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Why Study Art

The studio art program empowers students to learn diverse perspectives and practical portfolio art skills for transfer into art schools and university studio art programs. We offer a range of beginning to intermediate level ceramics, digital arts, drawing, life drawing, 2-D, and 3-D design, painting and art theory. Our equitable schedule of courses is offered on weekdays, weeknights, weekends, face to face, hybrid, zoom and online to fit students' needs.

Degrees & Certificates

View list below for programs offered at Foothill. Then select program map for a possible schedule that fulfills program and college requirements.

For program requirements and full course listings, view degrees and certificates information.

Associate in Art for Transfer

Associate in Art 

NOTE: When viewing this program map, you may select from four pathways — 1. Painting; 2. Digital and Color Theory; 3. Drawing and Figure Studies; and 4. Ceramics.

Certificate of Achievement (CA)

NOTE: When viewing this program map, you may select from four pathways — 1. Drawing and Figure Studies; 2. Painting; 3. Ceramics; and 4. Digital and Color Theory.

Quick Look at Art Courses

For complete course details, including units, hours and prerequisites, view course catalogFor when a course is offered, view class schedule.

  • ART 1 Introduction to Art
  • ART 2A History of Art: History of Western Art from Prehistory Through Early Christianity
  • ART 2AH Honors History of Art: History of Western Art from Prehistory Through Early Christianity
  • ART 2B History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
  • ART 2BH Honors History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
  • ART 2C History of Western Art from the Baroque to Impressionism
  • ART 2D African, Oceanic & Native American Art
  • ART 2E A History of Women in Art
  • ART 2F Introduction to Asian Art
  • ART 2G Introduction to Islamic Art
  • ART 2J American Art
  • ART 3 History of Modern Art from Post-Impressionism to the Present
  • ART 4A Fundamentals in Drawing
  • ART 4B Intermediate Drawing
  • ART 4C Representational Drawing
  • ART 4D Figure Drawing I
  • ART 4E Heads & Hands Drawing
  • ART 4G Mural Making: Community Art Project
  • ART 4I Figure Drawing II
  • ART 4J Figure Modeling
  • ART 5A 2-D Foundations
  • ART 5B 3-D Foundations
  • ART 6 Collage
  • ART 15A Digital Painting I
  • ART 15B Digital Painting II
  • ART 15D Digital Illustration for Film & Animation
  • ART 19A Oil Painting I
  • ART 19B Acrylic Painting I
  • ART 19C Oil Painting II
  • ART 19D Acrylic Painting II
  • ART 19G Outdoor Landscape Painting
  • ART 20 Color Theory
  • ART 44 Ceramic Sculpture
  • ART 45A Beginning Ceramics Handbuilding
  • ART 45B Beginning Ceramics Potter’s Wheel
  • ART 45C Advanced Ceramics
  • ART 45F Low-Temperature Ceramic Firing & Glazing Techniques
  • ART 46B Potter’s Wheel II
  • ART 47A Watercolor I
  • ART 47B Watercolor II
  • ART 70R Independent Study in Art
  • ART 71R Independent Study in Art
  • ART 72R Independent Study in Art
  • ART 73R Independent Study in Art

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Hillary Gomes

Art Department Chair

650.949.7262

gomeshilary@fhda.edu

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Fine Arts & Communication

Division Office: Room 1701

650.949.7262

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650.949.7423

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