California College of the Arts

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The California College of the Arts was founded in 1907 in the State of California under the name of the California College of Arts and Crafts and is known for its comprehensive interdisciplinary degree programs in the fields of art, design, architecture and writing. There is a campus in Oakland and San Francisco. The College is one of the best and most prestigious educational institutions in the field of art and design in the United States and is ranked among the world's leading institutions of its kind. It is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design ( AICAD ), an association of 36 leading art institutions in the United States.

Courses of Study

The college offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in the fine arts, architecture, curatorial practice, visual critisim, design, design strategy, interaction design and writing. The CCA gives the bachelor of architecture, the arts, art history, the master of architecture, philosophy and the science of art and the master business administration in design strategy.

At both sites, lectures, artist talks and other events are offered almost daily. The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts is a forum for the top contemporary culture. Its innovative exhibitions and accompanying publications and lectures are the characteristic features of the Institute. The institute's director Jens Hoffmann was responsible for some of the stimulating and outstanding program points.

Sponsored workshop courses allow students to professionals - to work together - for example, by IDEO and Gensler.

Internships help students to gain practical experience, professional contacts, while they can purchase tickets ( credit points) at the same time. Internships are required for the degree programs in architecture, interior design, industrial design and graphic design.

The Centre for Public Relations organizes lectures, exhibitions, collaborations with the public, provides scholarships and contacts with communities in the Bay Area and international contacts. An initiative encourages cooperation with non-university experts in specific municipal issues. The exchange program allows students to stay at over thirty international art and design colleges. For foreign students, summer courses are offered.

History

The college was founded in 1907 by Frederick Meyer in Berkley School of Arts and Crafts Guild of California at the height of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The first location of the school was the Studio Building on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. 1908, the school was renamed and moved into the former school building opposite the University of California. In 1910 was made another move, this time in the vicinity of the Berkley High School. In 1922 the company moved to its current location in Oakland east of the intersection of University Aveneue and Broadway. In 1936 the school was renamed the California College of Arts and Crafts ( CCAC ). 2003, the school changed its name to California College of Arts ( CCA).

Graduates of CCA had by the mid-20th century. great influence on various art movements. Robert Arneson, Viola Frey and Peter Voulkos gave new impetus to the pottery and established medium in the fine arts. Jack Mendenhall, Robert Bechtle and Richard McLean represent the photo-realistic movement of the 1970s. Nathan Oliveira and Manuel Neri were leaders in the Bay Area Figurative Movement. The Glass Art was founded in 1967 by Marvin Lipofsky brought to Oakland, who founded the field of study glass at the school.

Past and current members of the faculty are the designer Yves Béhar, Brenda Laurel, Michael Vanderbyl, and Martin Venezky; the architect Tom Faulders, Ila Berman, and Craig Scott; the artist Kim Anno, David Heintz, Raymond Saunders, Claudia Bernardi, Jordan Kantor, Kota Ezawa, Christian Jankowski, Tim Lee, II Mario Ybarra. Larry Sultan, Jim Goldberg, Brian Conley, Ken Lum, and Lia Cook; the goldsmith Alan Revere, the writer Tom Barbash, M Celeste Connor, Joseph Lease, Aimee Phan, Lisa Robertson, Mitchell Schwarzer, Dodie Bellamy, Kevin Killian and; the curators Raimundas Malašauskas, Renny Pritikin, and Jens Hoffmann and filmmakers Rob Epstein.

Locations

The campus in Oakland comprises 16,000 m². Two of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On campus, the Bachelor's degree programs in animation, ceramics, community art, glass art, goldsmiths art, photography, graphics, sculpture, textiles client, image science, writing and literature are housed.

The 15,000 square meters of the main building of the campus in San Francisco was originally a 1951 -built building for repair of buses of Greyhound Lines. It is one of the remarkable "green" structures in San Francisco. On campus, the classes for drawing and painting, architecture, graphic design, illustration, film, fashion design, product design, industrial design and interior design of the Master programs are located.

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