11 email threads from the CCA President's Office sent between June, 2016 and the end of 2015. Topics include Black Lives Matter protests, student housing, the passing of Barclay Simpson and Yee Jan Bao, the departure of a couple of CCA staff, and SEIU's election to represent adjunct faculty and lecturers.
25 emails from the CCA President's Office from 2016 to 2017. Topics include administrative staffing changes, the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, extrajudicial murders of people of color by police officers, the passing of CCA faculty members, a WASC accreditation visit, the Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland, and the first election of Donald Trump.
19 emails from the CCA President's Office from 2018 to 2019. Topics include administrative staffing changes, the National School Walkout on the anniversary of the Parkland mass shooting, the passing of CCA community members, and campus unification updates.
55 emails from the President's Office. Some emails have identical titles but were sent separately to the All Staff and All Faculty lists. During these two years, the President's Office sent over twice as many emails as the prior two years. CCA moving to online classes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an increase in email communications. Other major topics include the passing of CCA community members, the search for a Vice President of DEIB, and responses to major national events.
Pulled from the college’s archive of collected oral histories, alumni share their stories about their time at the college, memories about the spaces, people, work, and activity that happened here. The interviews in this collection were conducted with alumni who attended the college between the 50’s to the 70’s. They were recorded at various events, reunions, and campus visits over the last few years. Oral History interviews are conducted by the Alumni Engagement team, Library and Archive staff, members of the Oakland Campus Legacy Committee, and generous volunteers from the community. Story tellers: Jon Dodge (BFA Painting 1969), Nelson Hee (BFA Drawing, Printmaking 1973), Frank Poulsen (BAEd Art Education 1956), Douglas Sandberg (BFA Film 1978), M. Louise Stanley (MFA Painting 1969, BFA Painting 1967), Mary B. White (BFA Ceramics, Glass 1970; TCred Art Education; MFA Glass 1980); interviewers: Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo (BFA Printmaking 2015), Emily Major.
A conversation between former Dean of Architecture David Meckel and two graduates from the first years of the CCAC Architecture program in the 1980s, Peggy Chiang and Tim Perks. Topics include accreditation, the early days of the school, architecture collections in the library, other programs like Interior Design and Furniture, inspiring professors, and the Oakland and San Francisco campuses.
PDF versions of presentations by the Systems Librarian given to library staff over the course of eight years. The presentations often analyzed specific usage data from the library catalog, digital collections, and library spaces.
Students durning an outdoor painting critique with Alexander Nepote, CCAC Oakland campus, 1948
Map of California College of the Arts, including building names and functions. Oakland campus, CCA, 2004.