Summer 2024

• Summer Studio Workshops will be held from July 8 – August 23, 2024
• Independence Day – GCA is closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024
• Labor Day – GCA is closed on Monday, September 2, 2024

Fall Semester 2024

• First day of Fall semester – Monday, September 9, 2024
• Thanksgiving break – GCA is closed from Monday-Sunday, November 25 – December 1, 2024
• Mid-Year Individual Critiques– December 16 – 20, 2024
• Winter Recess – GCA is closed from Monday-Sunday, December 23, 2024 – January 12, 2025 
• Core classes resume after Winter Recess on Monday, January 13, 2025
• Last day of Fall semester – Friday, January 31, 2025

Note: GCA classes run on Indigenous Peoples Day 10/14, Veterans’ Day 11/11, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/20, however the office is closed.

Spring Semester 2025

• First day of Spring semester – Monday, February 3, 2025
• Spring break is from Monday – Sunday, March 31 – April 6, 2025
• Core classes resume after the Spring break on Monday, April 7, 2025
• End-of-Year Individual Critiques – April 14 – 30, 2025
• Last day of Spring semester – Friday, May 23, 2025

Note: GCA classes run on President’s Day 2/17, however the office is closed. Memorial Day Weekend: Office closed/no programs- Sat-Mon, May 24 – 26; Juneteenth Thur, June 19 Office closed

Special Events

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