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Kathy Arnold
myselfInstructor,  Art Art Studio and Art History 
Phone: 408.741.2510 email: http://www.wvm.edu/email.php?contact=1012400  Career Options
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.

 

West Valley College campusCOURSES TAUGHT AT WEST VALLEY
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Classes for fall 2010

Art 10: American Art: A MultiCultural Approach ART*010*
Section # ART*010*82983 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

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

Additional Spring 2010courses and times: (all transfer easily to UC and State Universities)
Art 1B Art History Survey Western world from Renaissance to present. This is an information competency infused course. 9:20- 10:45 T/Th ( Stokstad Art History Volume 2 new 4th edition (There are a few choices for the textbook. WVC Bookstore has the looseleaf portable ISBN-13: 9780205795611 , there is an eBook 0205001904  Art History, Volume 2, CourseSmart eTextbook, 4/e. Also may purchase double volume fo art1A and art1B.)

Art 1E Design in Society 10:55 - 12:30 T/Th
(textbook The Idea of Design Victor Margolin (Editor), Richard Buchanan (Editor) ISBN-13: 978-0262631662 ) available at bookstore

Art 10: American Art: A Multicultural Approach
(textbook Framing America, 2nd edition by Pohl ISBN-13: 978-0500287156) available at wvc bookstore

Art 31A Beginning Drawing 2:05 - 5:15 PM T/Th
(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
History of Photography - online section in development

Art 1A, Online section of Survey of Western Art 2008
Art 10: American Art: A Multicultural Approach Online

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
Gallery Management Workshop/Lab:
Art 3A, Gallery Workshop/Lab

 
 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • MFA, Master of Fine Arts with Honors, Art , University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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  • BFA, Phi Kappa Phi Honor, Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

 
  TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • 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.

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

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 August 8, 2010 5:45 PM


 
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