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Fine Arts


Northwestern’s Fine Art Program is designed to expand the student’s creative potential through a series of studio courses and academic electives. The program prepares students for transfer to four year programs in art. Additionally, students develop entry level career skills. Students learn traditional as well as contemporary approaches to fine art and design. They develop a portfolio which includes a wide variety of art media and highlights areas of special interest. They gain an awareness of current and historical issues in art through a combination of studio, art history and liberal arts electives. Students participate in the activities of NCCC’s Gallery, a facility which hosts an array of professional and student art exhibitions.

Advisor: Janet Nesteruk, jnesteruk@nwcc.commnet.edu, 860-738-6342



Program Outcomes


Upon successful completion of all program
requirements, graduates should be able to:

1. Demonstrate critical thinking and
visual problem solving ability.

2. Use a variety of studio art meth- ods, tools, processes and media to produce original works of art.

3. Compile and present a portfolio of two and three dimensional art work.

4. Recognize, integrate and apply principles of effective design.

5. Understand the relationship of form to content in a work of art; demonstrate the ability to use form to convey a specific content.

6. Recognize the commonalities and interrelationships that ex- ist between all forms of visual art studied in the program – drawing, painting, two dimensional design, three dimensional design, ceram- ics, painting, photography, basic graphic design.

7. Show knowledge of selected artists and aesthetic movements from the history of art; understand art as an expression of the human condition.

8. Utilize art terminology in critically evaluating works of art and design.

9. Demonstrate the ability to use com- puters, digital cameras and scanners for artistic purposes.

10. Demonstrate techniques for exhib- iting art in a gallery setting.



Associates Requirements Credits:


Program Requirements Credits:

ART* 102 Art History II 3
ART* 111 Drawing I 3
ART* 112 Drawing II 3
ART* 141 Photography I 3
ART* 121 Two-Dimensional Design 3
ART* 122 Three-Dimensional Design 3
GRA* 151 Graphic Design I 3
Total Credits: 21

Specialized Program Requirements


ART* 113 Figure Drawing I 3
ART* 151 Painting I 3
ART* 152 Painting II 3
ART* Ceramics or Sculpture Elective 3
ART* 298 Special Topics: Portfolio 3
Total Credits: 15
Grand Total: 60 (including basic acedemic classes)



Certificate Requirements Credits:


ART* 111 Drawing I 3
ART* 112 Drawing II 3
ART* 113 Figure Drawing I 3
ART* 121 Two-Dimensional Design 3
ART* 122 Three-Dimensional Design 3
ART* 151 Painting I 3
ART* 298 Special Topics: Art Portfolio 3
ART* Ceramics Elective 3
Total Credits: 24

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