ENGAGE at CCA Spring 2012 Final Events

April 5, 2012 11:30 am by Aaron Matthew McKenzie

Various ENGAGE at CCA courses are capping their course projects with year-end final events. The Center for Art and Public Life welcomes all to these public events.

Presence and Absence
Instructor: Anne Wolf
Tuesday, May 1, 10:30 a.m.
Zen Hospice Project Guest House, 273 Page Street / San Francisco

Note: This is a private event

Trashformations
Instructor: Celeste Connor
Friday, May 4, noon - 3 p.m.
East Bay Depot, 4695 Telegraph / Oakland

Join "Trashformers," students in Celeste Connor's "Trashformations" course, as they celebrate both the practical and the artistic with a reuse guidebook developed with the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse.

Mural Arts at the Harrison Hotel
Instructor: Taught by Eduardo Pineda
Monday, May 7
Lafayette Square, 11th & Jefferson Street / Oakland

Celebrate the amplification of Oakland voices at the reveal of a collaborative mural between residents of Oakland's Harrison Hotel and students in Eduardo Pineda's Mural Arts course.

Oakland: the There There
Instructor: Jeff Schonberg
Friday, April 27, 12:30 - 3 p.m.
CCA (B Bldg Rm 1) 5212 Broadway / Oakland

Note: This is a private event

Global Lives Project
Instructor: Jody Gillerman
Sunday, April 22, 5-9 p.m.
pariSoma gallery, 169 11th Street / San Francisco

California College of the Arts Professor Jody Gillerman’s ENGAGE at CCA course premieres a new "pop-up" version of the Global Lives Project's 10-projector immersive video installation of daily life around the world. Configurable for spaces of varied shapes from 900 to 2,500 square feet, indoors and outdoors.

Memory & Place
Presentation of Oral Stories & Visual Narratives
Instructor: Mariella Poli
Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.
Bethany Senior Housing, 580 Capp Street / San Francisco

Teaching Creative Writing
Instructor: Matthew Iribarne
Thursday, May 3, 4-7 p.m.
Main SF (East 1) 1111 8th Street / San Francisco

Building Narratives: Installations for Transitional Space
Instructor: Melissa Martin & Alexis Petty
Saturday, April 21, 3-6 p.m.
Esparto Station, Yolo @ Woodland Avenue / Esparto

How can historical landmarks facilitate conversation about a community's future? Graduate students in the Building Narratives course, taught by Melissa Martin and Alexis Petty, use installation and performance art to engage residents throughout Capay Valley in re-envisioning the Esparto Train Station.

TURF Studio
Instructor: Rebecca Katkin
Monday, April 30, noon - 3 p.m.
The Nave (N5-7) 1111 8th Street / San Francisco

At their final review, students in Rebecca Katkin's TURF Studio will unveil 3 projects developed with Alemany Farm: a self-guided tour, a billboard, and design for an outdoor kitchen.

Documenting the California Hotel
Instructor: Rob Epstein & Johnny Symons
Wednesday, May 2, noon-1:30 p.m.
California Hotel 3501 San Pablo / Oakland

Student's in Rob Epstein and Johnny Symon's course, Documenting the California Hotel, capture the stories and history of this local landmark as the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation prepares for its rebirth.

Production Furniture 1
Instructor: Russell Baldon
Tuesday, May 1, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
California Hotel 3501 San Pablo / Oakland

Join student's in Russell Baldon's Production Furniture course as they present custom furniture designed with the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation to merge the past and future of Oakland's historic California Hotel.

Intercultural Gardens
Instructor: Susanne Cockrell
Wednesday, May 2, 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Emerson Elementary / 4803 Lawton Ave. / Oakland

Note: This is a private event

Teaching as Creative Practice
Instructor: Trena Noval
Tuesday, May 1, 12:45 - 3 p.m. & May 18, evening

Final work will be on display for the Emery Arts and Music Festival on May 30 at Emery Secondary 5:30-7:30 p.m.• Emery Secondary School, 4727 San Pablo Ave. / Emeryville

The Athena Project
Instructor: Virginia Jardim
Tuesday, May 1, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, 2465, 34th Avenue / Oakland

CCA students partnered with middle school students from United for Success Academy in Fruitvale to create site-specific installations and experiences at the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park. Come celebrate by breaking a piñata!