Summer 2026

• Summer Studio Workshops will be held from July 6 – August 14, 2026
• Independence Day – GCA is closed on Friday, July 3, 2026
• Labor Day – GCA is closed on Monday, September 7, 2026

Fall Semester 2026

• First day of Fall semester – Monday, September 14, 2026
• Thanksgiving break – GCA is closed from Monday-Sunday, November 23 – 27, 2026 
• Mid-Year Individual Critiques– December 7 – 18, 2026
• Winter Recess – GCA is closed from Monday-Sunday, December 21, 2026 – January 10, 2027
• Core classes resume after Winter Recess on Monday, January 11, 2027
• Last day of Fall semester – Friday, January 29, 2027

GCA classes run on Indigenous Peoples Day 10/12, Veterans’ Day 11/11, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/18, however the office is closed.

Spring Semester 2027

• First day of Spring semester – Monday, February 1, 2027
• Spring break is from Monday – Sunday, March 29 – April 2, 2027
• Core classes resume after the Spring break on Monday, April 5, 2027
• End-of-Year Individual Critiques – April 12 – 30, 2027
• Last day of Spring semester – Friday, May 21, 2027

Note: GCA classes run on President’s Day 2/15, however the office is closed. Memorial Day Weekend: Office closed/no programs- Sat-Mon, May 29 – 31; Juneteenth Fr, June 18 Office closed

Special Events

• Year End Core Student Show 2027- TBA
• Graduation 2027 – TBA