First Year Studios
Home Base for First Year Students in San Francisco
** CCA's campus will be CLOSED on 11/28 and 11/29 for the Thanksgiving/National Day of Mourning holiday. There will be NO studio access on these days.**
The First Year Studios are only open to currently enrolled CCA First Year students.
Student Access to Building and Classroom Spaces:
Monday - Friday: 7:30 am -12 am; Saturday and Sunday: 8 am -12 am
Studio Manager Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8 am - 8 pm
Friday: 8 am- 4 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 11 am - 7pm
GC Studios Black Cabinet Tools Access:
Monday-Thursday: 8 am - 7:30pm
Friday: 8 am- 4 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 11am - 6:30pm
Hooper II
Graduate Building
The First Year Studios are available to current first-year students, faculty, and staff only through class orientation.
Find our Access and Use policies here:
About the First Year Studios
First Year Studios contains five classrooms- Drawing, 2D, 3D. All classrooms contain heavy-duty work tables and lockers for faculty teaching supplies. 3D Classrooms have large-scale shelving for class project storage and hand tools for wood, cardboard, and general making. First-Year students can access powered and stationary machinery through the Model Shop, Tool Center, Plaster Room, and Sanding Room.
Specializing in These Materials
- Cardboard
- Charcoal
- Ink
- Paint
- Paper
- Pigment
- Wire
- Wood
Resources
- First Year Hooper Access and Use Policies 3D
- First Year Hooper Access and Use Policies General
- FIrst Year Hooper Faculty Resources
- First Year 2D Studios Orientation Guidelines
Related Shops
Social
ORIENTATION DATES
Woodshop orientations are available to enrolled classes only. Make-up orientations and specialty tool orientations may be arranged individually with studio management.