Kathy Arnold
Instructor,
Art Art Studio and Art History
Phone: 408.741.2510 email: http://www.wvm.edu/email.php?contact=1012400
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions on any courses. Course textbook info is listed below.
Info on adding: Please come to class the first day to see if there are spots available.
COURSES TAUGHT AT WEST VALLEY
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Classes for Winter 2012 Classes for Spring 2012
Winter 2012
Online
Art 4 Art Appreciation
online Art 7 Arts of Asia
Spring 2012
M/W 7:45 - 10:45 Art 31 Beg. Drawing
M/W 10:55 - 1:55 Art 31 Beg. Drawing
Online Art 10 American Art: A Multicultural Approach
T/Th 9:20-10:45 Art 1A Art History Survey Prehistoric through Gothic
T/Th 10:55-12:20 Art 1E design in Society
T/Th 12:30 -1:55 Honors Art 1B Art History Survey Renaissance to Present
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Art 31A Beginning Drawing 7:40- 10:45 M/W also 10:55- 1:55 MW (no book required) Supplies are minimal.
Great fun class - develops drawing skills with portfolio building assignments.
Art 10: American Art: A MultiCultural Approach ART*010*
Section # ART*010*92839 meets ONLINE only using the Internet. After registering, go to the college's distance learning web site and click on the ONLINE COURSES link for access to the instructor's contact information and homepage including instructions for starting the course: http://www.westvalley.edu/dl Textbook info below towards end of page.
Art 10 Meets WVC Cultural Diversity Requirement plus meets transfer articulation with UCs and State universities. (IGETC)
Art 1E Design in Society
10:55 - 12:30 T/Th NEW COURSE Traces Design Movements and multicultural influences, IGETC, CSU and UC transferable, is same as ArtHs 72 as SJ State Art 1E meets WVC Cultural Diversity Requirement plus meets transfer articulation with UCs and State universities. (IGETC) Textbook info below towards end of page. This is an information competency infused course.
Additional Spring2012courses and times:
(all transfer easily to UC and State Universities)
Art 1A Art History Survey Prehistoric through Gothic . This is an information competency infused course. 9:20- 10:45 T/Th Required Textbook: Art History, Volume 1 (4th Edition), Stokstad, . The looseleaf version is available at the WVC bookstore. Other versions of the textbook will have different page numbers, image numbers, chapter titles but the content is similar. Also available at the wvc library.
NEW Honors 1B Art History Survey Renaissance to Present 12:30 - 1:55 T/Th
Art 1E Design in Society 10:55 - 12:30 T/Th This is an information competency infused courseand meets cultural diversity req. at WVC
:1 required textbook: What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Visual Culture, author Arthur Asa Berger, 2009, Left Coast Press publishing, ISBN 978-1-59874-411-8
Optional: The Idea of Design edited by Victor Margolin and Richard Buchanan
ISBN 0-262-63166-0 c 1995 MIT available at bookstore and on reserve at the library
Art 10: American Art: A Multicultural Approach (textbook Framing America, 2nd edition by Pohl ISBN-13: 978-0500287156) available at wvc bookstore ( meets cultural diversity req. at WVC)
Art 31A Beginning Drawing 10:55-2:00 M/W (no book required)
Art 31A Beginning Drawing 7:40- 10:45 M/W (no book required)
Art 1E Design in Society
10:55 - 12:30 T/Th NEW COURSE Traces Design Movements and multicultural influences, IGETC, CSU and UC transferable, is same as ArtHs 72 as SJ State
ALL COURSES TAUGHT AT WEST VALLEY COLLEGE
Art History Courses:
Art 001E Design in Society, an exploration of Visual Culture
Art 01A Survey of Western Art: Prehistoric through Gothic
Art 01B Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to current
Art 004 Art Appreciation, On Campus and Online
Art 1G History of Photography (includes digital and video)
Art 1A, Online section of Survey of Western Art 2008
Art 10: American Art: A Multicultural Approach Online
Honors Art 1B Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Present
Art 7: Asian Art
Art Studio Courses:
Art 31 A Beginning Drawing
Art 31 B Expressive Drawing
Art 49A, Beginning Painting
Art 49 B, C, D, Intermediate and Advanced Painting
Art 33A 2D Design
Art 33C Color Design
Gallery Management Workshop/Lab:
Art 3A, Gallery Workshop/Lab
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- MFA, Master of Fine Arts with Honors, Art , University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
--- - BFA, Phi Kappa Phi Honor, Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- West Valley College - 2005 to present
- Washburn University - Topeka, Kansas
- California State University Stanislaus
- Multiple California Community Colleges
- Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
- Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Please see http://www.kathrynarnold.com/bio/resume/resume.html)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, Painting, 1996.
Honorable Mention Award at Sandra Lee Gallery "The Abstract" given by Phil Linhares, Chief Curator Oakland Museum of Art. Sandra lee Gallery, SF, CA 2011
Contemporary Artists Center, Recognition of Merit, North Adams, Massachusetts, April 1995.
Kansas Arts Commission Professional Development Grant, October 1993-June 1994.
Springfield, Massachusetts Art League Award, 1994.
Phi Kappa Phi Honors, 1990.
Professional Development Grant, San Jose City College, 2001-2002
Professional Development Grant , Mission College, 2000
Professional Development Grant, San Jose City College, 2000
Lockwood Fellowship, University of Kansas , Lawrence, Kansas, 1989/1990
Merit Scholarship, University of Kansas , Lawrence, Kansas, 1991/1993
Amsden Art History Book Award, Art Kress Foundation Department of Art History, University of Kansas , Lawrence , Kansas
GALLERY EXPERIENCE
West Valley College Faculty Liason, Acting Gallery Director and Olympiad Visual Arts Coordinator
California State Univeristy, Stanislaus, Interim Gallery Director
Present Identity Exhibitions, San Francisco
YLEM Exhibition, San Francisco
CataCLYSmic Studios Exhibitions, San Francisco
West Valley College Art Gallery Coordinator/Director
Courses I have Taught and Professional Experiences:
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
List of classes taught:
Art History Related:
American Art: A Multicultural Approach
Design in Society/Design History in relationship to Society
Art History Survey: Prehistoric to Renaissance
Art History Survey: Renaissance to Modern
Art History Survey: 1864 to Current
Art History Survey: Prehistoric through Ancient Rome
Art History Survey: Byzantium to Baroque
Art History Survey: Baroque through Modern
American Art – Survey
Art Since 1945
Art Appreciation
History of Photography
Honors Art History Survey: Renaissance to Present
Asian Art
Studio Classes:
Painting: All levels and all media: Watercolor, Acrylic, Oil.
Figure Painting
Oil Painting
Figure Drawing 1 and 2
Drawing 1 and 2
Design 2D
Design Black and White 2D and 3D
Design Color 2D and 3D
Color Theory
Drawing and Composition
Sketch and Composition
Mixed Media and Collage
Computer Related:
Digital Art beginning and advanced
Computer Graphic Design
Web Pages with Flash, and Animation with Flash
Web Graphics and Web Design
Advanced Web Design, including video insertions
Studio Experience: Oil painting, acrylic painting, collage, watercolor, airbrush, colored inks, pastels, figure drawing, drawing, installations, computer generated art and mixed media and collage and other. Digital Printmaking, Etching and Intaglio, Monoprint, Silkscreen, Relief Printing, Woodblock printing, Linocut Printing, Lithography, Hand building Ceramics, Sculpture – found object and related techniques,
Design Experiences: Surface Design, Textile Art, Weaving, Fabric Printing and Dying Techniques, Silk Painting, Knotting Techniques, Web Design, Web Art, Animation, HTML, Graphics for print and web, and Photography, digital and traditional 35mm.
Gallery and Curator Experience: Interim Gallery Director at California State University Stanislaus, Cataclysmic Studios Exhibitions Planner, 8th Street Studios Exhibitions, Ylem Exhibition at SOMARTS, Gallery Director West Valley College, California.
Updated October 25, 2011 2:00 PM
