Art, Photography and Performing Arts - Courses

This Study Area includes courses in the following disciplines. Select a link below to jump to a specific area or scroll to browse the entire list of offerings.

• Acting
• Art History
• Artistic Focus in Photography
• Core Photography Skills
• Drawing
• Film Photography
• Graphics & Digital Design
• Mixed Media
• Music
• Painting
• Photographic History
• Photographic Lighting

Acting
Course Title
Acting II
Advanced Acting: Meisner
Effective Public Speaking for Business Professionals
Improv 101
Introduction to Acting

Art History
Course Title
Art of the High Renaissance & the Baroque Age
Art through the Ages: Rococo to Impressionism
Introduction to Art Appreciation
Introduction to Non-Western Art History
Piranesi, Rome, and the Arts of Design

Artistic Focus in Photography
Course Title
Architectural Photography
Building a Photography Portfolio
Capturing Time: Beyond the Basic Exposure
Destination Photography
Finding Your Photographic Voice
Nature Photography: From Vision to Print
Perspectives in Photography
Photo Silkscreen I
Photographing People
The Fine Art of HDR Photography
Visual Poetry: Ways of Seeing

Core Photography Skills
Course Title
Digital Camera Basics
Digital Darkroom
Digital Darkroom II
Event Photography
Intermediate Photography in the Digital Age
Introduction to Digital Printing
Introduction to Photography in the Digital Age
Travel Photography

Drawing
Course Title
Animation I: Introduction to Disney’s 12 Principles of Animation
Animation II: Animation Skill Building
Drawing Ideas: Developing Your Sketchbook
Drawing: Focus on Perception (Beginning)
Drawing: Refining Technique (Intermediate)
Figure Drawing I

Film Photography
Course Title
Alternative Photographic Processes
Introduction to Black & White Photography

Graphics & Digital Design
Course Title
3DS Max I
Adobe Dreamweaver I
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop I
Adobe Photoshop II (Intermediate)
Digital Media: Introduction to Adobe Creative Suite

Mixed Media
Course Title
(Un)glued: Focus on Collage
Color Theory
Contemporary Floral Design with Spring Flowers
Creative Process II
DIY Wedding Floral Design
Illustrating Books for Children
Introduction to Jewelry Fabrication
Introduction to Mosaic Sculpture
Introduction to Pastels
Portraiture: A Creative Adventure

Music
Course Title
Beginning Piano, Level I
Beginning Piano, Level II
Gospel Choir
Guitar I
Guitar II
History of Music: An Introduction
Intermediate Piano
Jazz Chamber Ensemble
Musical Theatre Performance
Singing I
Wind Ensemble
World Music Ensembles

Painting
Course Title
Abstract Figure Drawing and Painting
Acrylic Painting Intensive
Art after Art
Coastal Views: Painting Plein Air
Eye on Nature: A Beginning Watercolor Workshop
Intermediate Watercolor
Introduction to Painting
Wet-on-Wet Painting

Photographic History
Course Title
A Short History of Photography

Photographic Lighting
Course Title
Understanding Photographic Light: Studio & Location