Rendering of the interior of Meyer Library by student James Haws created in memory of Professor Eric Stearne
CCA’s Oakland campus location was acquired in 1922. In 1964, the responsibility to develop a master plan for a high density urban campus2 fell to the architects Vernon DeMars and Donald Reay. For phase one, they envisioned a library-lecture-hall-gallery-studio complex, and Meyer Library was part of the master stroke. Finished in winter 1968, Meyer Library has become one of the gems of CCA’s Oakland campus. For 49 years, it has witnessed the students’ imagination turn into works, and research turn into achievements. And the building itself has experienced changes. When CCA’s programs expanded to offer Animation, the balcony outside of the periodical terrace was turned into animation studios. Today, the library director, the systems librarian, and the digital scholarship librarian have their offices in what was formerly the terrace. This exhibition pairs drawings selected from Victoria Wagner's First Year Drawing 1: Form and Gesture Fall 2016/Spring 2017 classes with a selection of archival photographs of Meyer…
Sketches of CCAC faculty by Helen Breger, made during faculty meetings.
Fashion drawings by faculty member Helen Breger, including magazine advertisements and sketches.
Sketches of Macky Hall and CCAC printshop by faculty member Helen Breger.
Original artwork by faculty member Helen Breger, date unknown.