Ingrid V. Wells, CCA’s assistant registrar of student records, submitted this oil painting “Loud and Clear” to be printed and hung at the college’s “Creative Citizens in Action” art show. (Courtesy CCA) 
Michael Wertz’s piece “Vote. Vote. Vote.” is among artworks on display in the Hubbell Street Galleries windows at CCA. (Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno/CCA) 
Nicola Hockley, CCA graphic design graduate, made the original of this artwork, “Silence,” from hand-stitched hair and felt. (Courtesy CCA) 
Artist and CCA assistant registrar of student records Ingrid V. Wells’ “Loud and Clear” and artists George Pfau and Hannah Ireland’s “Our Voice Our Votes” are on display at the CCA Hubbell Street Galleries windows. (Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno/CCA) 
Lauren Szabo’s 2010 oil-on-canvas illustration, “Prophecy (Wish You Were Here)” is part of the CCA@CCA artwork campaign now on display on the windows of the Hubbell Street Galleries at CCA. (Courtesy CCA) 
“Green Nation,” an environmental installation by CCA student Sherry Xiang, is one of many artworks on display at CCA that implore the viewers to vote. (Courtesy CCA) 
“BLM” by Jenna Rosenthal, a CCA graduate in graphic design, is one of several pieces in the CCA@CCA artwork campaign that incorporates a Black Power fist. (Courtesy CCA) 
“What’s the Census?” by Leslie Gutierrez Saiz, a CCA graduate in graphic design, is part of the “Creative Citizens in Action” art show. (Courtesy CCA)
As perhaps the most dire presidential election in a century looms, it is easy to feel helpless, burned out, and scared. When San Francisco, a city where art and activism are so intertwined, is still largely closed, how do we satisfy our creative and democratic urges?
California’s College of the Arts San Francisco campus looks to reinvigorate its own community and the city around it with its third annual (and first virtual) ”Creative Citizens in Action” artwork campaign on display in the exterior windows of the school’s Hubbell Street Galleries. Also known as CCA@CCA, the project is a schoolwide initiative that promotes civic engagement through a series of events, curriculum and a culminating annual art show.
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