Fine Art
Study art on Fresno City College’s tree covered, park-like campus. Enjoy the largest range of academic creative programs in the region, including art history, ceramics, crafts, digital art, drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Participate in an expanded range of mentoring, exhibition, extracurricular and community opportunities. Develop your talent into a contemporary art practice with our passionate, knowledgeable and professional faculty.
The Department of Art at FCC empowers students to reshape their worlds through critical inquiry and transformative creativity. Each of the department’s classes provides an environment that fosters creativity, autonomy and experimentation. Students are exposed to a broad range of approaches to making and interpreting art, as well as diverse perspectives on the role of art and artists.
Courses
Beginning and intermediate courses provide students with the knowledge and experience needed for a broad understanding of the visual arts. Courses are also offered over the summer, during unique study abroad programs, as well as at our downtown classroom space located on Gallery Row. Visit the course catalogue for up to date offerings each semester.
Beginning Studio
Art-10 Beginning Ceramics
Art-11 Beginning Sculpture
Art-12A Craft Workshop
Art-13 Beginning Watercolor
Art-14 Beginning Printmaking
Art-15 Ceramic Sculpture
Art-3 Two-dimensional Design
Art-35 Color Theory
Art-4 Three-dimensional Design
Art-52 Digital Art
Art-7 Beginning Drawing
Art-8 Beginning Figure Drawing / Anatomy
Art-9 Beginning Painting Oil / Acrylic
Intermediate Studio
Art-12B Intermediate Craft Workshop
Art-17 Intermediate Drawing
Art-27 Advanced Drawing
Art-18 Intermediate Figure Drawing/ Anatomy
Art-19 Intermediate Painting Oil / Acrylic
Art-20 Intermediate Ceramics
Art-21 Intermediate Sculpture
Art-23 Intermediate Watercolor
Art 29 Advanced Painting Oil / Acrylic
Art History
Art-2 Introduction to Visual Arts
Art-49 Exhibition and Gallery Practices
Art-50 Arts of Africa, Oceania, Indigenous North America
Art-5 History of Western Art - Prehistoric to Medieval
Art-55 Introduction to Asian Art
Art-6 History of Western Art - Renaissance to Modern
Art-60 Art of the Ancient Americas
Art-70 Modern / Contemporary Art
Degrees & Certificates
2024 Student Art Show
Art Space Gallery hosts shows by internationally and nationally known artists, local and emerging artists, FCC faculty, and students. The gallery also hosts artist lectures and acts as an educational space for the Studio Art and Art History program.
Faculty
Instructors
Elena Harvey Collins, Art History
Caleb Duarte, Sculpture
Caleb Henderson, Drawing & Figure Drawing
Hiromi Iyoda, Ceramics
Peter Janzen, 2D Design & Painting
Ricardo Rivera, 3D Design & Digital Art
Susana Sosa, Art History
Nicholas Spohrer, Printmaking & 2D Design
Kevin Stewart-Magee, Painting & Color Theory
Marla Sweitzer, Crafts & Drawing
Ronnie Wrest, Art History
Lecturers
Hazel Antaramian-Hofman
Leslie Batty
Susan Bolles-Parmentier
Blanca Delgado
Tim Hernandez
Nanete Maki-Dearsan
Michele Matlock
Vincent Mendez
Danny Meza
William Raines
Lili Rofan
Patrick Snowden
Jose Soria
Resources
Art Space Gallery Instagram
Exhibitions, programming and events at Fresno City College's Art Space Gallery.
Fresno Arts Council
As the local arts agency for the City and County of Fresno, the FAC provides financial support, services and arts programming to a variety of cultural arts organizations, individual artists, regional art initiatives, and diverse communities.
Arte Americas
One of the largest non-profit Latinx cultural centers in California. Celebrating Latinx history, arts, and culture since 1987.
Fresno Arts Museum
The Fresno Art Museum is Fresno’s nationally-recognized fine art museum, best known for exhibiting modern and contemporary art from California, art by women artists, and works of art on paper, along with exhibitions that reflect the visual arts traditions of the ethnic groups that contribute to the rich diversity of the San Joaquin Valley.
