California College Of Arts And Crafts

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Merged / renamed

Now known as
Jewelry + Metal Arts (BFA), California College of the Arts (CCA)

What happened
The institution was renamed: California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC) became California College of the Arts (CCA) in 2003. The Jewelry/Metal Arts program (founded 1912; the program celebrated "100 years" c. 2012) continued strongly past 2014. Marilyn da Silva, who was the program/department head (since 1987) and is listed in the archived record as "? to present," has since retired to Professor Emeritus status. Leadership moved to a co-chair / interdisciplinary-cluster structure (interim co-chairs Aaron Gach and Katherine Lam), with Curtis Arima now Dean of Fine Arts. The biggest change: on January 13, 2026, CCA announced it will wind down and close by the end of the 2026-2027 academic year under an agreement in which Vanderbilt University acquires the campus and will establish its own art/design programming for 2027-28. Students on track to graduate by end of 2026-27 finish at CCA; transfer/teach-out pathways are being arranged for others. So the metals program still operates now but is on a defined teach-out toward institutional closure.

Link
www.cca.edu/fine-arts/jewelry-metalarts/