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California College of Arts

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1950s

1955

Billy Al Bengston moves to Oakland and enrolls at the California College of Arts and Crafts but moves back to Los Angeles within the year.

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1960s

1969

Barbara Kasten transfers to the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.

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1970s

1970

Barbara Kasten earns her MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts.

1970

Immediately after graduating from the California College of Arts and Crafts, Barbara Kasten moves to Los Angeles to be a substitute teacher for Bernard Kester’s fiber arts course at UCLA.

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Billy Al Bengston Barbara Kasten John Outterbridge California Los Angeles Oakland UCLA