Art & Crafts Fair 2025 + HCC Induction Ceremony
Saturday, Nov 8 2025, 10AM - 5PM
145 Hooper Street

The day will begin at 10am with a brief HCC Brunch and Induction Ceremony in Makers' Cafe (188 Hooper St), the college's community gathering place and dining hall. All alumni from the class of 1975 and those earlier years are invited to celebrate their shared legacy, to see our newly expanded campus, and connect with today's faculty and students. This is a special moment for alumni to come together to hear your stories, to honor the college's rich history, and to reconnect with each other. We hope you will stay for the annual Art & Crafts Fair (11AM-5PM) and to see our expanded San Francisco campus. To register for the HCC Induction Ceremony, RSVP by emailing alumni@cca.edu or calling 415-703-9567.

Afterwards, join us at the Art & Crafts Fair at CCA for a free festival filled with handmade goodies, local talent, fun and community! Shop from a wide variety of original artwork made by over 180 students, faculty, alumni, staff, and local artists. This is a great opportunity to support craftspersons, designers, and local artisans. Come find unique, one of a kind gifts like jewelry, prints, glass, ceramics, clothing, and more for loved ones or yourself. We need your help to support our local community vendors and businesses! Reserve your free ticket on Eventbrite here today! For additional information about this year's Arts & Crafts Fair, please visit the Arts & Crafts Fair website.

Finally, visit the Alumni Booth in Maker' s Cafe from 11am - 2pm and check out what’s coming 'Out of the Vault'! Find CCA / CCAC merchandise, Oakland Legacy prints by CCA faculty, alumni prints and other artifacts unearthed from the archives. All sales benefit CCA Libraries and the Oakland Legacy Project. You won’t want to miss this chance to take home a piece of CCA's history!

CCA Opening Celebrations + Homecoming + Holiday Art & Crafts Fair 2024
We celebrate you, our alumni, as valuable members of our community's past, present, and future. Join us for Homecoming to mark the completion of our unified campus in San Francisco during this historic moment. Come for the alumni gathering and stay for the Campus Housewarming, when we open our doors to friends and neighbors!

Homecoming + Holiday Art & Crafts Fair 2023

We threw a street party on Hooper with food trucks, drinks, music, and entertainment in addition to the annual Art & Crafts Fair that featured handmade goods for sale by the college’s talented alumni, students, faculty, and staff. Attendees were welcomed inside the CCA main building for open studios and art-making demos and got a chance to see the construction of our expanded campus, well underway.

Design by Alia Moussa (BFA Graphic Design 2022),@eggmork

Homecoming + Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair 2022

CCA’s Homecoming and Holiday Fair event was held for the first time on the newly unified San Francisco campus. The event featured a street party on Hooper with food trucks, music, and a petting and drawing zoo in addition to the annual Holiday Fair featuring handmade goods for sale from alumni, students, faculty, and staff. CCA’s main building in SF welcomed guests inside for open studios, demos, and the chance to get a peek at the newly unified campus. We closed the day with an after party celebrating David Meckel’s 37 years of service to the college.

Homecoming 2021

Celebrating 100 years on the Oakland campus, CCA’s 2021 Homecoming brought the community together again for the first in person event after the pandemic lockdown. Festivities included a return to the Holiday Fair, music by alum Ernie Pinata and the Delta Wires, food, open studios, and the launch of the Oakland Campus Legacy Print Project.

Homecoming at Home 2020

Curated from the college’s archive of images, ephemera, and oral histories, and featuring new conversations with leaders in our community, CCA’s 2020 Homecoming at Home was a series of virtual exhibitions and podcasts celebrating and exploring CCA’s unique history and culture. Meet us in the archives!