Subject: [Staff-l] News from President Beal
From: Presidents Office <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:33:44 -0700
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*Letter from the President*
*Fall 2017*

Dear friends,

We are three weeks into the fall semester and our studios, classrooms,
lecture halls, and outdoor spaces are brimming with activity. My calendar
is quickly filling with exhibition openings, lectures, meetings, and events!

I wanted to take a moment to update you on what has been happening with our
plans for the campuses. As you are aware, in order to strengthen and
integrate CCAs educational experience, we plan to bring together all of our
programs and operations in San Francisco for the academic year 2021-22.

*Studio Gang*Studio Gang, the architecture firm chosen to design the
expanded campus in San Francisco, completed its discovery phase of the
project in June. Dozens of faculty, staff, students, and alumni were
involved in this phase, which established an overall vision, developed a
framework for new architecture and modifications to existing buildings, and
studied relationships with the surrounding campus and city.

We will now move into the schematic design phase, which determines the
spatial components (both interior and exterior), the size and shape of the
architecture, and strategies for sustainability. We hope to have a master
plan for the campus by the end of the calendar year, and we should be able
to share preliminary designs with you in early 2018.

The new section on our website
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includes
a timeline, information on sustainability objectives, and a new video
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from
Studio Gang about the project.

*Oakland Campus*The future of our Oakland campus remains a key focus in our
campus planning efforts. First of all, I want to assure you that *all
Oakland-based programs will be moving to San Francisco.* None will be
eliminated or left behind.

In April we entered into a preliminary agreement with Equity Community
Builders and Emerald Fund (ECB/EF) to help us explore a range of options
for the Oakland campus that celebrate our artistic and educational legacy
and benefit the greater community.

Through a visioning process conducted with Oakland faculty leadership and
CCA staff, trustees and alumni, the ECB/EF team developed a range of
options for discussion. Ideas under consideration will preserve key
historic campus buildings and landscape, honor our arts legacy, provide
affordable artist housing coupled with much-needed market-rate housing,
create spaces dedicated to artists and the arts, and maintain and enhance
public access to the site.

These options were presented yesterday to CCAs trustees at their regular
board meeting. The board voted to enter into a formal agreement with ECB/EF
to pursue these options further. The next step will be a community outreach
process to members of the CCA community and other interested groups to
solicit feedback, proactively identify and resolve concerns, and gain
support for the vision. The community outreach process will begin soon and
continue through early next year, and we will keep the CCA community
apprised of opportunities to participate in these feedback sessions. In the
meantime, you may give input and feedback at [email-masked].

Additionally, a committee comprised of CCA faculty, alumni, students, staff
and trustees will be convened to explore ways to honor, document, and
celebrate our Oakland history and heritage as we plan for a transition to
the newly expanded campus. We look forward to including our community in
this endeavor and encourage you to email us here
<[email-masked]?subject=Oakland+Heritage+Committee:+Request+to+Participate>
to indicate your interest in participating on the committee.

*New Student Residencies*We broke ground in May on a new student housing
project at 75 Arkansas Street
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in San Francisco. Located just two blocks from the campus, the project
includes affordable student housing with over 200 beds and 7,200 square
feet of ground-floor commercial space. Students are expected to occupy the
building in fall 2018.

We are grateful to property owner and longtime trustee Simon Blattner, who
is very generously developing the project for the college.

The college is planning to build additional student housing in San
Francisco that would open in conjunction with the new expanded campus by
2021. Award-winning firm Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects has been
selected to design the new facility.

As our plans continue to move forward, I am enthusiastic about the future
of CCA and encourage you to follow our progress on the website
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. We have an unprecedented opportunity to significantly strengthen the
education we offer our students and to amplify our mission. Thank you for
your continued interest and support.

Sincerely,

Stephen Beal
PRESIDENT
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