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Experience the future of creative education
Join us for our 16 January Open Day and get a feel for life at CTCA. Explore our graduates’ degree projects alongside showcases from elective subjects, meet our lecturers, and imagine where your creative interests could take you. If you’re considering studying with us in 2027, late applications for the 2027 intake are still open.
Cape Town Creative Academy is a premium, specialised creative degree academy that nurtures role-ready creative specialists with industry-level portfolios and academic credibility.
Our graduates leave CTCA as highly motivated, strategic and adaptable professionals with distinctly individualised portfolios. Through studio-based learning, small classes, close industry engagement and rigorous critical thinking, students develop work that demonstrates real capability and professional readiness. Our graduates go on to build careers in galleries, studios, agencies, start-ups, NGOs and across the wider creative industries.
Step into our vibrant campus in the heart of the V&A Waterfront and experience how we teach, make, think and collaborate. Discover how CTCA supports the curious, the visionary and the brave to develop focused creative practices and robust professional identities.
Explore our degrees
Speak with students, lecturers and programme coordinators, view student work, and learn how CTCA develops creative specialists with clear career pathways.
Undergraduate degrees
Honours degrees
What to expect on the day
Explore how CTCA prepares students for professional creative careers, from their first studio experiments to their final degree projects.
Welcome and introduction
Academic Head Dr Francois Jonker will open the day with an introduction to CTCA: who we are, what we value and what makes our creative community distinctive.
Meet the people and explore the space
Explore our studios, meet students, lecturers and programme coordinators, and ask questions about:
- Course content and teaching approaches
- Learning to think critically
- Creative practice and studio culture
- Career pathways in art, design and related industries
- Graduating with a professional portfolio aligned with industry roles
- Developing a specialist identity that stands out in a competitive creative market
Gradshow: experience our graduates’ work
Our graduate exhibition will still be on display during Open Day. Explore a curated selection of our graduates’ degree projects alongside showcases from elective subjects. Discover award-winning, creative, collaborative and transdisciplinary work that reflects the breadth of practice at CTCA and the professional standard our students achieve.
LUMINOCITY Light Festival exhibit
Experience a selection of CTCA student projects from the LUMINOCITY Light Festival programme. Visit our exhibit to view Coral Garden and Visual Conversations, two immersive student-led projects exploring light, space, collaboration and creative experimentation.
This showcase offers a glimpse into the ambitious, interdisciplinary work produced by CTCA students and how creative education extends beyond the classroom into public, cultural and professional spaces.
Product Development Lab: 3D printing in action
In the Product Development Lab (Silo 3, Studio 9), join lecturer Philip van der Walt for an interactive 3D printing demonstration. Discover how students move from digital concept to physical prototype, testing ideas through experimentation and making.
Workshop visit: woodwork and making
Take a short walk to our Workshop above the Cruise Terminal and experience a live woodwork demonstration.
See how hands-on making supports design thinking, material exploration and problem-solving, and learn how elective choices help students develop specialised creative pathways.
Considering studying at CTCA in 2027?
Late applications for the 2027 intake are still open. You’re welcome to chat with our team at Open Day about your study options and the application process.