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Charity event benefits Homeless

By Karla Juarez, Advocate Staff

November 3, 2016

The annual Empty Bowls event was held outside of Aqua Terra on Oct. 21 to raise money for homeless and less fortunate families with bowls of soup. Culinary arts department instructor Elizabeth Schwartz said the event was inspire...

Health and human services major Carolyn Tran surveys a sculpture by CCC alumnus C.E. Small in the Eddie Rhodes Gallery on Thursday.

Eclectic works reveal artistry

September 28, 2016

Spreading knowledge is an art, not a job

August 26, 2016

Art major
Shenal
Amarasinghe
concentrates on shaping a clay sculpture in his Sculpture: Beginning II class in A-6 on
April 13.
Amarasinghe plans to move to Los Angeles to work in movie
production after he
graduates next year
from Contra Costa College.

Creator aspires to perfect craft

May 18, 2016

Student-made ceramics sit waiting to be purchased last week at the annual Pottery Event in the Art Building. All funds collected from the art sale go toward funding the fine and media arts department.

Pottery sale funds class

May 18, 2016

Artist Kim Vanderheiden stands with one of her paintings, “Lady Justice,” in the Eddie Rhodes Gallery on March 17. The exhibit “Working from the Torn Things” will be displayed until April 15.

Justice system, inequities highlight gallery exhibit

April 11, 2016

Student Anastashia Limko hones her skills, creating a fire scale in a sheet of copper during the Hot Metals for Beginning Jewelry class on Feb. 29. Fire scaling changes the color of metal depending on the technique used.

Imagination inspires craftsmanship

March 9, 2016

Artist Debby Miller’s oil paintings hang in the current Eddie Rhodes Gallery exhibit, “Look Homeward: Shades of Costco.” It focuses on the devaluation of symbols during an age of commercialism and will be up until March 4.

‘Shades of Costco’ gallery exposes consumer culture

February 4, 2016

Eddie Rhodes gallery boasts faculty, volunteer artwork

By Benjamin Bassham, Staff Writer

September 23, 2015

The Contra Costa College Staff and Faculty Show in the Eddie Rhodes Gallery in the Art Building is now open for visitors and the last day to see the works of art is Friday. “It speaks very well for the faculty, and these are the unp...

Quilt art exhibition attracts community

October 24, 2014