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 Summer 2013 Classes for Fall 2013 (textbooks for fall listed at the bottom of the page)
Summer 2013
Online
Art 4 Art Appreciation (Meets GE pattern for UCs and CSUs)
Textbook: Living with Art, 9th edition, Getlein 978-0-07-337920-3 (book also available in WVC library reserves)
Online Art 7 History of Asian Art (IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
2 Textbooks :THE ART OF EAST ASIA [Hardcover] GABRIELE FAHR BECKER author/editor 2011, ISBN-10: 3833160985 (35 dollars at Amazon) and Indian Art [Paperback] Vidya Dehejia author 1997, ISBN-10: 0714834963 ($19 at Amazon)
(THE ART OF EAST ASIA book also available in WVC library reserves)
Online Art 1A: Survey of Art History, Ancient through Gothic ( IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
Textbook: Art History, Volume 1 5th edition ISBN 978-0205873487 (Loose Leaf is 34.49 at Amazon.com)
(book also available in WVC library reserves)
Fall 2013
M/W 9:15 - 12:20 Art 31 Beg. Drawing (Transfers into Fine and Applied Art Programs at UCs, CSUs and also for AA-T Studio Art and/or Art history, also AA degrees as the art elective)
Online Art 10 American Art: A Multicultural Approach (cultural diversity, IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
T/Th 9:20-10:45 Art 1B Art History Survey Renaissance to Present ( IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
T/Th 10:55-12:20 Art 1E Design in Society (cultural diversity, IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
Online Art 1G History of Photography
(IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
Art 31A Beginning Drawing 9:15-12:30 MW (no book required) Supplies are minimal.
Great fun class - develops drawing skills with portfolio building assignments.
(Transfers into Fine and Applied Art Programs at UCs, CSUs and also for AA-T Studio Art and/or Art history, also AA degrees as the art elective)
Art 10: American Art: A MultiCultural Approach ART*010*
Section # ART*010* 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 cultural diversity, IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
Online Art 1G History of Photography
(IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History) Textbook Seizing the Light 978-0073379210 Robert Hirsch
Art 1B Art History Survey Renaissance to Present . 9:20- 10:45 T/Th Required Textbook: Art History, Volume 2 (5th Edition), Stokstad, .ISBN-13: 978-0205877577 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.available at wvc bookstore amd at amazon.com and on reserve at the library . ( IGETC, UC, CSU) (Also can be used for AA-T degrees in Studio Art and/or Art History)
Art 1E Design in Society T/Th 10:55-12:20 meets cultural diversity req. at WVC NEW COURSE Traces Design Movements and multicultural influences, IGETC, CSU and UC transferable, is same as ArtHs 72 as SJ State
2 required textbooks: What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Visual Culture, author Arthur Asa Berger, 2009, Left Coast Press publishing, ISBN 978-1-59874-411-8 available at bookstore
History of Modern Design (2nd Edition) author David Raizman ISBN-13: 978-0205728503
available at bookstore and on reserve at the library
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 ( meets cultural diversity req. at WVC)
Textbook:
Framing America: A Social History of American Art (Third Edition) ISBN-13: 978-0500289839 available at wvc bookstore and at amazon.com and on reserve at the library
Art 31A Beginning Drawing 9:20-12:20 M/W (no book required) (Transfers into Fine and Applied Art Programs at UCs, CSUs and also for AA-T Studio Art and/or Art history, also AA degrees as the art elective)
Art 1E Design in Society
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, 2013
Art 10: American Art: A Multicultural Approach Online
Honors Art 1B Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Present
Art 7 History of 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 History
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 May 8, 2012 5:06 PM
