CCA Grad Fine Arts

Listen to graduating MFA Santino Gonzales give a commencement addressCongratulations to all of the 2020 graduates!

Interview with Courtney Odell (MFA 2020) ___ *How has moving your studio home impacted your relationship to making? // How do you define studio? Studio’s are a lot more psychologically charged than most people might think. ... If your studio is new or if you have taken time off from working, you can feel very estranged from the space and the routine when you come back. I am certainly feeling estranged now but my silver lining is that I am finding that a studio doesn’t always have to be tethered to a physical space, it’s more of a mindset to explore and play. Anywhere or anything is currently my studio which I think there is good and bad to. *What was the most generative lesson you learned during your MFA? Lean in to the things that feel the most sticky and challenging. It’s not about necessarily coming to resolutions but just recognizing the complexity. *How have your peers influenced your work? My peers have hugely inspired my experimentations. I entered the program as an abstract painter and all of a sudden found myself surrounded by artists with such different backgrounds and art making practices. I feel that from a lot of the conversations and critiques I had with them, I was able to get outside my comfort zone and really play with different ways of making. Many of them taught me new mediums and methods as well.

Check out our Graduate Fine Arts Class of 2020 Exhibition on Art + Education! For more work by these artists, visit the ccamfa.art website

The website is live! https://ccamfa.art Check out individual artist pages, an ideas section for posts, messages, and inspirations. Additional content upcomingcheck back next week for more details on our live-streamed thesis reading on May 7, and writings from faculty, artists, and curators. @mbbunny @luis.d.casas @hojagi @arleenieeee @jilliancrochet @enlowphotos @tino_ufo @jordan.hartney @jipeichuan @kandycorn_art @alexchuux3 @yuxuan_li_ @jingbo_ob @courtneyiodell @jpayton000 @narges.__p @johnrobertroy @maxinesw @katesmartart @samsoooooooon @waiter2z

Expand your critical art practice at one of the top graduate fine arts programs in the country. For more information on how to apply, visit cca.edu/mfa.

We are getting excited to view the 2020 CCA MFA website this Friday, April 24! Stay tuned for more details as we digitally celebrate the graduating class until we can be in person again ... @mbbunny @luis.d.casas @hojagi @arleenieeee @jilliancrochet @enlowphotos @tino_ufo @jordan.hartney @jipeichuan @kandycorn_art @alexchuux3 @yuxuan_li_ @jingbo_ob @courtneyiodell @jpayton000 @narges.__p @johnrobertroy @maxinesw @katesmartart @samsoooooooon @waiter2z

Detail of painting by Courtney Odell, 2018 (MFA candidate 2020) photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno

We hope you will join us, virtually, to celebrate the work of 24 graduating MFA students at ccamfa.art starting April 24 Design by Micah Barrett, 2020

While we wish we were celebrating in person the amazing work of these 24 MFA students with a physical exhibition, in response to the pandemic, we hope instead you will join us virtually next Friday April 24 for the launch of the 2020 CCA MFA website! Bookmark ccamfa.art @ California College of the Arts

Tonight6-7:30pm! We are very excited to welcome Autumn Knight

Congratulations to Margot Becker, Santino Gonzales, Sarah Kanninen and Jaymerson Payton on this year’s Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition! What a lovely opening celebrating with you all. Exhibition on view through March 5