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CCA moves into the next academic year with stability and optimism

March 5, 2025

Thanks to the $45 million in funding, the college looks to the future with major aspirations and a greater impact on the San Francisco Bay Area.

Exterior of CCA's entrance and main quad with students milling around.

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An architectural rendering, or illustration, of CCA’s planned Double Ground campus shows groups of students walking together and playing Frisbee on a lawn surrounded by gardens, a plaza, and new buildings for classrooms and studios.

Why unification?

Discover how our campus expansion project is transforming CCA into a residential campus that unifies all our academic programs on a single campus and supports innovative, cross-disciplinary work.

A panoramic photo of a mix of people forming a circle in the middle of a forest clearing.

How a town touched by fire looked to the next generation to inspire its future

One alum’s vision to help his hometown recover from the Dixie Fire blossomed into a multi-year partnership where CCA students offered inspiration to rebuild for resilience and longevity.

A group photo of students and faculty in front of a yellow wall.

Studio Forward brings the San Francisco art community together with light and sound

CCA’s Google-sponsored course Studio Forward culminates in an exhibition, presented at YBCA, of student work centered on the big questions of our time.