Contact CCA’s Special Programs to learn more about our wide range of credit and noncredit opportunities for academic and personal development.

An exceptional 4-week program for students currently completing their study of high school. Earn 3 college credits!

Our setting is CCA’s Oakland campus, where studio-focused, college-level courses help you push beyond concepts to portfolio (作品选辑)-ready pieces. On-campus Housing & Scholarships available!

CCA offers about 35 for-credit degree courses each summer, scheduled on the San Francisco and Oakland campuses.

Undergraduate and graduate students can work with a visiting artist, develop skills and stay on track for graduation by earning credits...

For information about summer housing, please contact the Office of Residential Life at 510594722 or housing@cca.edu.

Summer Start is a six-week program designed specifically for international undergraduate and graduate students.This is a for-credit program; students receive six credits towards their degree. During the program, you must live on CCA’s San Francisco campus.       

Tuition includes six units of discounted graduate college credits, which will include books, field trip expenses and one-on-one tutoring. Housing fees include six weeks at CCA’s San Francisco Panoramic Residence.

CCA’s Office of Special Programs can design customized workshops to develop and strengthen employees’ skills within your company. Customized programs have included:

•An Ideation Sketching class, for the design team of a national clothing retailer, scheduled Friday afternoons on San Francisco campus.

•Software-specific workshops, for designers from a national paper product and gift retailer, scheduled in a two-day workshop format during the week on our Oakland campus.

Fulushou to kick off nationwide tour in Nanjing

Chinese band Fulushou, will launch their first nationwide tour in Nanjing on Nov.12 and tour other seven Chinese cities until Dec. 27. The band of the post-1990 generation, made of triplets Du Bing'er (stage name Doudou), Du Xueer (Nienie) and Du Feier (Mimi), rose to fame by performing at the popular reality show. Their first song, Yuzhen, which was inspired by their late grandmother, sparked lots of discussion online. The band will release their first album by the end of this year.

2nd Yan'an Music and Art Festival opens in NW China’s Shaanxi

The second Central Conservatory of Music Yan'an Art Festiyale was launched in Yan’an Grand Theater, on Oct. 15. The opening performance was an original Chinese opera, You You Lu Ming, which tells the story of Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize. Highlights of the art festival included a concert featuring traditional Chinese musical instrumentalists, and Chinese dance drama, based on a1958 Chinese movie, will close the art festival at the Yan’an Grand Theater on Nov.1st. Children from poverty-stricken areas of Shaanxi province also are invited to the events as part of the festival’s art education program.

Beijing Opera Week ends, but not online

Various events during the 2020 Chinese Opera Culture Week in Beijing's Fengtai district delighted audiences. While the seven-day 2020 Chinese Opera Culture Week ended on Thursday the digital opera exhibition will continue until Nov. 22, with 5G technology live streaming them to millions of netizens.

Summer Scholarships

The Scholastic Awards Summer (SAS) Scholarship Program provides teens who have been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards with an opportunity to attend summer art or writing programs on a full-tuition (全额学费) scholarship.

Teens do not apply for specific summer programs; instead, they apply for a SAS Scholarship, and we work with our partners to place Scholars into a program that will work best for them based on their abilities and interests.

Teens in grades 7-11 who have received a Gold or Silver Key can apply for a SAS Scholarship. Individual programs may set additional criteria.

The application period opens when regional awards are announced in January. To apply, log into your account at portal.artandwriting.org. You will find My SAS Scholarships Application on your teen dashboard.

All applications must contain:

1. Your Gold or Silver Key, art or writing.

2. Up to five additional recent examples of your best art or writing.

3. Complete answers to all questions in the written part of the application, including your Profile and Student Questionnaire.

4. The Parent/Guardian Questionnaire must be completed by your parent or guardian.