Wed, May 15, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Berlin-based artist, writer and archivist Scott Holmquist presents chronic freedom, the lead volume in a series of five hand-made artist books that portray a macroscopic history of the back-to-land and marijuana culture in Southern Humboldt County, California, from the late 1960s to 2010.→

Thu, Apr 25, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Artist and writer Allan deSouza speaks with James Voorhies, CCA Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice, about his recent publication How Art Can Be Thought: A Handbook for Change, which examines the popular terminology through which art is discussed, valued, and taught.→

Wed, Apr 17, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

On the occasion of the digital release of the full run Design Book Review, Mimi Zeiger will join founding publishers and editors, Elizabeth Snowden and John Parman, editors Barry Katz and William Littman, and contributor Margaret Crawford to discuss the legacy of Design Book Review and explore the present state and future prospects of design history, theory, and criticism.→

Wed, Apr 3, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Swedish curator and writer Maria Lind speaks about her curatorial practice, specifically her experience engaging and building diverse audiences at Tensta konsthall in Stockholm where she served as director since 2011 to 2018.→

Sun, Mar 24, 2019
2–3:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

As YBCA celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary, it looks back at the artists and curators who have contributed to its longest-running exhibition, Bay Area Now. The Curatorial Research Bureau hosts a panel of key voices who can speak personally to the triennial’s legacy of resilience, creativity, and connection.→

Wed, Mar 20, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

American artist and designer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon talks with Vee Moran, co-publisher of Owl Cave Books, and James Voorhies, CCA Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice, about her wide-ranging installation practice and her new books published by San Francisco-based Owl Cave.→

Thu, Mar 14, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Art critic and poet Frances Richard talks with James Voorhies, CCA Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice, about her new book, Gordon Matta-Clark: Physical Poetics.→

Thu, Feb 28, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

American artist Josiah McElheny talks about a selection of books produced as essential components of his practice, emphasizing the important role of printed matter, art history and the book form in his art and research.→

Wed, Feb 20, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Art Historian Dore Bowen and Curators Constance Lewallen and Ted Mann speak about their new book Bruce Nauman: Spatial Encounters, the first publication to solely take up Nauman’s corridors and architectural installations.→

Thu, Feb 7, 2019
6–8:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Filmmaker Giorgio Angelini introduces and screens his documentary Owned, A Tale of Two Americas, a fever dream vision into the dark history behind the US housing economy. This event is organized in partnership with CCA Architecture Division.→

Wed, Feb 6, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Swiss designer Julia Born presents a selection of her publications and exhibitions focusing on how she uses design to propose new narratives and ways of reading. This event is organized in partnership with CCA MFA Design and swissnex San Francisco, with support from Pro Helvetia.→

Thu, Jan 31, 2019
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Switzerland-based, French curator and writer Yann Chateigné speaks about research on a forthcoming project that draws connections between 1960s counterculture experiments in the Bay Area, early European avant-gardes, and contemporary Swiss artists and musicians. This event is organized in partnership with swissnex San Francisco, with support from Pro Helvetia.→

Thu, Dec 13, 2018
4–6 pm
(free and open to the public)

In anticipation of her forthcoming book Here Is Where I Walk: Episodes from a Life in the Forest, Leslie Carol Roberts reads from her book, discusses her methodologies and then leads guests out into the the Yerba Buena Gardens to talk about the history and atmosphere this urban ecology.→

Thu, Nov 8, 2018
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Between You & Me is a series of dialogic exchanges between artists and their collaborators and peers to materialize the countless conversations, musings, and debates that are often invisible yet play a significant role in the generative space of artmaking.→

Thu, Nov 1, 2018
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Zoë Ryan in conversation with CCA’s Dean of Design, Helen Maria Nugent, and James Voorhies, CCA’s Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice.→

Thu, Oct 4, 2018
6–7:30 pm
(free and open to the public)

Curator and critic Barbara Pollack speaks about her new book, Brand New Art from China: A Generation on the Rise (I.B. Tauris).→

Mon, Sep 17, 2018
3–5 pm
Off-site: San Francisco Public Library Facility and Warehouse
​​​​​​​(by invitation)

Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol speak about the development of their project at SFMOMA for the purpose of involving students.→