About the Program
Delta College's Art Department emphasizes the importance of a strong foundation in Art & Design education,
including the development of students’ conceptual, formal, historical, technical, and theoretical acacemic skills.
1st Year Art & Design Foundation- During
their first year, students learn a variety of basic academic skills that prepare them
for pre-entry level jobs or for further academic studies. First year Art & Design Foundation courses include Art History & Appreciation I and II, Drawing I and II, Two-dimensional Design, Three-Dimensional Design and MACRAO General Education courses like College Composition I and II as well as two other required Gen Ed electives. The courses are sequenced to provide academic, creative, and practical learning opportunities and to prepare students for later specializations in a variety of Art, Art History and Design fields.
2nd Year - During their second year, students begin to explore more specialized areas of art, art history and design. They may take courses in Architectural History, Ceramics, Contemporary Art History, Graphics Studios, Painting, Photography, Sculpture and more. Second year students may elective to take for-credit Art & Design internships at regional Art Museums, Design businesses or Photography studios. Graduating
students leave prepared to pursue either entry level Art or Design positions, or to pursue advanced four-year degrees.
Beyond the classroom - As part
of the community, Delta's Art & Design Department offers year-round exhibitions in the College's Galleria. Students attend sponsored formal artist lectures or informal gallery talks in conjunction with most exhibitions. They are provided with opportunities to have work shown in an annual Delta Art & Design Student exhibition, and to enter regional, state-wide and/or national competitions and exhibitions. Students also may participate in the college's study abroad programs.
After obtaining an AFA degree in Art & Design, then what? - Our students graduate and either gain employment at regional art galleries, design businesses, photography studios, print shops, etc., or they successfully transfer to four-year colleges and universities to pursue Bachelor of Arts Degrees. Hundreds of our former students are employed or studying in advertising, animation, art criticism, art education, art history, automotive design, ceramics, digital imaging, drawing, graphic design, fashion design, film, furniture design, illustration, industrial design, interactive and multimedia graphics, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile design, visual communications, web design, and a wide variety of related visual fields. Our AFA degree students successfully transfer to art schools, colleges and universities around the country.