School of Visual and Performing Arts
Embrace Your Artistic Self
The School of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) encourages and supports visual and performance artists in the development of their creative visions for producing and practicing art. Students can earn associate degrees, advanced degrees for transfer, as well as career certificates in a wide variety of fields including traditional and digital art as well as music.
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Featured Programs
We offer pathways that prepare you for a career in the creative industry. Degree and certificate offerings include focuses in studio art, graphic design, art history, music and guitar performance, as well as cross-disciplinary offerings. We also offer courses in dance, vocal performance and more.
Featured Spring Classes
Practice an intermediate level of painting (oil or acrylic). You'll receive continued exploration of various techniques and the application of color theory and will further develop your visual, compositional, and creative skills. Students pay for their own materials.
Available spring 2025! Sign up for section 23003 on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:20 am - 2:30 pm with Professor Synicky.
What composition techniques did Chopin, Wagner, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Varèse use? Continue your music theory journey in MUS-3 by diving into 20th and 21st century compositional techniques that build on the concepts you learned in MUS-2. In this class, you'll explore post-Romantic and post-tonal music through writing an analysis.
Available spring 2025! Sign up for section 23787 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:10 am - 12:35 pm with Professor Batista.
Honors courses can be taken even if you're not part of the Honors program with permission from the instructor and Honors coordinator. Plus, the Honors program enrolls new members year round.
An introductory course designed for the non-art major. The creative process and the diversity of styles, technique and media evident in various art forms throughout history and culture. Honors course offers an enriched experience for accelerated students through limited class size; seminar format; focus on primary texts; and application of higher level critical thinking skills.
Available spring 2025! Sign up for section 23783 on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:10 am - 12:35 pm with Professor Johnson.
Contact Us
Your engagement center's success team consists of counselors, educational advisors, peer mentors, faculty and support staff. They help you keep you on your path to graduation. If you need help, they are here to assist!
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LocationStudent Academic Services, Room 206
The banner at the top of this page features artwork (left to right) from student artists Karen Lamas Huizar, Diana Llera, Candace Clark, and Miriam Mares Olivares.
