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2   THE NAVE
3   FIRST YEAR CORE STUDIOS
4   ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS
5   INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIOS
6   FASHION DESIGN STUDIOS
7   FURNITURE SHOPS AND STUDIOS
8   GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIOS
9   ILLUSTRATION STUDIOS
10   INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDIOS
11   INTERACTION DESIGN STUDIOS
12   ANIMATION LABS
13   CERAMICS STUDIOS
14   FILM PRODUCTION SUITES
15   GAME ARTS PLAY STUDIOS
16   INDIVIDUALIZED STUDIES STUDIOS
17   JEWELRY & METAL ARTS STUDIOS
18   PAINTING & DRAWING STUDIOS
19   PHOTOGRAPHY FACILITIES
20   PRINTMEDIA STUDIOS
21   SCULPTURE SHOPS
22   TEXTILES STUDIOS
23   COMICS CLASSROOMS
24   HISTORY OF ART & VISUAL CULTURE SEMINAR ROOMS
25   WRITING & LITERATURE CLASSROOMS
26   FOUNDERS HALL
27   BLATTNER HALL
28   CAMPUS GALLERIES
29   NEIGHBORHOOD

History of Art & Visual Culture Seminar Rooms

Located within an art and design school, we’re looking closely at practice, materials, and what it means to be an artist. You’ll give voice to visual culture as you study art, photo, film, and more.

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HAVC at CCA

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About BA History of Art & Visual Culture

Research in our shops & studios

🖼 About BA History of Art & Visual Culture

Our focus is contemporary art from the 20th and 21st centuries, which means you’ll analyze what’s trending on social media alongside what’s on view in galleries and museums. History becomes relevant in studio-based courses, where you’ll work with the materials you study, and with citywide trips to institutions like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Preparing for publication and beyond

You’ll finish your classroom and studio work with a senior thesis project, which is transformed into a symposium presentation. In addition to working closely with faculty throughout this process, you’ll get feedback from visiting curators, historians, gallerists, and even CCA alumni. After CCA, you’ll be set up to continue your academic journey in graduate school or find work at galleries, museums, and auction houses.

🛠️ Research in our shops & studios

CCA's shops and studios are creative resources for hands-on investigation, analysis, and contextualization. You'll directly engage with material practices you want to research, from architecture to video games to fashion. Jamie Rose Valera (BFA History of Art and Visual Culture 2021), mined the Simpson Library while researching Edvard Munch and the idea of “art as archive.”

Book Arts & Letterpress Studio

You’ll find CCA’s Book Arts workspace for creating hand-bound works and letterpress around the corner from campus, in the San Francisco Center for the Book. Tools and equipment include Vandercook letterpresses, drying racks, paper cutters, book presses, and more.

CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

A few blocks from campus, the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts brings internationally renowned artists for programs, talks, and events. History of Art & Visual Culture students take field trips to see exhibitions, hang out in its bar-library space, and even work as part-time gallery assistants.

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