Summer 2025

• Summer Studio Workshops will be held from July 8 – August 15, 2025
• Independence Day – GCA is closed on Friday, July 4, 2025
• Labor Day – GCA is closed on Monday, September 1, 2025

Fall Semester 2025

• First day of Fall semester – Monday, September 8, 2025
• Thanksgiving break – GCA is closed from Monday-Sunday, November 24 – 30, 2025 
• Mid-Year Individual Critiques– December 8 – 19, 2025
• Winter Recess – GCA is closed from Monday-Sunday, December 22, 2025 – January 11, 2026
• Core classes resume after Winter Recess on Monday, January 12, 2026
• Last day of Fall semester – Friday, January 30, 2026

Note: GCA classes run on Indigenous Peoples Day 10/13, Veterans’ Day 11/11, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/19, however the office is closed.

Spring Semester 2026

• First day of Spring semester – Monday, February 2, 2026
• Spring break is from Monday – Sunday, March 30 – April 5, 2026
• Core classes resume after the Spring break on Monday, April 6, 2026
• End-of-Year Individual Critiques – April 13 – May 1, 2026
• Last day of Spring semester – Friday, May 22, 2026

Note: GCA classes run on President’s Day 2/16, however the office is closed. Memorial Day Weekend: Office closed/no programs- Sat-Mon, May 23 – 25; Juneteenth Thur, June 19 Office closed

Special Events

• Year End Core Student Show 2026- TBA
• Graduation 2026 – TBA