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CCA WILL PREPARE YOU FOR LIFELONG CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. WE PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS TO TEST IDEAS, SEEK REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE, CONNECT TO PROFESSIONALS, DISCOVER THEIR PROFESSIONAL PATH … AND DREAM BIG.

SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT JUST ANY CITY Known as a beacon for the arts and innovation, San Francisco earns its reputation based on the myriad of opportunities found here. The city attracts people who are the best in their fields, from the arts to high tech or the intersection of both. And these innovative professionals are teaching at CCA, providing a vast network to our students.

CCA OFFERS OVER 600 INTERNSHIPS PER YEAR Internships are an important part of our students’ education at CCA. All of our students are encouraged (and many are required) to pursue a paid internship before they graduate. Over 200 employers visit CCA's campuses every year in search of future creative leaders.

WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT US ONLINE, COME SEE OUR CAMPUSES, ATTEND A VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION, MEET US ON THE ROAD, OR STOP BY OUR TABLE AT ONE OF THE NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY EVENTS. CHECK OUT OUR FALL EVENT SCHEDULE IN THIS NEWSLETTER.

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76% OF CCA GRADUATES HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF GRADUATING San Francisco is among the top three cities where it is easiest to find a job (Forbes.com), according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Based on our survey of the 2014 graduating class, 76% of our alumni worked at full-time jobs within six months of graduation, earning an average of $55,000 per year.

CONNECTIONS MATTERTanya Poovaiah, Animation 2015

With so many CCA instructors from Pixar, Tanya became inspired to work there. As soon as she saw the opportunity to apply for an internship, she jumped on it. The career development team helped her refine her résumé and prep for the interview. At Pixar for her interview, she bumped into CCA faculty member Bret Parker. Bret said he’d put in a good word for her. Tanya was thrilled when she was hired as a paid intern at Pixar Animation Studios.

NETWORK FOR LIFEErick Lopez, Fashion Design 2014

As a student, Erick Lopez earned the prized Abercrombie & Fitch internship and was hired upon graduation. He was living his dream until, due to financial troubles, there was a compa-ny-wide layoff. Reaching back to CCA, Erick contacted Fashion Chair Amy Williams and the career development team. Through their connections and support, Erick landed a fantastic job in Nike’s global football division—his dream recaptured.

LOCATION IS EVERYTHINGBrian Leach, Industrial Design 2014

When applying to college, Brian Leach considered a number of schools. He chose CCA for several reasons: The San Francisco Bay Area’s exciting and innovative design community, CCA’s commitment to sustainable design, and the deep connections CCA has to local industry. Doing his research paid off big time for Brian. With the help of his teachers, he secured an internship at Astro Studios and had a job offer at Whipsaw Design before he graduated.

LYNDA GROSE (Fashion Design) is a practicing designer, consultant, and educator. London’s Financial Times has called her one of the “green power brokers.” Her work has been featured in numerous books, journals, and magazines, including Fashion Today, Elle, and Metropolis.

CCA CAMPUS TOURS The best way to learn more about CCA is to visit our campuses. We invite you to attend one of our daily tours or come to an on-campus event. Learn more at cca.edu/admissions.

VIRTUAL CAMPUS TOUR

If you can’t visit in person, check out our new interactive virtual tour at cca.edu/virtualtour.

VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSIONS Can’t meet us in person? Attend a virtual information session and chat with a representative on one of the following Wednesdays:

September 23 April 6November 11 March 23

CCA INFORMATION DAYS

NEW YORKSaturday, November 14 LOS ANGELES Saturday, November 14

MARCH MADNESS From March 16 to April 16, CCA offers special campus tours. Saturday tours are offered on March 19 and April 2.

SANDRINE LEBAS (Industrial Design) has won numerous awards, including the Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award, the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award, the Medical Device Excellence Award, and a 2010 IDEA Gold.

NACAC FAIRS & NACAC PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS FAIRS (VPA) Meet with a CCA representative at the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) fairs, or at the NACAC Performing and Visual Arts (VPA) fairs:

BIRMINGHAMSunday, September 13 (NACAC fair)

CHICAGO Saturday, September 26 (NACAC fair)

PORTLAND, OREGON Monday, September 28 (VPA fair) Friday, October 23 (NACAC fair)

SEATTLE Tuesday, September 29 (VPA fair) Friday–Saturday, October 16–17 (NACAC fair)

SAN DIEGO Wednesday, September 30 (VPA fair) Sunday, October 4 (NACAC fair)

SAN FRANCISCO Sunday, October 25 (VPA fair)

HONOLULU Tuesday, October 27 (NACAC fair)

PHILADELPHIA Sunday, November 8 (NACAC fair)

INTERNATIONAL VISITS Visit cca.edu/admissions/international for details. Both undergraduates and graduate students are invited. CCA representatives will be in:

CCA ADMIT ON THE SPOT DAYS Bring your application and portfolio, and get an on-the-spot review for admission and scholarships: CCA SAN FRANCISCO CAMPUS: Saturday, February 20

CHICAGO: Saturday, February 27

DALLAS: Saturday, February 27

NEW YORK CITY: Saturday, February 27

SEATTLE: Saturday, February 27

Get details on all of these events at

cca.edu/admissions

DENVER Saturday, September 26

CINCINNATI Saturday, October 3

CLEVELAND Sunday, October 4

AUSTIN Saturday, October 10

SAN DIEGO Saturday, October 10

DALLAS Sunday, October 11

MINNEAPOLIS Sunday, October 11

MILWAUKEE Saturday, October 17

CHICAGO Sunday, October 18

KANSAS CITY Saturday, October 24

ANN ARBOR Sunday, October 25

SAINT LOUIS Sunday, October 25

HARTFORD Saturday, October 31

BOSTON Sunday, November 1

TORONTO Saturday, November 7

PHILADELPHIA Sunday, November 8

NEW YORK Sunday, November 15

WASHINGTON, DC Saturday, November 21

BALTIMORE Sunday, November 22

CHARLOTTE Sunday, November 22

PHOENIX Saturday, December 5

VANCOUVER Saturday, December 5

ALBUQUERQUE Sunday, December 6

SEATTLE Saturday, January 9

PORTLAND Sunday, January 10

SAN FRANCISCO Saturday, January 16

LOS ANGELES Sunday, January 17

MIAMI Saturday, January 23

SARASOTA Sunday, January 24

CCA’S FACULTY: YOU’LL BE LEARNING FROM THE VERY BEST

OWEN SMITH (Illustration) is an award-winning illustrator whose clients include Sports Illustrated, Time, and Rolling Stone. He has created 18 cover illustrations for the New Yorker alone.

MARK ANDREWS (Animation), a storyboard artist, writer, and director, received the 2013 Best Animated Feature Oscar for his work as the director of Pixar’s Brave.

YU AND HARVEY'S AIRBNB PORTLAND HUB DESIGN

ILLUSTRATOR INDUCTED IN THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION

Patrick Campbell (Illustration 2014) received accolades for his piece New Age of Slavery, which was created in response to the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. His work is being inducted in the Smithsonian collection.

FEATURED IN WIRED AND METROPOLIS

Rachel Yu (Architecture 2010) and fellow alum Adam Taylor Harvey (MArch 2009) were featured for their design of Airbnb’s Customer Experience hub in Portland, Oregon.

FROM NEW YORK TIMES TO LA TO WHITE CUBE, LONDON

Parker Ito (Individualized 2010) had his paintings featured in the New York Times, his multimedia show exhibited in a downtown LA warehouse, and a curated show displayed in the noted London gallery White Cube.

DESIGN DIRECTOR AT IDEO.ORG Adam Reineck (Industrial Design 2005) was named design director at IDEO.org, a nonprofit born out of the global design and innovation firm IDEO. IDEO.org is dedicated to applying human-centered design to the alleviation of poverty. Adam focuses on guiding projects and initiatives toward design excellence.

ONLINE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR Rachel Blodgett (Textiles/Printmaking 2011) created Serpent & Bow, a successful online business specializing in sustainable indigo-dyed lingerie.

FEATURED AT THE WATTIS INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

K.r.m. Mooney (Jewelry/Metal Arts 2012) was selected to have newly commissioned work featured at CCA’s prestigious Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts. This was Mooney’s first solo exhibition in a U.S. institution. The Wattis has a global reputation for showing new work by artists from around the world.

ROB EPSTEIN (Film) debuted two films at Sundance in 2012: the narrative feature film Lovelace starring Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sharon Stone and the HBO documentary The Battle of Amfar. He is currently in preproduction on two feature films, You Deserve Nothing and The Caretaker.

JAMES GOBEL (Painting/Drawing) has had his work featured in Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and many other internationally recognized publications.

RAPHAEL SPERRY (Architecture) was quoted in a February 2015 New York Times article, “Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics.” In addition to practicing architecture and teaching at CCA, Raphael is the president of a nonprofit organization, ADPSR— Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. He is a sustainability/green building consultant in his current practice, and he was a sustainability consultant for the San Francisco Airport Terminal 2 renovation project.

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any are required) to pursue a paid internship before they graduate. O

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A CAREER EXPO

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San Francisco is among the top three cities w

here it is easiest to find a job (Forbes.com

), according to the U.S. Department

of Labor. Based on our survey of the 2014 graduating class, 76%

of our alumni w

orked at full-time jobs w

ithin six months of

graduation, earning an average of $55,000 per year.

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ATTERTanya Poovaiah, Anim

ation 2015

With so m

any CCA instructors from Pixar, Tanya becam

e inspired to w

ork there. As soon as she saw the opportunity

to apply for an internship, she jumped on it. The career

development team

helped her refine her résumé and prep for

the interview. At Pixar for her interview

, she bumped into CCA

faculty mem

ber Bret Parker. Bret said he’d put in a good word

for her. Tanya was thrilled w

hen she was hired as a paid intern

at Pixar Animation Studios.

NETW

ORK FO

R LIFEErick Lopez, Fashion Design 2014

As a student, Erick Lopez earned the prized Abercrombie &

Fitch internship and w

as hired upon graduation. He was living

his dream until, due to financial troubles, there w

as a compa-

ny-wide layoff. Reaching back to CCA, Erick contacted Fashion

Chair Amy W

illiams and the career developm

ent team. Through

their connections and support, Erick landed a fantastic job in N

ike’s global football division—his dream

recaptured.

LOC

ATION

IS EVERYTHING

Brian Leach, Industrial Design 2014

When applying to college, Brian Leach considered a num

ber of schools. He chose CCA for several reasons: The San Francisco Bay Area’s exciting and innovative design com

munity, CCA’s

comm

itment to sustainable design, and the deep connections

CCA has to local industry. Doing his research paid off big time

for Brian. With the help of his teachers, he secured an internship

at Astro Studios and had a job offer at Whipsaw

Design before he graduated.

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