with community gathering spaces, affordable housing, office space for arts nonprofits and bike parking while preserving the campus’s cluster of historic buildings and trees."
Academics
CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 13 graduate majors. In 2021, CCA unveiled a BFA in Comics. CCA confers the Bachelor of Fine Arts, bachelor of fine arts (BFA), bachelor of arts (BA), bachelor of architecture (BArch), master of fine arts (MFA), master of arts (MA), master of architecture (MArch), master of advanced architectural design (MAAD), Master of Design, masters of design (MDes) and master of business administration (MBA) degrees.
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, located near the San Francisco campus in a facility on Kansas St., is a forum for contemporary culture. In 2013 the Wattis Institute recruited a new director, Anthony Huberman, formerly of Artist's Space in New York.
In the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2020, CCA ranked #10 in the country for graduate fine arts programs, #4 in graphic design, and #6 in ceramics. PayScale lists CCA as the #1 art school in the United States for return on investment and #4 for average alumni salary (bachelor's degree). As of 2022, Niche (company), Niche rated CCA with an overall grade of B- (with B- for academics, A+ for diversity, and B- for value), reporting an acceptance rate of 85%, graduation rate of 67%, and average alumni starting salary of $29,400. The averages class size is 13 for undergraduate programs and 12 for graduate. The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.
Alumni
Noted alumni include the artists (listed in alphabetical order, by last name);Academia
*Sonia Landy Sheridan (MFA 1961), professor emeritus at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) * Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (BFA 1981 Painting and minor in Photography), educator at University of California, Davis, UC DavisArtists
Ceramics
* Robert Arneson (MFA 1958) * Viola Frey (BFA 1956) * Manuel Neri (Ceramics, attended in the 1950s) * Peter Voulkos (MFA Ceramics 1950s)Film
* Ako Castuera (BFA 2000 Illustration), best known for storyboard art on Adventure Time * Hong Sang-soo * Audrey Marrs (MA 2008, Curatorial Practice), Oscar-winning filmmaker and co-founder of Ladyfest * Wayne Wang (attended in the mid 1970s), film directorPainting
* Natalia Anciso (MFA 2011 Painting/Drawing) * Robert Bechtle (BFA 1954, MFA 1958), painter *Clifford Beck (1968), painter * Henrietta Berk (attended 1955–1959), painter * Val Britton (MFA 2006) * David Bierk (MFA c.1970) * Squeak Carnwath (MFA 1977) * Geoffrey Chadsey (MFA 1995) * Jules de Balincourt (BFA 1998) * George Albert Harris (Professor of Art, 1946–47) * Warren Leopold * Jake Longstreth (MFA 2005) * Louis Macouillard (BFA 1943) * Richard McLean (United States), Richard McLean (BFA Painting) * George Miyasaki (BFA 1957, BAEd 1957, MFA 1958) * Robert S. Neuman (MFA 1951 Painting) * Toyin Odutola (MFA 2012) * Nathan Oliveira (BFA 1951, MFA 1952) * Suzanne Scheuer *M. Louise Stanley (BFA, 1967, MFA, 1969) * Don Stivers (artist), Don Stivers (Painting, attended in the 1940s), military painter * James Torlakson (BFA 1973) * Lee Weiss (attended 1946-47) watercoloristPhotography
* Beatrice Helg Swiss photographer * Todd Hido (MFA 1996) *Jim Ricks (BFA 2002 Photo) * Hank Willis Thomas (MFA 2004 Photo/MA Visual Criticism) *Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (BFA 1981)Printmaking
* Margo Humphrey (BFA Printmaking) * Jesus Barraza (MFA 2016 Social Practice/MA Visual Criticism) * Liliana Gramberg, printmaker and painter * Roland Petersen (attended 1952-1954), painter and printmakerIllustration
* Sean Aaberg * Trinidad Escobar * Tomie de Paola (MFA 1969 Illustration) * Chelsea martin, Chelsea Martin (Individualized Major 2008) *Jenny Parks (MFA)Mixed media
* Harrell Fletcher (MFA 1994,) social practice * Bryan Nash Gill (MFA 1988), sculpture * Ana Maria Hernando (BFA 1990), installation art * David Ireland (artist), David Ireland (BFA ID 1953) * (1930's) artist, blacksmith, metalsmith, founding member of the California Blacksmith Association (CBA) * Dennis Oppenheim * Raymond Saunders (artist), Raymond Saunders (MFA 1961) * Richard Waters, inventor of the waterphone * Susan O'Malley (artist), Susan O'Malley (MFA 2006 Social Practice) artist, public art, curator and author *Hsiung-Zee Wong, multimedia composerSculpture and Glass
* Kate Ali (BFA 2007), sculpture * Nicole Chesney, metalsmithing and glass * Viola Frey (BFA 1956) * Bryan Nash Gill (MFA 1988), sculpture * Bob Haozous (BFA 1971 Sculpture) * Dorothy Rieber Joralemon (1930s) * Adrien Segal (BFA 2007 Furniture Design), sculpture designed with dataDesigners
* Erik Adigard (BFA 1987 Graphic Design) *Agnes Chavez (BFA 1984) entrepreneur, designing and creating educational tools. * Roger C. Field (BFA 1968 Industrial Design) * Florence Resnikoff (BFA 1967 Jewelry) * Kay Sekimachi (BFA 1946-1949 Textiles) * Michael Vanderbyl (BFA 1968) * Dan Stiles, graphic designerWriters
* Kate Colby (MFA Writing) * Joseph del Pesco (MA 2005 in Curatorial Practice), curator and arts writer * Tessa Rumsey (MA 2002 in Visual and Critical Studies), poet * Terminal Lance, Maximilian Uriarte (BFA 2013 ''cum laude'')Faculty
Listed noted faculty both past and present, in alphabetical order by department and last name.Curators
* Renny Pritikin * Jens Hoffmann – director of the CCA Wattis Institute from 2007–2012.Designers
* Yves Béhar – head of the Industrial Design Department from 2005–2012. * Brenda Laurel – professor and chair of graduate design program. * Christopher Simmons * Florence Resnikoff – professor of Jewelry and metal arts from 1973–1980. * Lucille Tenazas * Michael Vanderbyl - faculty from 1973–2014, and Dean of Design from 1986–2002 * Sandra Vivanco - Professor in the CCA Architecture Division and Critical Ethnic Studies ProgramFilm
* Rob Epstein * Kota Ezawa (associate professor of film and fine arts) *Jeanne C. Finley, Jeanne Finley * Lynn Marie Kirby (graduate and undergraduate fine arts, film and interdisciplinary studies)Painting and Fine Arts
* Kim Anno * Richard Diebenkorn * Albert Dolmans *Josh Faught * George Albert Harris (Professor of Art, 1946–47) *Linda Geary (Painting program, 2006–present) * David Huffman (artist), David Huffman (undergraduate painting and drawing) * Xavier Martínez (painting and drawing from 1908–1943) *Alicia McCarthy * Frederick E. Olmsted *Arthur Okamura * Carole Doyle Peel * Maria Porges (graduate fine arts) * Raymond Saunders (artist), Raymond Saunders (former professor of painting) * Elizabeth Sher *Mary Snowden * Taravat Talepasand (adjunct painting professor) *Franklin Delano Williams, Franklin Williams * John ZurierPhotography
* Tammy Rae Carland (dean of fine arts and professor) * Jim Goldberg (photography professor from 1987-2014) * Larry Sultan (photography professor from 1989-2009) * Susan Ciriclio (photography professor from 1988-2017)Printmaking
* Nance O'Banion (printmaking program Professor Emeritus, taught from 1974-2016)Sculpture and Glass
* Bella Feldman * Linda Fleming * Viola Frey (ceramics teacher from 1965-1999) * Marvin Lipofsky (founder of the glass department) *Nancy SelvinSocial Practice
* Ted Purves (chair of Social Practice graduate program)Textiles
* Lia Cook (textile design) * Trude Guermonprez (chair of the Crafts Department) *Tracy KrummWriters
* Opal Palmer Adisa * Dodie Bellamy * Bill Berkson * Tom Barbash * Jasmin Darznik * Sarah Webster Fabio * Gloria Frym * Kevin Killian * Michael McClure * Aimee Phan * Lisa Robertson * Mitchell Schwarzer Two school faculty, and established Berkeley's first art pottery company California Faience.Accreditation
CCA is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), and the National Architectural Accrediting Board, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).References
External links
Official website
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