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The West Valley College Art Department offers a comprehensive curriculum of courses in a variety of topics and media including art history, ceramics, computer arts & animation, design, drawing, painting, photography and sculpture.
Art Department curriculum accommodates students with various goals and levels of experience. The faculty facilitate a supportive, creative learning environment where all students may explore their interests, whether transfer to four-year institutions and priority art schools, career options or self-exploration.
Our facilities include a bronze foundry, state-of-the art computer labs and lecture halls, ceramics, painting, and drawing studios.
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We offer a three-course curriculum in 3-D modeling and animation using Maya software and and Introduction to Computer Arts.
![Female student working on ceramic project](https://www.westvalley.edu/academics/art/_files/images/card-ceramics.jpg)
The sculpture facilities include a bronze casting foundry and shop, ceramics studio for wheel throwing and hand-building, and 3-D printing.
![Student drawing on canvas in classroom](https://www.westvalley.edu/academics/art/_files/images/card-drawing.jpg)
The Art Department at WVC offers coursework in Beginning Drawing, Expressive and Representational Drawing, Life Drawing, Watercolor and Oil/Acrylic Painting.
![Leisurely Sunday afternoon](https://www.westvalley.edu/academics/art/_files/images/card-art-history.jpg)
Many of our Art History classes are required courses for any degree in Fine or Applied Art and also meet GE requirements.
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Photography courses are offered in commercial and fine art photographic application, using critique and discussion as a means of connecting technique to expression. Opportunities for students include learning to effectively navigate the contemporary field of photography, creating a technical foundation and building upon students’ creative perspective that will benefit them as working professionals and transfer students.