Tracy Tanner

California College of the Arts will close at the end of this academic year. In anticipation of its shuttering, I was part of the first round of layoffs. As director of the Center for Art and Public Life, my role was to help nurture relationships between nonprofits and students. The Center offered mentoring, community, and civic love. I could have happily stayed there forever. Each year my team grew, touching more Bay Area residents. This momentum was abruptly severed by CCA’s impending demise.