First Year Studios
Home Base for First Year Students in San Francisco
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
**** SPRING BREAK HOURS****
The First Year Studios will be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
For access to Cabinets and Tools, please email Studio Management (fyst@cca.edu) to arrange a time for access
Regular Studio Access Resumes Sunday, March 30th, 2025.
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.