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CSSSA Foundation supports the next generation of California artists.

The CSSSA Foundation supports an intensive, four-week residential arts training program for talented and motivated high school students called the Calilfornia State Summer School for the Arts. The program is held each summer on the campus of California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. Its mission is to nurture and train the next generation of artists and arts professionals in animation, creative writing, dance, film, music, theater and visual arts.

10/12/2026

CSSSA 2025 Alum Koumba Diallo will be battling on LIVE tonight at 8PM!!!

Share this post with all the CSSSA Alumni you know! Let’s all support her rising star by watching!

10/01/2026

🧑‍🎨🫡Every year CSSSA changes the lives of over 500 students with experiences that challenge them to grow as artists and informs their most important early career choices.
💲💰💲Because of the generosity of alumni and donors, over half of those students receive scholarships to attend the program.

09/22/2026

CSSSA is hiring a Writing Department Chair to oversee CSSSA’s academic programming
of the Writing Department. The position is part-time during the planning stages of the Scope of Work and is full-time for the duration of the summer session.

Share this with any qualified applicants you know!

09/03/2026

One month later, the joy, comradery, and excitement of CSSSA 2026 are no longer the unbelievable reality of the moment - they are the undeniable experiences that have shaped everyone involved.

535 students left CSSSA this year as newly-minted California Art Scholars, and went back into the world to continue making their art and sharing their stories, with a new collection of skills, experiences, and friends to help them along their journeys.

🏅🏅🏅CSSSA 2026 Alumni, what was your favorite moment from CSSSA this year!?

08/27/2026

We are excited to share our 2021–2025 Impact Report.

Five years. Thousands of students. One commitment: to ensure students accepted to CSSSA aren’t turned away because of financial need. Explore the full report at the link in the comments!

08/26/2026

Alumni spotlight! ✨ An art installation by 2003 CSSSA alum Martine Syms is currently on display at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

From their website: "The Borrowed Lady (2016) examines how decontextualized gestures circulate online. Against an all-purple backdrop, four video monitors stand in a circle, facing inward. The artist Diamond Stingily appears in patterned blips across each screen—snapping, calling out, shifting her body. Evoking the public sphere of the internet, the installation replicates the web’s dense network of posts, reposts, and clapbacks."

If you're in the Minneapolis area, visit Walker Art Center between now and May 2027 to see this installation for yourself. Congratulations, Martine!

08/25/2026

Thank you to everyone at Cal Poly Pomona for making CSSSA 2026 such an incredible experience! Your state-of-the-art facilities and expansive campus helped our students to learn, create, and connect. We deeply appreciate all you did to make this year's CSSSA successful!

08/19/2026

During CSSSA 2026, Emmy Award-winning composer W.G. Snuffy Walden held a masterclass for our students! Snuffy Walden is known for his TV and film soundtracks, including theme music for The West Wing, The Wonder Years, Roseanne, Ellen, and My So-Called Life. We're so grateful he could join us!

08/14/2026

Ryman Arts offers free college-level classes in drawing and painting for high school students. There is still space available at their Cal State San Bernardino campus for classes this fall, with classes on Saturday afternoons beginning on August 29. CSSSA alumni are especially welcomed to apply! If interested, contact Rebecca Tuynman at [email protected] today. For the Cal State Fullerton and Otis College of Art & Design campuses, the next deadline is December 2nd for the spring 2027 semester. Learn more at rymanarts.org.

08/11/2026

We had a blast at Animation Alumni Day! We reconnected with CSSSA Animation alumni and got to celebrate the remarkable work of this year’s students. Our CSSSA 2026 Animation students are truly a talented group! 🫶

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