"Like Mills, CCA's campus will become a satellite campus of a larger, more solvent school. Vanderbilt will also open a New York City campus in the fall of 2026, and plans to create a graduate campus in West Palm Beach, Florida. While plans for the CCA campus will be directed by an advisory committee chaired by a member of Vanderbilt's College of Arts and Science, no mention was made today of what's to become of CCA's brand-new studio facilities and classrooms."
"Vanderbilt has promised to safeguard CCA's legacy via a "CCA Institute," which will include continuing programming at the art school's gallery, the Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts. Vanderbilt will also manage CCA's archives and "serve as a vehicle for alumni engagement," per today's announcement. Less is known about the fate of CCA's 311 faculty members, many of whom have worked at the art school for decades."
California College of the Arts will close and its campus will become a Vanderbilt satellite, with a CCA Institute preserving archives and some programming. Vanderbilt plans New York City and West Palm Beach graduate campuses and will direct CCA campus plans via an advisory committee chaired by a member of Vanderbilt's College of Arts and Science. The Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts will host continuing programming. The fate of 311 faculty members remains unclear; potential hiring decisions will be made by Vanderbilt. Affected students can finish degrees through 2027 and the school will establish transfer and completion pathways. Two hundred seven undergraduates and 117 graduate students started in fall 2025.
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