thursday may 30 - friday june 7, 2013

// MON JUNE 3 // STUDIO MOVE-OUT DEADLINE: ciao, Class of 2013!

// Stairwell's new Takeaway Issue #4 with essays by Stacy Martin, Sarah Hotchkiss (both MFA alums), Zoe Taleporos, and Carey Lin are available at the Stairwell's-related events listed below

NADA

WED 29 // "Print, Print, Pass" with work by Erin Allen, Llewelynn Fletcher, Sam Lopes (all MFA alums), Erik Scollon (MFA/MA alum, faculty) and others // 6 - 8PM // Berkeley Central Arts Passage (1060 Heinz Ave, Berkeley)

THU 30 // Opening // "Proximities 1: What Time Is It There" curated by Glen Helfand (MFA faculty), with work by Elisheva Biernoff (MFA alum), Larry Sultan, James Gobel (all MFA faculty) // 6:30 - 9PM // Asian Art Museum (Larkin St)  FREE WITH COLLEGE ID

THU 30 // Closing Reception // "Reverse Rehearsals" with work by Dodie Bellamy (CCA faculty); Victoria Gannon (VCS alum); Patrick Gillespie, Julie Henson (both CCA MFAs); Maria Porges, Michael Swaine, Susan Gevirtz (all MFA faculty); Weston Teruya (MA/MFA alum); curated by Michele Carlson and Nathan Lynch (both MFA faculty) // 7 - 10PM // Southern Exposure (3030 20th St, SF)

THU 30 // "Unique" with work by Klea McKenna (MFA alum) // 6 - 8PM // Von Lintel Gallery (NYC)

FRI 31 // "Goodbye and Hello: Poets bid adieu to Adobe Books on 16th" // 7PM // Adobe Books (3166 16th St, SF)

FRI 31 - JUL 4 // Conference // "Drawing in the University Today: International Conference & Exhibition on Drawing, Image & Research" with participation from Amber Stucke (MFA alum) // University of Oporto (Portugal)

FRI 31 // Opening // "Ladders, Imagination and Possibility for Precarious Times: new works by Ann Schnake (MFA alum) // 7 - 10PM // D'Clinic Gallery (Lendeva, Slovenia)

SAT 1 // "San Francisco by Night", paintings and sculpture in the basement // 8PM // Adboe Books (3166 16th St, SF)  ONE NIGHT ONLY!

SAT 1 // "Liquid Crystal" organized by Daniella Fernandez Murphy and Peta Rake (both CURP alums) // 7 - 10PM // Adobe Books Backroom Gallery (3166 16th St, SF)

SAT 1 // "Displacement" with participation from Chris Treggiari, Justin Hoover, Andrew McKinley and others // 7 - 9PM // NEW Adobe Books (3130 24th St, SF)

SAT 1 // Opening + BBQ // "Cornerways" with work by Seth Curcio and Dan Swindel, presented by Stairwell's // 12 - 5PM // Boise-Cascade Building (1050 47th Ave #6, OAK)

SAT 1, SUN 2 // "Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios", with participation from Curtis H. Arima (MFA faculty) and others // 11am - 6pm // 2547 8th St Studio 30B, Berkeley)

SUN 2 // On View // "Faux Real" with work by Libby Black, Stephanie Syjuco (both MFA faculty) and others // Laguna Art Museum (307 Cliff Drive Laguna Beach, CA)

WED 5 // Headlands Auction, with work by Zina Al-Shukri, Kim Anno, Libby Black, Val Britton, Amanda Curreri, Liam Everett, Christina Empedocles, Bean Gilsdorf, Todd Hido, Jordan Kantor, Ranu Mukherjee, Shaun O'Dell, Hilary Pecis, Christina Seely, and many more // 6:30PM // Herbst International Exhibition Hall (385 Moraga Avenue, SF)  MORE INFO

(6/8) Liam Everett at ICA San Jose

(6/8) Liam Everett at Anat Ebgi Gallery

(6/9) Nathan Lynch, Christine M. Peterson, Leonie Guyer, David Fought at Traywick Contemporary

(6/11) Liam Everett at Liste 18 with Altman Siegel

(6/14) SOEX Monster Drawing Rally

(6/30) Cornerways closing reception

(7/7) Klea Mckenna at Eugean Gallery, Seoul

(7/11) Anna Martine Whitehead at African American Arts and Culture Complex

(7/11) Klea McKenna at Rayko Photo Center

(7/12) Klea McKenna at The Lab

(7/15, 21, 22, 23) Anna Martine Whitehead with Dancer's Group

(7/20) Allison Smith at Haines Gallery

"Selfless" with work by Senalka McDonald (MFA alum) and others at Mark Wolfe Contemporary (through June 28)

"Laura Parker ROOTS" curated by Nicole Markoff (MFA '12) and Casey Carroll (MA VCS '12) at 18 Reasons (through May 30)

"The Art of the Book" with work by Kim Anno (MFA faculty), Alisa Golden (CCA faculty), Lisa Kokin (MFA alum), Maria Porges (MFA faculty and interim-chair) and others at Seager Gray Gallery, 23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley, CA (through May 31)

"Brush" by Nicole Markoff (MFA '12) at Edo Salon and Gallery, 601 Haight St, SF (through May)

"Reverse Rehearsals" with Dodie Bellamy (MFA faculty), Vicotria Gannon (VCS alum), Susan Gevirtz (MFA/VCS faculty), Patrick Gillespie (MFA alum), Julie Henson (MFA alum), Maria Porges (MFA faculty/interim chair), Michael Swaine (MFA faculty), Weston Teruya (MA/MFA alum) at Southern Exposure, 3030 20th St, SF (through June 1)

"Fortuna Paper Moon" by Jovi Schnell (MFA Advisor) at Gregory Lind Gallery (through June 1)

"GRAIN" with work by Ranu Mukherjee (MFA faculty) and others at Gallery Espace, 16 Community Center, New Friends Colony East, New Delhi, India (through June 1)

"(Trans)Formation" solo show by Llewelynn Fletcher (MFA alum) at Esqueleto, 482A 49th St, OAK (through June 3)

"Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear" with work by Patricia Esquivias (MFA alum) and others at Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo (through June 7)

"Present Tense: 2012-13 Graduate Fellows Exhibition" with work by Liam Everett (MFA alum), Kari Orvik (friend of the program) at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA (through June 9)

"Question Bridge"  by Chris Johnson (MFA faculty), Hank Willis Thomas (MFA/VCS '04), Bayeté Ross Smith (MFA '04) and Kamal Sinclair at the Missouri History Museum (through June 16)

"The Wait (...) La Espera" with work by Omar Mismar, Heidi Lubin, Jose Iniguez, Alex Bargas, Robert Gomez, Maral Hashemi at The Gallery at the Consulate General (through June 16)

"A spring a thousand years ago" by John Zurier (MFA faculty) at Peter Blum, NYC (through June 22)

"My Country Has No Name" solo show by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12)  at Jack Shainman Gallery, NY (through June 29)

"Words and Places: Etel Adnan" curated by the graduating class of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice at CCA at the Wattis Institute, 360 Kansas St, SF (through June 29)

"Make active choices. Art and Ecology: A How-to Guide" with work by Amy Balkin (MFA faculty) and others at the Museum of Modern Art, städtische museen Freiburg, Germany (through September 8)

"Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013 Exhibition" with work by Jason Hanasik (MFA alum) at Smithsonian Portrait Gallery, DC (through February 23, 2014)

wednesday may 8 - friday may 17, 2013

// MAY 13-15 MFA SHOW INSTALL

// THU 16 MFA SHOW OPENING (SF)

// SAT 18 COMMENCEMENT

// Congrats to Stairwells on their newly acquired fiscal sponsorship from Fractured Atlas!

// Kudos to Nancy Nowacek (MFA alum) on her acceptance into Recess's SESSION Program in Red Hook! AND Marie Walsh Sharpe's studio program (which means free studio space for one year!) AND for being one of Smack Mellon's 20 Hot Picks for 2013!

// Congratulations to Ann Wettrich and Trena Noval (both MFA faculty), recipients of the Irvine Fellowship at Montalvo Art Center

// The current issue of Art Practical has a heavy dose of CCA contributions: Leigh Markopoulos (CURP Chair) on "Painting Expanded"; Danielle Sommer (MFA/MA alum); and Matthew Harrison Tedford (VCS alum) 

// gradthesis.cca.edu is alive (and well). See what the class of 2013 has been up to

// Calder Yates (MFA/MA '14) reviewed Stairwell's third Field Trip in SFMOMA's OPEN SPACE blog; Tirza Latimer (VCS faculty) told him to

// Check out (MFA '13) Stephanie Wallace's work published in issue #14 of Capricious Magazine on Masculinity

// Amanda Curreri (MFA alum) has a series of prints and a short interview in the new issue of San Francisco Arts Quarterly

FRI 10 // Event // doubleBread presents "Other Species of Spaces" with Marion Cousin, Chloé Veylit, Marie Martraire, Pierre-François Galpin (all CURP), Omar El Mismar (MFA/MA '15), Dan Bouthot, Arash Fayez, Byron Peters, Phillip Maisel (all MFA), Jordan Reznick (MFA/VCS '13)   // 4 - 6PM // Starting Point: Hooper 1 Atrium (CCA Grad Center, SF)

FRI 10 //  DEADLINE // Spring 2013 GSP Evaluations are in your CCA email inbox. Be heard! Your feedback has a direct effect on the GSP program

FRI 10 // LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

THU 16 // MFA SHOW OPENING (SF)

FRI 17 // CCA Annual Fashion Show 2013

On View // "the ghost of background" solo show by Christopher Russell (MFA '98) // [ 2nd floor projects ] (3740 25th St #205, SF)

On View // "Reverse Rehearsals" with Dodie Bellamy, Susan Gevirtz, Maria Porges, Michael Swaine (all MFA faculty), Victoria Gannon (VCS alum), Patrick Gillespie, Julie Henson (both MFA alums), Weston Teruya (MA/MFA alum) // Southern Exposure (3030 20th St, SF)

FRI 10 // Opening // "Luminous Flux" with work by Laura Sutro (CCA BFA) // Adobe Books Backroom Gallery (LAST SHOW EVER AT 3166 16TH STREET!)

FRI 10 - MON 13 // Art Fair // Hank Willis Thomas (MFA/MA alum) at Frieze Art Fair NYC (stand C16)

FRI 10 - SUN 12 // Art Fair // Kate Bonner (MFA '12) at NADA Art Fair (Basketball City, Pier 36, NYC)

FRI 10 // "Low Subject" with work by Kate Bonner (MFA alum) and others // 6 - 10PM // The Popular Workshop (1173 Sutter St, SF)

FRI 10 // Opening // "Itinerant Architectures: Orations" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum) and others // 12 - 6PM // Memphis Social (The Ambassador Hotel, 345 South Main St, Memphis) 

FRI 10 - SAT 11 // Event // Queer Rebels presents "SPIRIT: A Century of Queer Asian Activism." with by Tina Takemoto (MFA/VCS faculty) and others // more info here.

SAT 11 // Screening // "Trojan Horse" by Brian King (MFA alum) // 6 - 9PM // Experimental Film Festival Portland (625 NW Everett, Portland) (MORE INFO)

WED 15 // Opening // "Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear" with work by Patricia Esquivias (MFA alum) and others // 7 PM // Contemporary Image Collective (Cairo)

THU 16 // Opening // "My Country Has No Name" solo show by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12)  // 6 - 8 PM // Jack Shainman Gallery (NY)

THU 16 - SUN 19 // Art Fair //  Sarah Thibault (MFA '09), Jake Ziemann (MFA '12) at ArtPad SF // Phoenix Hotel (601 Eddy St, SF)

THU 16 - SUN 19 // Art Fair // Amanda Curreri (MFA alum), Pablo Guardiola (MFA faculty) with Romer Young Gallery at artMRKT // (Festival Pavilion - Fort Mason Center Marina Boulevard, SF)

(5/18) COMMENCEMENT

(5/18) Kelly Lynn Jones' Little Paper Planes shop opens!

(5/18) Amanda Hunt at "Meet the Curators" (Portland, OR)

(5/21) Brindalyn Webster Chen at Cabinet

(5/26-28) MFA SHOW DEINSTALL

(5/27) Allison Smith at Aldrich Contemporary

(5/30) Larry Sultan, James Gobel, Elisheva Biernoff, Glen Helfand at Asian Art Museum

(5/30) Dodie Bellamy, Vicotria Gannon, Susan Gevirtz, Patrick Gillespie, Julie Henson, Maria Porges, Michael Swaine, Weston Teruya Closing Reception and Reading at SoEx's "Reverse Rehersals".

(5/31 - 7/4) Amber Stucke at University of Oporto, Portugal

(6/3) Studio Move-Out deadline

"A Moment Lasts Forever Until It's Gone" solo show by Erik Scollon (MFA alum, faculty) at Romer Young Gallery (through May 11)

"Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime" solo show David Maisel (MFA alum and faculty) at CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO (through May 11)

"Magnetic North" with work by Mitzi Pederson (MFA alum) and others at Ratio 3 Gallery (through May 11)

"Intimate Immensity" by Val Britton (MFA '06) at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (through May 18)

"A Willing Transfer of Belief" with work by Michelle Blade and Hillary Wiedemann (both MFA alum) at Johansson Projects. OAK (through May 18)

"Memphis Social" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum) and others at Hyde Gallery, Memphis College of Art (through May 18)

"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" with work by Kate Bonner (MFA '12) and Anthony Discenza (MFA Faculty and alum) at Et al. (through May 24)

"What happens when we start looking" show by Ali Naschke-Messing (MFA alum) at Artadia, Brooklyn NY (through May 24)

"CCA MFA Thesis Show 2013" at CCA, 1111 8th St, SF (May 17 through May 25)

"Luminous Flux" solo show by Laura Sutro (BFA alum) at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery 3166 16th St, SF (through MAY 28)

"Laura Parker ROOTS" curated by Nicole Markoff (MFA '12) and Casey Carroll (MA VCS '12) at 18 Reasons (through May 30)

"The Art of the Book" with work by Kim Anno (MFA faculty), Alisa Golden (CCA faculty), Lisa Kokin (MFA alum), Maria Porges (MFA faculty and interim-chair) and others at Seager Gray Gallery, 23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley, CA (through May 31)

"Brush" by Nicole Markoff (MFA '12) at Edo Salon and Gallery, 601 Haight St, SF (through May)

"Reverse Rehearsals" with Dodie Bellamy (MFA faculty), Vicotria Gannon (VCS alum), Susan Gevirtz (MFA/VCS faculty), Patrick Gillespie (MFA alum), Julie Henson (MFA alum), Maria Porges (MFA faculty/interim chair), Michael Swaine (MFA faculty), Weston Teruya (MA/MFA alum) at Southern Exposure, 3030 20th St, SF (through June 1)

"Fortuna Paper Moon" by Jovi Schnell (MFA Advisor) at Gregory Lind Gallery (through June 1)

"GRAIN" with work by Ranu Mukherjee (MFA faculty) and others at Gallery Espace, 16 Community Center, New Friends Colony East, New Delhi, India (through June 1)

"(Trans)Formation" solo show by Llewelynn Fletcher (MFA alum) at Esqueleto, 482A 49th St, OAK (through June 3)

"Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear" with work by Patricia Esquivias (MFA alum) and others at Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo (through June 7)

"Present Tense: 2012-13 Graduate Fellows Exhibition" with work by Liam Everett (MFA alum), Kari Orvik (friend of the program) at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA (through June 9)

"Question Bridge"  by Chris Johnson (MFA faculty), Hank Willis Thomas (MFA/VCS '04), Bayeté Ross Smith (MFA '04) and Kamal Sinclair at the Missouri History Museum (through June 16)

"The Wait (...) La Espera" with work by Omar Mismar, Heidi Lubin, Jose Iniguez, Alex Bargas, Robert Gomez, Maral Hashemi at The Gallery at the Consulate General (through June 16)

"A spring a thousand years ago" by John Zurier (MFA faculty) at Peter Blum, NYC (through June 22)

"My Country Has No Name" solo show by Toyin Odutola (MFA '12)  at Jack Shainman Gallery, NY (through June 29)

"Words and Places: Etel Adnan" curated by the graduating class of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice at CCA at the Wattis Institute, 360 Kansas St, SF (through June 29)

"Make active choices. Art and Ecology: A How-to Guide" with work by Amy Balkin (MFA faculty) and others at the Museum of Modern Art, städtische museen Freiburg, Germany (through September 8)

"Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013 Exhibition" with work by Jason Hanasik (MFA alum) at Smithsonian Portrait Gallery, DC (through February 23, 2014)

2013 MFA SHOW COUNTDOWN

wednesday may 1 - friday may 10, 2013

// Congrats to this year's Headlands Residency Finalists! Elizabeth Moran, Stephanie Wickizer, Merle Porter (Margo Wolowiec and Philip Maisel), Calder Yates, Kate Nichols, Megan Lavelle, Floris Schonfeld and Benjamin Marlowe.

// Kudos to Elizabeth Moran (MA/MFA '14), one of the US winners of the Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2013!

// 2ND YRS // MFA Show RELEASE OF LIABILITY/FINAL EXHIBITION PROPOSAL FORMS and info for WALL LABELS are both due in the Grad Office by 5PM Friday May 3

// 1ST YRS + UNDERGRADS // Gain invaluable insight and experience (and maybe some pocket money) by helping the 2nd Years with their MFA Show install. 2nd Years in need of assistance can be found on this spreadsheet.

// Advance tickets are now available for the CCA Annual Fashion Show here. CCA students, staff and faculty can attend the dress rehearsal for free.

// Almost everything you ever wanted to know about the 2013 MFA Show...

// Check out the latest episode of Working Title, (MFA alum) Kelly Lynn Jones and (BFA film alum) Adam Behrmann's documentary series for KQED, featuring Jay and Rie Dion (both MFA alums)

// Students in MFA Design made a series of rad little videos for their Thesis Exhibition

// Nyeema Morgan (MFA alum) is profiled in the Wall Street Journal

// A piece on Robert Bechtle (MFA '52) appeared in the April 14th Arts & Theater section of SFChronicle.com

// Brandeis Magazine has an article up on (MFA alum) Rebecca Ora's work covering the Jerusalem Marathon

// An article about (MFA faculty) Jim Goldberg's exhibition at Paris Photo LA was published in the April 26th issue of the Los Angeles Times

// gradthesis.cca.edu is alive! See what the class of 2013 has been up to

FRI 3 // World. 2013: MFA Writing Thesis Readings // 7PM // Timken (SF)

FRI 3 // PLAySPACE Book Launch // "Touring the Social Imaginary" with work by Sadie Harmon + Lauren Marie Taylor, Ana Labastida, Arash Fayez + Christie Noh, Maureen Burdock (all MFA '13), Maysha Mohamedi (MFA alum) // 5 - 7PM // Hooper 1 Atrium

SUN 5 // DEADLINE // Spring 2013 course evaluations are in your CCA email inbox

MON 6 // Rebeca Bollinger (MFA faculty) Office Hours // 3 - 5PM // make an appointment 

MON 6 // DEADLINE // 2013 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards

FRI 10 //  DEADLINE // Spring 2013 GSP Evaluations are in your CCA email inbox. Be heard! Your feedback has a direct effect on the GSP program

FRI 10 // LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

FRI 3 // Opening // "The Art of the Book" with work by Kim Anno (MFA faculty), Alisa Golden (CCA faculty), Lisa Kokin (MFA alum), Maria Porges (MFA faculty/Interim Chair) and others // 6 - 8 PM // Seager Gray Gallery (23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley, CA)

FRI 3 // Opening // "(Trans)Formation" solo show by Llewelynn Fletcher (MFA alum) // 6 - 9PM // Esqueleto (482A 49th St, OAK)

SAT 4 // Opening // "Dirty Drawings" featuring collaborative drawings by Keith Boadwee (MFA faculty) and his "Drawing Intensive" class: Tiffany Canter, Abigail Clark, Jamie Emerick, Andy Gonzalez, Victoria Jang, Matthew Kotzin, Carmen Lang, Marc Manning, Em Meine, Clare Rickman, Brittany Watkins (All MFAs)  // 6 - 10 PM // Will Brown (3041 24th St, SF)

SUN 5 // Artist talk and walk-through // "PARASITIC, MUTUALISTIC, COMMENSALISTIC RELATIONSHIPS: solo show of small works" by Amber Stucke (MFA alum)  // 11AM - 1PM // Extension Gallery, Electric Works (SF)

SUN 5 // Opening // "2012-2013 Graduate Fellows Exhibition" with work by Liam Everett (MFA alum), Kari Orvik (friend of the program) // 12 - 5PM // Headlands (Sausalito, CA)

FRI 10 - SUN 12 // Art Fair // Kate Bonner (MFA '12) //  Et al. Gallery booth at NADA Art Fair (Basketball City, Pier 36, NYC)

FRI 10 // "Low Subject" with work by Kate Bonner (MFA alum) and others // 6 - 10PM // The Popular Workshop (1173 Sutter St, SF)

FRI 10 // Opening // "Memphis Social" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum) and others // 5 - 8 PM // Hyde Gallery, Memphis College of Art

// On View // "What happens when we start looking" by Ali Naschke-Messing (MFA alum) // Artadia (Brooklyn, NY) 

(5/11) Tina Takemoto at Queer Rebels presents SPIRIT

(5/13-15) MFA SHOW INSTALL

(5/15) Patricia Esquivias at Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo

(5/16) MFA SHOW OPENING (SF)

(5/16) Toyin Odutola at Jack Shainman

(5/16 - 19) Sarah Thibault, Jake Ziemann at ArtPad SF

(5/16 - 19) Amanda Curreri, Pablo Guardiola with Romer Young Gallery at artMRKT

(5/17) CCA Annual Fashion Show 2013

(5/18) COMMENCEMENT

(526-28) MFA SHOW DEINSTALL

(5/30) Larry Sultan, James Gobel, Elisheva Biernoff, Glen Helfand at Asian Art Museum

(5/31 - 7/4) Amber Stucke at University of Oporto, Portugal

(6/3) Studio Move-Out deadline

"White Boys" co-curated by Hank WIllis Thomas (MFA alum) with work by Jessica Ingram (MFA faculty), Noah Krell (MFA '11), Gregory Halpern (MFA alum), Eva O'Leary (BFA alum) among others at Haveford College, PA (through May 3)

John Zurier (MFA faculty) "Watercolors" at Gallery Paule Anglim (through May 4)

"Social Fabric" with work by Rachel Bernstein, Drew Cameron (Combat Paper Project), Bean Gilsdorf (MFA alum), Donna Huanca, Carole Frances Lung (Frau Fiber), Allison Smith (MFA faculty), Stephanie Syjuco (MFA faculty) at Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles (through May 5)

"A Moment Lasts Forever Until It's Gone" solo show by Erik Scollon (MFA alum, faculty) at Romer Young Gallery (through May 11)

"Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime" solo show David Maisel (MFA alum and faculty) at CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO (through May 11)

"Magnetic North" with work by Mitzi Pederson (MFA alum) and others at Ratio 3 Gallery (through May 11)

"Intimate Immensity" by Val Britton (MFA '06) at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (through May 18)

"A Willing Transfer of Belief" with work by Michelle Blade and Hillary Wiedemann (both MFA alum) at Johansson Projects. OAK (through May 18)

"Memphis Social" with work by Elizabeth Dorbad (MFA alum) and others at Hyde Gallery, Memphis College of Art (through May 18)

"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" with work by Kate Bonner (MFA '12) and Anthony Discenza (MFA Faculty and alum) at Et al. (through May 24)

"What happens when we start looking" show by Ali Naschke-Messing (MFA alum) at 

Artadia, Brooklyn NY (through May 24)

"CCA MFA Thesis Show 2013" at CCA, 1111 8th St, SF (May 17 through May 25)

"Laura Parker ROOTS" curated by Nicole Markoff (MFA '12) and Casey Carroll (MA VCS '12) at 18 Reasons (through May 30)

"The Art of the Book" with work by Kim Anno (MFA faculty), Alisa Golden (CCA faculty), Lisa Kokin (MFA alum), Maria Porges (MFA faculty and interim-chair) and others at Seager Gray Gallery, 23 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley, CA (through May 31)

"Brush" by Nicole Markoff (MFA '12) at Edo Salon and Gallery, 601 Haight St, SF (through May)

"Fortuna Paper Moon" by Jovi Schnell (MFA Advisor) at Gregory Lind Gallery (through June 1)

"GRAIN" with work by Ranu Mukherjee (MFA faculty) and others at Gallery Espace, 16 Community Center, New Friends Colony East, New Delhi, India (through June 1)

"Question Bridge"  by Chris Johnson (MFA faculty), Hank Willis Thomas (MFA/VCS '04), Bayeté Ross Smith (MFA '04) and Kamal Sinclair at the Missouri History Museum (through June 16)

"The Wait (...) La Espera" with work by Omar Mismar, Heidi Lubin, Jose Iniguez, Alex Bargas, Robert Gomez, Maral Hashemi at The Gallery at the Consulate General (through June 16)

"A spring a thousand years ago" by John Zurier (MFA faculty) at Peter Blum, NYC (through June 22)

"Words and Places: Etel Adnan" curated by the graduating class of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice at CCA at the Wattis Institute, 360 Kansas St, SF (through June 29)

"Make active choices. Art and Ecology: A How-to Guide" with work by Amy Balkin (MFA faculty) and others at the Museum of Modern Art, städtische museen Freiburg, Germany (through September 8)

"Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013 Exhibition" with work by Jason Hanasik (MFA alum) at Smithsonian Portrait Gallery, DC (through February 23, 2014)