Please join California College of the Arts for the 2025 Bay Area Undergraduate Art History Research Symposium, where student speakers from local universities are selected to present their undergraduate research. The annual symposium will take place on April 26th from 1pm-5pm in Timken Hall with a reception to follow in the Nave Presentation Space. This year's selected speakers will be representing: California College of the Arts, Stanford University, UC Davis, Santa Clara University, San Jose State University, St. Mary’s College of California, the University of San Francisco, CSU East Bay, and UC Berkeley. 

Selected Speakers:

Elisa Argüello​ (Stanford) | “The Contemporary Materiality of Softness: Fiber Based Sculpture at the Whitney Museum of American Art” 

Renata Blanco Gorbea​ (California College of the Arts) | ​"Traditional Oaxacan Textiles and the Contemporary Fashion Landscape​"

Elsa Carpenter (University of San Francisco)​ | ​"'The Razor’s Edge:​' Reflections on the Fabrication of Tibetan Autonomy in the Event of John Claude White’s Photography​"

Cielo Carrasco (California College of the Arts) |​"Softened Lines and Blurred Edges: The Evolution of Two Mothers​"

Marie-Claire Erable-Rodrigues (Saint Mary's College of California)​ | “Elizabeth Murray: Capturing Daily Life Through the Playfulness of Paint”

Amber Hardisty​ (UC Berkeley) | “Illegible Bodies: Reclaiming Agency through Unknowability in the Self-Portraiture of Laura Aguilar and Portia Zvavahera”

Andrea Hu (Santa Clara University)​ | “Space and Memory: The Gendered Remembrance of Funerary Art in Early Renaissance Florence” 

Tanya Kuse​ (San Jose State University) | “The Ray of Light” 

Christian Onuigbo (UC Davis)​ | "Exploration of Sacredness: An Examination of Igbo Cultural Objects in Western Museums​"

Nia Sanchez (CSU East Bay) | “Museums in Concept: Artists Changing Institutions from Within”

For visitors: 

• Please check in at the Hooper Street entrance gate. There will be someone at the security desk to direct you to Timken Lecture Hall for the symposium in the Main Building.
• Food and Beverages will be served in the adjacent Nave Presentation Space.
• Campus Maps can be found here.

Parking and Transportation:

• Parking can be found throughout the CCA Campus. There is free 4-hour parking on Irwin St, 7th St, 8th St, and De Haro St. There is also metered parking on De Haro in front of Kohler. Please arrive early for parking as there are multiple events taking place in the area on Saturday. You can also reserve a space in advance with either SpotHero or SpotAngels.

• Public Transport: Exit BART Train at Civic Center Station (8th Street). Walk to 8th Street & Market Street (In front of Chase building across Whole Foods). Take the Muni bus 19 to 15th Street and Rhode Island and walk 2 blocks east.