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The Department of Art is designed to serve the
artistic and cultural needs of the Shasta/Tehama/Trinity Community
College District. The department strives to provide the students
with comprehensive art educational programs. The focus of the
department’s staff and its curriculum is designed to prepare the
students with solid foundation art skills and to stimulate
individual artistic expression. The art program is organized to
advance an appreciation for historical and contemporary artistic
endeavors.
The Department of Art was created in 1948. At that time Donald
Boyd, the Department's first chair, designed a transfer curriculum
based on the lower division programs then being offered at the
University of Oregon at Eugene and the University of California at
Berkeley. This baccalaureate Fine Art transfer foundation has been
continued and strengthened over the years. From the beginning the
Art Department has sought breadth, as well as integration of its art
appreciation, art history and studio programs. Our class offerings
have been organized, not only to prepare art majors for transfer but
also to assist the general education student.
The impact of our faculty and paraprofessional staff,
all of who have achieved regional or national reputations, has been
instrumental in the classroom as well as enriching the educational
environment of the community. Many of our former students have
developed significant careers in fine art, not only as painters and
sculptors but also as designers, teachers, art historians, and
gallery or museum curators and directors. |
