2023 - 2024 Catalog

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

Introduces many facets of art, including an overview of major art movements throughout history, the formal elements of art, various art media, art criticism, explore complex culturally based assumptions that influence the artist and his or her art work, and exercises designed to build perceptual skills. Includes lectures illustrated with slides, power points and audio lectures in Black Board as well as an Art Gallery visitation.

Quarters Offered: Winter

Introduces the fundamental processes and vocabulary of the artist's design studio. Examines the principles and concepts of line, shape, texture, space, and color to enable students to express their personal vision in an academic manner.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

An introduction to fundamental processes and vocabulary of the artist design studio. Introduction of the principles and concepts of shape, line, texture, space, color, etc. which enable the student to express his or her personal vision in a more organized and academic manner. The student will produce designs using the computer in a graphic format.Prerequisites: ART 115 with a C- or better.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

An introduction to the fundamental processes and vocabulary of the artist design studio. Introduction of the principles and concepts of shape, line, texture, space, color, etc. which enable the student to express his or her personal vision in a more organized and academic manner. The student will produce their designs using a 3-D sculpture format.Prerequisites: ART 116 with a C- or better.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Teaches students to acquire and refine representational skills using a variety of techniques and media. Presents contemporary art concepts with the intention of leading each student toward a personal direction. Introduces each new concept, medium, or technique with slide lectures and discussions. Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Continues, on a more ambitious level, skills and ideas that were introduced in ART 131. Explores techniques to achieve more gestural surfaces. Introduces color media (ink, color pencil and pastels). Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.Prerequisites: ART 131.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Continues, on a more ambitious level, skills and ideas that were introduced in ART 132. Explores techniques to achieve more gestural surfaces. Introduces color media (ink, color pencil and pastels). Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.Prerequisites: ART 132.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Spring

Introduces elementary concepts of video production including digital video camera operation, digital non-linear editing, and pre-production planning. Students are taught basic camera techniques, pre-production, and production practices through hands-on learning to develop basic field video skills. Focus is on individual creativity, as well as the importance of teamwork and deadlines. Projects are produced in the context of learning the theory and practice of pictorial continuity as it applies to multimedia productions. Some sections may have a no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

This course introduces beginning level skills and ideas when learning to paint. Techniques to achieve painted surfaces will be explored and a variety of painting medias will be introduced. Some sections may have a low-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring

The course continues and expands on intermediate ability skills and ideas when learning to paint. Techniques to achieve painterly surfaces continue to be explored. Intermediate techniques using a variety of painting media will be applied. Some sections may have a low-cost text book option.Prerequisites: Art 181

Quarters Offered: Summer, Spring

This course continues to expand skills and ideas to an advanced level when learning to paint. Introduction to the technical properties and handling of oil painting as well as related formal and conceptual problems. Learning the art of color mixing, creating 3-dimensional form and space, and surface texture which includes the development of individual style, and the study of contemporary art. Some sections may have a low-cost text book option.Prerequisites: ART 181, 182

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

Presents selected topics of study in art offered on a temporary and experimental basis. Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Fall

Presents art from Prehistoric, Ancient Near East, Aegean, Egytian, Greek, early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, Gothic and Roman periods. Includes lectures illustrated by slides and supplemented by occasional movies.

Quarters Offered: Winter

Presents art from the late Gothic, early Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, Northern Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Includes lectures illustrated with slides and supplemented by art history videos.

Quarters Offered: Spring

Presents art from Rococo, Romantic, 19th century, and the 20th century periods.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Introduces the history of contemporary ceramics, including materials, methods, and techniques. Stresses both wheel thrown and hand built ceramic construction. Includes gallery visitation. Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Continues the broad introduction to the history of contemporary ceramics, including materials, methods, and techniques. Stresses both wheel thrown and hand built ceramic construction. Introduces glazing and firing. Includes gallery visitation. Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Continues the broad introduction to the history of contemporary ceramics, including materials, methods, and techniques. Stresses both wheel thrown and hand built ceramic construction. Introduces glazing and firing. Develops fundamental skills to foster artistic growth. Includes gallery visitation. Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

Continues the broad introduction to the history of contemporary ceramics, including materials, methods, and techniques. Stresses both wheel thrown and hand built ceramic construction. Introduces Raku glazing and firing. Develops fundamental skills to foster artistic growth. Includes gallery visitation.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Introduces black and white photography focusing on camera handling, camera functions, film processing, printing, editing and composition and editing. Some sections may have a no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

Introduces digital photography focusing on camera handling, camera functions, capturing images, composition and editing. This will also introduce the image adjusting software Adobe Photoshop Elements. Basic manipulation of images and presentation of projects will be stressed. Course Note: "This certification mark recognizes that this course met Quality Matters Review Standards" Some sections may have a no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

Continues to explore and investigate the digital camera and it's many functions. The class will continue to stress composition, lighting and presentation. It involves more complex Photoshop tools and computer skills. Some sections may have a no-cost text book option.Prerequisites: ART 265 or ART 261