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{{short description|Private art and design school in California, United States}}
{{Short description|Private art school in San Francisco, California, US}}
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| former_name = School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts (1907–1908),<br /> California School of Arts and Crafts (1908–1935),<br /> California College of Arts and Crafts (1936–2002)
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'''California College of the Arts''' ('''CCA''') is a [[Private university|private]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Explore California College of the Arts |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/california-college-of-the-arts/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Niche |language=en}}</ref> [[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{{When|date=March 2022}} approximately 1,239 undergraduates and 380 graduate students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/cca-1127|title=California College of the Arts (CCA) Overview|website=US News|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
The '''California College of the Arts''' ('''CCA''') is a [[Private university|private]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Explore California College of the Arts |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/california-college-of-the-arts/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Niche |language=en}}</ref> [[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{{When|date=March 2022}} approximately 1,239 undergraduates and 380 graduate students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/cca-1127|title=California College of the Arts (CCA) Overview|website=US News|access-date=2016-04-06|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417090746/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/cca-1127|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:Treadwell Mansion (Oakland, CA).JPG|thumb|Treadwell Mansion (Oakland, CA)]]
[[File:Treadwell Mansion (Oakland, CA).JPG|thumb|Treadwell Mansion (Oakland, CA)]]
[[File:California College of the Arts, San Francisco campus (2019) -1.jpg|thumb|The CCA campus in San Francisco's design district (in the foreground below)]]
[[File:California College of the Arts, San Francisco campus (2019) -1.jpg|thumb|The CCA campus in San Francisco's design district (in the foreground below)]]
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.<ref name="edwards">{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Robert W.| title=Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1|date=2012|publisher=East Bay Heritage Project| location=Oakland, Calif.| isbn=9781467545679|pages=79–86, 102, 688}} An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ({{cite web|url=http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm |title=Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. One, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012; by Robert W. Edwards |access-date=2016-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429115613/http://tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm |archive-date=2016-04-29 }})</ref>
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.<ref name="edwards">{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Robert W.| title=Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1|date=2012|publisher=East Bay Heritage Project| location=Oakland, Calif.| isbn=9781467545679|pages=79–86, 102, 688}} An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ({{cite web|url=http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm |title=Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. One, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012; by Robert W. Edwards |access-date=2016-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429115613/http://tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm |archive-date=2016-04-29 }})</ref> The initial campus was in the "[[Studio Building (Berkeley, California)|Studio Building]]" at 2045 [[Shattuck Avenue]], and they had forty three enrolled students.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2007 |title=Glance by California College of the Arts |url=https://issuu.com/californiacollegeofthearts/docs/glance-winter-2007 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=issuu.com |pages=8–9 |language=en |via=[[Issuu]]}}</ref>


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).<ref name="Milestones">{{cite web|title=College Milestones|url=https://www.cca.edu/about/history/milestones|website=California College of the Arts|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
In 1908 the school was renamed California School of Arts and Crafts. In 1910, the school moved to the site of the former [[Berkeley High School (California)|Berkeley High School]] building at 2119 Allston Way (at Grove Street, now Martin Luther King Way).<ref name=":1" />


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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://localwiki.org/oakland/Treadwell_Mansion_%26_Carriage_House|title=Treadwell Mansion & Carriage House|work=Oakland Wiki|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> 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.
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://localwiki.org/oakland/Treadwell_Mansion_%26_Carriage_House|title=Treadwell Mansion & Carriage House|work=Oakland Wiki|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalogue for 1942-1942 California College of Arts and Crafts|date=1942|publisher=California College of Arts and Crafts|location=Oakland, California|page=7}}</ref>
In 1936, it became the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC).<ref name="Milestones">{{cite web |title=College Milestones |url=https://www.cca.edu/about/history/milestones |access-date=1 April 2018 |website=California College of the Arts}}</ref><ref name="OakTribune36">{{Cite news |date=1936-04-19 |title=California School of Arts and Crafts becomes California College of Arts and Crafts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-california-school-of-art/110724365/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1940 a Master of Fine Arts program was established.<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalogue for 1942-1942 California College of Arts and Crafts|date=1942|publisher=California College of Arts and Crafts|location=Oakland, California|page=7}}</ref>


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.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Le |first=Anh-Minh |date=2013-07-05 |title=CCA a seat of Calif. furniture design |url=https://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/CCA-a-seat-of-Calif-furniture-design-4649189.php |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref>
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.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Le |first=Anh-Minh |date=2013-07-05 |title=CCA a seat of Calif. furniture design |url=https://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/CCA-a-seat-of-Calif-furniture-design-4649189.php |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== 21st century and modern history ===
In 2003 the college changed its name to '''California College of the Arts'''.<ref name="Milestones" />
In 2003, the college changed its name to California College of the Arts, under the leadership of president [[Michael S. Roth]].<ref name="Milestones" /><ref name=":2" />


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."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-College-of-the-Arts-bids-farewell-to-17154848.php|title=California College of the Arts bids farewell to Oakland|last=Cabanatuan|first=Michael|date=May 6, 2022|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
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."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-College-of-the-Arts-bids-farewell-to-17154848.php|title=California College of the Arts bids farewell to Oakland|last=Cabanatuan|first=Michael|date=May 6, 2022|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

Clifton Hall, one of the dormitories at the Oakland campus, was bought by the city of Oakland to use for public housing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=King |first1=John |title=How a stylish Oakland dorm has become much-needed homeless housing |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/How-a-stylish-Oakland-dorm-has-become-much-needed-16068400.php |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> Other parts of the Oakland campus remained unused in 2024, with plans to create a mixed-use development with hundreds of residential units.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Orenstein |first1=Natalie |title=Hundreds of homes could replace California College of the Arts campus in Rockridge |url=https://oaklandside.org/2024/02/07/cca-oakland-housing-development-rockridge/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=The Oaklandside |date=7 February 2024}}</ref>

== List of presidents ==
{{Columns-list|1=
# [[Frederick Meyer]] (1907–1944)<ref name="OakTribune36" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=1972 |title=Founder's Day at California College of Arts and Crafts |url=https://mediaburn.org/video/founders-day-california-college-of-the-arts/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Media Burn Archive |language=en-US |type=video}}</ref>
#[[Spencer Macky]] (1944–1954)<ref name="CCAC the Art College in the Community">{{cite book |url=https://vault.cca.edu/items/e0bda1d0-308b-4676-84df-6f08d92df97b/1/ |title=CCAC the Art College in the Community |publisher=the Press of the California College of Arts and Crafts |pages=16–17 |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
#[[Daniel S. Defenbacher]] (1954–1957)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1954-10-17 |title=Oakland, Berkeley to Honor New CCAC Head at Banquet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-oakland-berkeley-to-hon/144209943/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=[[Oakland Tribune]] |pages=75 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="CollegeArtNews">{{Cite journal |date=1957-09-01 |title=College Art News |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15436322.1957.10795857 |journal=College Art Journal |language=en |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=76–84 |doi=10.1080/15436322.1957.10795857 |issn=1543-6322 |quote=Daniel S. Defenbacher has resigned as President of the California College of Arts and Crafts. Joseph A. Danysh has been named Acting President}}</ref>
#[[Joseph A. Danysh]] (acting; 1957–1959)<ref name="CollegeArtNews" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Edan Milton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYRIAQAAIAAJ |title=Artists in California, 1786-1940 |date=1986 |publisher=Hughes Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-9616112-0-0 |pages=361 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-08-04 |title=Joseph Danysh Returns to Bay, Scene of Early Triumphs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-joseph-danysh-returns-to/144210711/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=[[Oakland Tribune]] |pages=104 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
#[[Henry X. Ford]] (1960–c. 1985)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1960-03-31 |title=Ford Named Arts, Crafts College Head |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-ford-named-arts-crafts/144213387/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=[[Oakland Tribune]] |pages=36 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1959-08-09 |title=H.X. Ford Gets Presidency of Arts College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-hx-ford-gets-presidenc/144213498/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=[[Oakland Tribune]] |pages=25 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
#[[Neil Hoffman]] (1985–1994)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-28 |title=MIAD goes to L.A. for its new president |url=https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/hoffmanmiad |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=OnMilwaukee}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1985-04-02 |title=Hoffman Quits As Head Of Art Institute School |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/04/02/hoffman-quits-as-head-of-art-institute-school/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
#[[Lorne Michael Buchman]] (1994–1999)<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Bonetti |first=David |date=March 31, 2000 |title=CCAC names Roth its 8th president |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/CCAC-names-Roth-its-8th-president-3067233.php |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=[[SFGATE]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Kenneth |date=March 18, 2000 |title=CCAC Appoints New President |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/CCAC-Appoints-New-President-2795070.php |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=[[SFGATE]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-07-09 |title=Lorne Buchman Named President Of Pasadena Art Center College Of Design |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/lorne-buchman-named-president-of-pasadena-art-center-college-of-design-191553/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=[[Artforum]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
#[[Michael S. Roth]] (2000–2007)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-05-15 |title=California College Of The Arts Names Stephen Beal President |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/california-college-of-the-arts-names-stephen-beal-president-188290/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=[[Artforum]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
# [[Stephen Beal]] (2008–2023)<ref name="Bravo23">{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Tony |date=October 25, 2023 |title=California College of the Arts announces new president |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/cca-announces-president-18442930 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Datebook, [[The San Francisco Chronicle]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
# [[David C. Howse]] (2023–present)<ref name="Bravo23" />
}}


==Academics==
==Academics==
[[File:Montgomery Building, California College of the Arts.jpg|thumb|Montgomery Building, San Francisco campus]]
[[File:Montgomery Building, California College of the Arts.jpg|thumb|Montgomery Building, San Francisco campus]]
[[File:CCA Dec 21 2024 1.jpg|thumb|The Simpson Family Makers Building designed by [[Studio Gang]]]]
CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 13 graduate majors.<ref name=":0" /> In 2021, CCA unveiled a BFA in Comics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Comics|url=https://www.cca.edu/humanities-sciences/bfa-comics/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=CCA|language=en-US}}</ref> 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)]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/two-new-graduate-programs-starting-fall-2015/|title=Two new graduate programs, starting fall 2015|website=Art & Education|access-date=2016-04-06|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513141615/http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/two-new-graduate-programs-starting-fall-2015/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and master of business administration (MBA) degrees.
CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate majors.<ref name=":0" /> In 2021, CCA unveiled a BFA in Comics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Comics|url=https://www.cca.edu/humanities-sciences/bfa-comics/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=CCA|language=en-US}}</ref> 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)]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/two-new-graduate-programs-starting-fall-2015/|title=Two new graduate programs, starting fall 2015|website=Art & Education|access-date=2016-04-06|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513141615/http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/two-new-graduate-programs-starting-fall-2015/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bliss|first1=Chris|title=Anthony Huberman Appointed Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts|url=https://www.cca.edu/news/2013/03/14/anthony-huberman-appointed-director-cca-wattis-institute-contemporary-arts|website=cca.edu|access-date=24 July 2014}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bliss|first1=Chris|title=Anthony Huberman Appointed Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts|url=https://www.cca.edu/news/2013/03/14/anthony-huberman-appointed-director-cca-wattis-institute-contemporary-arts|website=cca.edu|access-date=24 July 2014|archive-date=October 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192411/https://www.cca.edu/news/2013/03/14/anthony-huberman-appointed-director-cca-wattis-institute-contemporary-arts|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In the [[U.S. News & World Report]] rankings for 2020, CCA ranked #10 in the country for graduate fine arts programs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/fine-arts-rankings|title=Best Art Schools - Best Fine Arts Programs|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> #4 in graphic design,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/graphic-design-rankings|title=Best Art Schools - Best Graphic Design Programs|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> and #6 in ceramics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/ceramics-rankings|title=Best Art Schools - Best Ceramics Programs|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> [[PayScale]] lists{{When|date=March 2022}} CCA as the #1 art school in the United States for [[return on investment]] and #4 for average alumni salary ([[bachelor's degree]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/college-roi/school-type/art|title=Best Value Art Colleges|website=Payscale}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-type/bachelors/art-schools|title=Best Art Colleges|website=Payscale}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":3" /> The averages class size is 13 for undergraduate programs and 12 for graduate.<ref name="Facts & Figures">{{Cite web |title=Facts & Figures |url=https://www.cca.edu/admissions/facts/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=CCA |language=en-US}}</ref> The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.<ref name="Facts & Figures"/>
In the [[U.S. News & World Report]] rankings for 2020, CCA ranked #10 in the country for graduate fine arts programs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/fine-arts-rankings|title=Best Art Schools - Best Fine Arts Programs|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> #4 in graphic design,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/graphic-design-rankings|title=Best Art Schools - Best Graphic Design Programs|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> and #6 in ceramics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/ceramics-rankings|title=Best Art Schools - Best Ceramics Programs|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> [[PayScale]] lists{{When|date=March 2022}} CCA as the #1 art school in the United States for [[return on investment]] and #4 for average alumni salary ([[bachelor's degree]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/college-roi/school-type/art|title=Best Value Art Colleges|website=Payscale}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-type/bachelors/art-schools|title=Best Art Colleges|website=Payscale}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":3" /> The average class size is 13 for undergraduate programs and 12 for graduate.<ref name="Facts & Figures">{{Cite web |title=Facts & Figures |url=https://www.cca.edu/admissions/facts/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=CCA |language=en-US}}</ref> The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.<ref name="Facts & Figures"/>

==Alumni==
{{More citations needed section|date=September 2019}}
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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=2002|title=Sonia Sheridan : Biography|website=Fondation Langlois|access-date=2016-04-30}}</ref>
* [[Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie]] (BFA 1981 Painting and minor in Photography), educator at [[University of California, Davis|UC Davis]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.cla.purdue.edu/waaw/Corinne/Tsinhnahjinnie.htm| title=Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie| website=Purdue| access-date=2016-04-30}}</ref>

=== Artists ===

==== Ceramics ====
* [[Robert Arneson]] (MFA 1958)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Arneson |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/robert-arneson/ |access-date=2022-03-31|website=Artnet}}</ref>
* [[Viola Frey]] (BFA 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viola Frey www.violafrey.org |url=http://www.violafrey.org/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=www.violafrey.org}}</ref>
* [[Manuel Neri]] (Ceramics, attended in the 1950s)
* [[Peter Voulkos]] (MFA Ceramics 1950s)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.franklloyd.com/dynamic/artist_bio.asp?ArtistID=34|title=Peter Voulkos biography|website=Frank Lloyd Gallery|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>

==== Film ====
* [[Ako Castuera]] (BFA 2000 Illustration), best known for storyboard art on [[Adventure Time]]<ref name="ako castuera">{{Cite web |last=Castuera |first=Ako |author-link=Ako Castuera |date=18 September 2015 |title="Deep Fields" |url=https://thinging.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/deep-fields/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922024505/https://thinging.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/deep-fields/ |archive-date=21 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-21 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="castuera uriarte">{{cite web |title=Meet three CCA alumni who made it big |url=https://www.cca.edu/newsroom/could-be-you-3-cca-alumni-who-made-it-big-and-made-difference/ |website=California College of the Arts |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922024844/https://www.cca.edu/newsroom/could-be-you-3-cca-alumni-who-made-it-big-and-made-difference/ |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
* [[Hong Sang-soo]]
* [[Audrey Marrs]] (MA 2008, Curatorial Practice), Oscar-winning filmmaker and co-founder of [[Ladyfest]]<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2011-09-01|title=Audrey Marrs|url=https://issuu.com/californiacollegeofthearts/docs/glance-fall-2011-revised|journal=Glance|publisher=California College of the Arts|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
* [[Wayne Wang]] (attended in the mid 1970s), film director<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://abc7ny.com/archive/6411419/|title=Interview with "Joy Luck Club" director, Wayne Wang|website=ABC7 New York|access-date=2016-04-30}}</ref>

==== Painting ====
* [[Natalia Anciso]] (MFA 2011 Painting/Drawing)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/beltran/2011/05/21/sensorial-the-mfa-exhibition-at-the-california-college-of-the-arts/|title=Sensorial – The MFA Exhibition at the California College of the Arts|date=2011-05-21|website=SFGate|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
* [[Robert Bechtle]] (BFA 1954, MFA 1958), painter
*[[Clifford Beck]] (1968), painter
* [[Henrietta Berk]] (attended 1955–1959<ref name="Albright1985">{{cite book|author=Thomas Albright|title=Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980: An Illustrated History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGN3vXcZl74C&pg=PA261|year=1985|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-05193-5|page=261}}</ref>), painter
* [[Val Britton]] (MFA 2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/val-britton/biography|title=Val Britton Biography|website=ArtNet.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>
* [[David Bierk]] (MFA c.1970)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://debellefeuille.com/artist/bierk-david/|title=BIERK, David}}</ref>
* [[Squeak Carnwath]] (MFA 1977)
* [[Geoffrey Chadsey]] (MFA 1995)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jamesharrisgallery.com/artists/geoffrey-chadsey/biography/ |title=James Harris Gallery |access-date=2016-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610215113/http://jamesharrisgallery.com/artists/geoffrey-chadsey/biography/ |archive-date=2017-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jules de Balincourt]] (BFA 1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/jules-de-balincourt/|title=Jules de Balincourt|website=artnet.com|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
* [[George Albert Harris]] (Professor of Art, 1946–47)
* [[Warren Leopold]]<ref name="Klish2001">{{cite book |last1=Klish |first1=Renée |url=https://history.army.mil/html/books/epubs/art_of_the_american_soldier/army_of_am_soldier.pdf |title=Art of the American Soldier: Documenting Military History Through Artists' Eyes and In their Own Words |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army |year=2011 |pages=225, 276 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921035603/https://history.army.mil/html/books/epubs/art_of_the_american_soldier/army_of_am_soldier.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-21 |access-date=2019-12-02 }}</ref>
* [[Jake Longstreth]] (MFA 2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jakelongstreth.com/cv.html|title=CV|website=jakelongstreth.com|access-date=2016-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701190552/http://jakelongstreth.com/cv.html|archive-date=2016-07-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Louis Macouillard]] (BFA 1943)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://art.famsf.org/louis-macouillard|title=Louis Macouillard|date=2015-05-08|work=FAMSF Explore the Art|access-date=2017-12-06|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Richard McLean (United States)|Richard McLean]] (BFA Painting)
* [[George Miyasaki]] (BFA 1957, BAEd 1957, MFA 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgemiyasaki.com/George_Miyasaki/Curriculum_Vitae.html|title=Curriculum Vitae|website=www.georgemiyasaki.com}}</ref>
* [[Robert S. Neuman]] (MFA 1951 Painting)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/californiacollegeofthearts/docs/glance_fall2015_issuu|title=CCA Glance Magazine|date=2015-09-01|website=Issuu|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>
* [[Toyin Odutola]] (MFA 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://africasacountry.com/2012/12/an-interview-with-artist-toyin-odutola/|title=Redefining "Blackness": An interview with Toyin Odutola|date=2012-12-18|website=Africa is a Country}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fecalface.com/SF/news/4328-cca-mfa-show-may-10th|title=CCA MFA Show Tonight|website=Fecal Face Dot Com|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
* [[Nathan Oliveira]] (BFA 1951, MFA 1952)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=California College of the Arts Alumni & Post-Grads |url=https://colleges.niche.com/california-college-of-the-arts/alumni--and--post--grads/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416161220/https://colleges.niche.com/california-college-of-the-arts/alumni--and--post--grads/ |archive-date=2016-04-16 |access-date=2016-04-06 |website=Niche.com}}</ref>
* [[Suzanne Scheuer]]
*[[M. Louise Stanley]] (BFA, 1967, MFA, 1969)<ref>''Boston Voyager''. "Art & Life with M. Louise Stanley," ''Boston Voyager'', August 20, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2019.</ref>
* [[Don Stivers (artist)|Don Stivers]] (Painting, attended in the 1940s), military painter
* [[James Torlakson]] (BFA 1973)
* [[Lee Weiss]] (attended 1946-47)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinwatercolorsociety.com/members/past-featured-artists/lee-weiss/|title=Lee Weiss|date=2015|website=Wisconsin Watercolor Society|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212227/http://www.wisconsinwatercolorsociety.com/members/past-featured-artists/lee-weiss/|archive-date=2018-03-27|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Biography: Lee Weiss">{{cite news|title=Biography: Lee Weiss|url=http://www.wisconsinart.org/archives/artist/lee-weiss/profile-183.aspx|access-date=27 March 2018|publisher=Museum of Wisconsin Art|date=2010}}</ref> watercolorist

==== Photography ====
* [[Beatrice Helg]] Swiss photographer
* [[Todd Hido]] (MFA 1996)
*[[Jim Ricks]] (BFA 2002 Photo)
* [[Hank Willis Thomas]] (MFA 2004 Photo/MA Visual Criticism)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/hank-willis-thomas|title=Hank Willis Thomas|website=Hutchins Center|publisher=The President and Fellows of Harvard College|access-date=2016-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420134907/http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/hank-willis-thomas|archive-date=2016-04-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethschiffer.com/artist/hank-willis-thomas/|title=Hank Willis Thomas|website=Beth Schiffer Creative Darkroom|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
*[[Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie]] (BFA 1981)

==== Printmaking ====
* [[Margo Humphrey]] (BFA Printmaking)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.art.umd.edu/faculty/mhumphrey/|title=Margo Humphrey|website=University of Maryland Department of Art|access-date=2016-04-06|archive-date=April 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405121612/http://www.art.umd.edu/faculty/mhumphrey/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Jesus Barraza]] (MFA 2016 Social Practice/MA Visual Criticism)
* [[Liliana Gramberg]], printmaker and painter<ref name="Hartford">{{cite news |title=Artist to Show Her Etchings at South Church |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89977262/hartford-courant/ |access-date=3 December 2021 |publisher=Hartford Courant |date=1 March 1965}}</ref>
* [[Roland Petersen]] (attended 1952-1954), painter and printmaker<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/roland-petersen/biography|title=Roland Petersen Biography|website=artnet.com|access-date=2016-04-30}}</ref>

==== Illustration ====
* [[Sean Aaberg]]
* [[Trinidad Escobar]]
* [[Tomie de Paola]] (MFA 1969 Illustration)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edupaperback.org/page-864525|title=dePaola, Tomie bio|website=Educational Book and Media Association (EBMA)|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
* [[Chelsea martin|Chelsea Martin]] (Individualized Major 2008)<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2009-09-01|title=Bookshelf|url=https://issuu.com/californiacollegeofthearts/docs/glance|journal=Glance|publisher=California College of the Arts|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
*[[Jenny Parks]] (MFA)<ref name="Czeck 2013">{{cite web|first1=Jessica|last1=Czeck|url=https://www.visualnews.com/2013/05/15/feline-fantasies-cat-superheroes-by-jenny-parks/|title=Feline Fantasies: Cat Superheroes by Jenny Parks|work=Visual News|publisher=Visual News|date=May 15, 2013|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906162307/http://www.visualnews.com/2013/05/15/feline-fantasies-cat-superheroes-by-jenny-parks/|archive-date=September 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Hatheway 2015">{{cite web|first1=Cameron|last1=Hatheway|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/12/catvengers-assemble-catconla-interview-jenny-parks/|title=Catvengers, Assemble! The CatConLA Interview With Jenny Parks|work=Bleeding Cool|publisher=[[Rich Johnston]]|date=June 12, 2015|access-date=September 14, 2016}}</ref>

==== Mixed media ====
* [[Harrell Fletcher]] (MFA 1994,) social practice<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vdb.org/artists/harrell-fletcher|title=Harrell Fletcher|website=Video Data Bank|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
* [[Bryan Nash Gill]] (MFA 1988), sculpture
* [[Ana Maria Hernando]] (BFA 1990), installation art
* [[David Ireland (artist)|David Ireland]] (BFA ID 1953)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abbywasserman.com/david-ireland.html|title=David Ireland|website=Abby Wasserman|access-date=2016-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020820/http://www.abbywasserman.com/david-ireland.html|archive-date=2018-10-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{III|C. Carl Jennings|WD=Q106629599}} (1930's) artist, blacksmith, metalsmith, founding member of the California Blacksmith Association (CBA)<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 20, 1994|title=Oral history interview with C. Carl Jennings, 1994 Dec. 20|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-c-carl-jennings-13099|url-status=live|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110123815/http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-c-carl-jennings-13099 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/susan-o-malley-1976-2015-50448|title=Susan O'Malley (1976–2015)|website=ArtForum|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/17/celebrating-the-life-of-artist-and-curator-susan-omalley|title=Celebrating the life of artist and curator Susan O'Malley|date=2015-03-17|work=Berkeleyside|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Hsiung-Zee Wong]], multimedia composer

==== Sculpture and Glass ====
* [[Kate Ali]] (BFA 2007), sculpture
* [[Nicole Chesney]], metalsmithing and glass<ref name="triplett">{{cite journal|last1=Triplett|first1=Leah|title=America Reflected|journal=Glass|date=Summer 2014|issue=135|pages=38–43}}</ref>
* [[Viola Frey]] (BFA 1956)
* [[Bryan Nash Gill]] (MFA 1988), sculpture
* [[Bob Haozous]] (BFA 1971 Sculpture)
* [[Dorothy Rieber Joralemon]] (1930s)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Dorothy_Rieber_Joralemon/101693/Dorothy_Rieber_Joralemon.aspx|title=Dorothy Rieber Joralemon|website=askart.com|access-date=2017-06-02}}</ref>
* [[Jerome Ranft]] (BFA 1991), sculpture<ref>https://m.facebook.com/jerome.ranft/ {{bare URL inline|date=March 2023}}</ref>
* [[Adrien Segal]] (BFA 2007 Furniture Design), sculpture designed with data

=== Designers ===
* [[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)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://bolierco.com/designers/michael-vanderbyl.php|title=Michael Vanderbyl|website=Bolier|access-date=2016-04-06|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401141302/http://bolierco.com/designers/michael-vanderbyl.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Dan Stiles]], graphic designer

=== Writers ===
* [[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<ref name="castuera uriarte"/> 2013 ''cum laude'')

== Faculty ==
Listed noted faculty both past and present, in alphabetical order by department and last name.

=== Curators ===
* [[Renny Pritikin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/rpritikin|title=Renny Pritikin|website=California College of the Arts|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>
* [[Jens Hoffmann]] – director of the CCA Wattis Institute from 2007–2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jewish-museum-deputy-director-jens-hoffmann-leaves-593003|title=Jens Hoffmann Leaves Post at Jewish Museum|date=2016-08-04|work=artnet News|access-date=2018-01-22|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cca.edu/news/2006/jhoffmann|title=Jens Hoffmann Appointed Director of the CCA Wattis Institute|website=California College of the Arts|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>

=== Designers ===
* [[Yves Béhar]] – head of the Industrial Design Department from 2005–2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://inhabitat.com/interview-yves-behar-on-sustainability/|title=Yves Behar Talks to Us About Sustainable Product Design|date=2014-03-27|website=inhabitat.com|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>
* [[Brenda Laurel]] – professor and chair of graduate design program.
* [[Christopher Simmons]]
* [[Florence Resnikoff]] – professor of Jewelry and metal arts from 1973–1980.
* [[Lucille Tenazas]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aiga.org/medalist-lucille-tenazas/|title=2013 AIGA Medalist: Lucille Tenazas|website=AIGA|access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
* [[Michael Vanderbyl]] - faculty from 1973–2014, and Dean of Design from 1986–2002<ref name="2017 Legend: Michael Vanderbyl">{{cite web |last1=Braun |first1=Laura |title=Contract: 2017 Legend: Michael Vanderbyl |url=https://www.cca.edu/news/2017/01/30/contract-2017-legend-michael-vanderbyl |publisher=California College of Arts and Crafts |access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
* [[Sandra Vivanco]] - Professor in the CCA Architecture Division and Critical Ethnic Studies Program

=== Film ===
* [[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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/californiacollegeofthearts/docs/glancemagazine2012/22|title=Glance Magazine|date=2012-09-01|website=Issuu|publisher=California College of the Arts|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>

=== Painting and Fine Arts ===
* [[Kim Anno]]
* [[Richard Diebenkorn]]<ref name="Norrena2018">{{cite web|last1=Norrena|first1=Jim|title=Alumna Carol Ladewig: My Life as a Pardee Artist|url=https://www.cca.edu/news/2013/12/18/alumna-carol-ladewig-politics-art-and-oaklands-pardee-artists|website=News|publisher=California College of the Arts|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407193305/https://www.cca.edu/news/2013/12/18/alumna-carol-ladewig-politics-art-and-oaklands-pardee-artists|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live|date=18 December 2013}}</ref>
* [[Albert Dolmans]]
*[[Josh Faught]]
* [[George Albert Harris]] (Professor of Art, 1946–47)
*Linda Geary (Painting program, 2006–present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artpractical.com/review/painting_expanded/|title=Painting Expanded|last=Markopoulos|first=Leigh|date=May 6, 2013|website=Art Practical|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>
* [[David Huffman (artist)|David Huffman]] (undergraduate painting and drawing)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cca.edu/news/2011/11/10/david-huffman-out-bounds-arts-commission-gallery-shift-dialogue-race-america|title=Faculty-Alumnus David Huffman's "Out of Bounds" at SFAC Gallery a "SHIFT" Toward Dialogue About Race in America|website=California College of the Arts|access-date=2016-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060933/https://www.cca.edu/news/2011/11/10/david-huffman-out-bounds-arts-commission-gallery-shift-dialogue-race-america|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Xavier Martínez]] (painting and drawing from 1908–1943)<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/5views/5views5h58.htm| title=Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (Mexican Americans)| website=National Park Service| access-date=2016-04-30}}</ref>
*[[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 Zurier]]

=== Photography ===
* [[Tammy Rae Carland]] (dean of fine arts and professor)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artpractical.com/column/interview_with_tammy_rae_carland/|title=Interview with Tammy Rae Carland|date=2010-10-26|website=Art Practical|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>
* [[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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cca.edu/calendar/2015/present-tense-exhibition-nance-obanion|title=Present Tense: An Exhibition by Nance O'Banion|date=2016|website=California College of the Arts|language=en|access-date=2018-04-14}}</ref>

=== Sculpture and Glass ===
* [[Bella Feldman]]
* [[Linda Fleming]]
* [[Viola Frey]] (ceramics teacher from 1965-1999)
* [[Marvin Lipofsky]] (founder of the glass department)
*[[Nancy Selvin]]

=== Social Practice ===
* [[Ted Purves]] (chair of [[Social Practice]] graduate program)

=== Textiles ===
* [[Lia Cook]] (textile design)
* [[Trude Guermonprez]] (chair of the Crafts Department)
*[[Tracy Krumm]]

=== Writers ===
* [[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, {{III|William Victor Bragdon|WD=Q107641235}} and {{III|Chauncey R. Thomas|WD=Q107641271}} established Berkeley's first art pottery company [[California Faience]].<ref name="Berkeley Bohemia">{{cite book |last1=Rideout |first1=Shelley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PuBRnAQJwnEC&q=California+Faience+california+college+of+arts&pg=PA131 |title=Berkeley Bohemia |date=2008 |publisher=Gibbs Smith |isbn=978-1423600855 |pages=130–131 |access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref>


== Accreditation ==
== 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)]].
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)]].

== Notable people ==
{{See main|List of California College of the Arts people}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:57, 23 December 2024

Not to be confused with California Institute of the Arts.

California College of the Arts
Former name
School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts (1907–1908),
California School of Arts and Crafts (1908–1935),
California College of Arts and Crafts (1936–2002)
TypePrivate art school
Established1907; 118 years ago (1907)
Endowment$36.0 million (2019)[1]
PresidentDavid C. Howse
Academic staff
500
Students1,390
Undergraduates1,063
Postgraduates327
Location
San Francisco
,
California
,
United States
CampusUrban
4 acres (1.6 ha)
ColorsNew teal, paper white, black    
Websitecca.edu

The California College of the Arts (CCA) is a private[2] 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[when?] approximately 1,239 undergraduates and 380 graduate students.[3]

History

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Treadwell Mansion (Oakland, CA)
The CCA campus in San Francisco's design district (in the foreground below)

CCA was founded in 1907 by Frederick Meyer in 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.[4] The initial campus was in the "Studio Building" at 2045 Shattuck Avenue, and they had forty three enrolled students.[5]

In 1908 the school was renamed California School of Arts and Crafts. In 1910, the school moved to the site of the former Berkeley High School building at 2119 Allston Way (at Grove Street, now Martin Luther King Way).[5]

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.[6] 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 1936, it became the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC).[7][8] In 1940 a Master of Fine Arts program was established.[9]

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 maintenance building.[10]

21st century and modern history

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In 2003, the college changed its name to California College of the Arts, under the leadership of president Michael S. Roth.[7][11]

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."[12]

Clifton Hall, one of the dormitories at the Oakland campus, was bought by the city of Oakland to use for public housing.[13] Other parts of the Oakland campus remained unused in 2024, with plans to create a mixed-use development with hundreds of residential units.[14]

List of presidents

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  1. Frederick Meyer (1907–1944)[8][15]
  2. Spencer Macky (1944–1954)[16]
  3. Daniel S. Defenbacher (1954–1957)[17][18]
  4. Joseph A. Danysh (acting; 1957–1959)[18][19][20]
  5. Henry X. Ford (1960–c. 1985)[21][22]
  6. Neil Hoffman (1985–1994)[23][24]
  7. Lorne Michael Buchman (1994–1999)[11][25][26]
  8. Michael S. Roth (2000–2007)[27]
  9. Stephen Beal (2008–2023)[28]
  10. David C. Howse (2023–present)[28]

Academics

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Montgomery Building, San Francisco campus
The Simpson Family Makers Building designed by Studio Gang

CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate majors.[29] In 2021, CCA unveiled a BFA in Comics.[30] CCA confers the 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), masters of design (MDes)[29] 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.[31]

In the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2020, CCA ranked #10 in the country for graduate fine arts programs,[32] #4 in graphic design,[33] and #6 in ceramics.[34] PayScale lists[when?] CCA as the #1 art school in the United States for return on investment and #4 for average alumni salary (bachelor's degree).[35][36] As of 2022, 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.[2] The average class size is 13 for undergraduate programs and 12 for graduate.[37] The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.[37]

Accreditation

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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 (NAAB).

Notable people

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Main article: List of California College of the Arts people

References

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  1. ^ As of June 30, 2019. "U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (Revised)". National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Explore California College of the Arts". Niche. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "California College of the Arts (CCA) Overview". US News. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Edwards, Robert W. (2012). Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Heritage Project. pp. 79–86, 102, 688. ISBN 9781467545679. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website ("Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. One, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012; by Robert W. Edwards". Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.)
  5. ^ a b "Glance by California College of the Arts". issuu.com. October 10, 2007. pp. 8–9. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Issuu.
  6. ^ "Treadwell Mansion & Carriage House". Oakland Wiki. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "College Milestones". California College of the Arts. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "California School of Arts and Crafts becomes California College of Arts and Crafts". Oakland Tribune. April 19, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Catalogue for 1942-1942 California College of Arts and Crafts. Oakland, California: California College of Arts and Crafts. 1942. p. 7.
  10. ^ Le, Anh-Minh (July 5, 2013). "CCA a seat of Calif. furniture design". SFGATE. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Bonetti, David (March 31, 2000). "CCAC names Roth its 8th president". SFGATE. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  12. ^ Cabanatuan, Michael (May 6, 2022). "California College of the Arts bids farewell to Oakland". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  13. ^ King, John. "How a stylish Oakland dorm has become much-needed homeless housing". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  14. ^ Orenstein, Natalie (February 7, 2024). "Hundreds of homes could replace California College of the Arts campus in Rockridge". The Oaklandside. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  15. ^ "Founder's Day at California College of Arts and Crafts". Media Burn Archive (video). 1972. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  16. ^ CCAC the Art College in the Community. the Press of the California College of Arts and Crafts. pp. 16–17. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  17. ^ "Oakland, Berkeley to Honor New CCAC Head at Banquet". Oakland Tribune. October 17, 1954. p. 75. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ a b "College Art News". College Art Journal. 17 (1): 76–84. September 1, 1957. doi:10.1080/15436322.1957.10795857. ISSN 1543-6322. Daniel S. Defenbacher has resigned as President of the California College of Arts and Crafts. Joseph A. Danysh has been named Acting President
  19. ^ Hughes, Edan Milton (1986). Artists in California, 1786-1940. Hughes Publishing Company. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-9616112-0-0 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ "Joseph Danysh Returns to Bay, Scene of Early Triumphs". Oakland Tribune. August 4, 1957. p. 104. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Ford Named Arts, Crafts College Head". Oakland Tribune. March 31, 1960. p. 36. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "H.X. Ford Gets Presidency of Arts College". Oakland Tribune. August 9, 1959. p. 25. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "MIAD goes to L.A. for its new president". OnMilwaukee. March 28, 2007. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  24. ^ "Hoffman Quits As Head Of Art Institute School". Chicago Tribune. April 2, 1985. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  25. ^ Baker, Kenneth (March 18, 2000). "CCAC Appoints New President". SFGATE. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  26. ^ "Lorne Buchman Named President Of Pasadena Art Center College Of Design". Artforum. July 9, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  27. ^ "California College Of The Arts Names Stephen Beal President". Artforum. May 15, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  28. ^ a b Bravo, Tony (October 25, 2023). "California College of the Arts announces new president". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  29. ^ a b "Two new graduate programs, starting fall 2015". Art & Education. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  30. ^ "Comics". CCA. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  31. ^ Bliss, Chris. "Anthony Huberman Appointed Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts". cca.edu. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  32. ^ "Best Art Schools - Best Fine Arts Programs". U.S. News & World Report.
  33. ^ "Best Art Schools - Best Graphic Design Programs". U.S. News & World Report.
  34. ^ "Best Art Schools - Best Ceramics Programs". U.S. News & World Report.
  35. ^ "Best Value Art Colleges". Payscale.
  36. ^ "Best Art Colleges". Payscale.
  37. ^ a b "Facts & Figures". CCA. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
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