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Program Overview
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in
Visual Arts provides a critical bridge between
Program Benefits
talent and skill. This exciting curriculum · Build a strong and competitive portfolio.
· Enhance your skills and techniques.
provides the rigorous studio practice and
· Receive guidance and feedback on your artistic development.
conceptual/art-historical framework
· Deepen your knowledge of the visual arts.
necessary to develop a portfolio of work for · Exhibit your work to peers and to the public.
W h o W ill B e n e f i t
application to graduate programs in fine art.
Designed for students who have completed an undergraduate degree
Our program offers a solid, Berkeley-quality with a non-art major, the program is also perfect for professionals
already working in the arts who want to formalize their training, and
for people interested in making a career change that requires a strong
education in the visual arts that can be completed
visual arts background.
on a part-time or full-time basis. Prerequisites
bachelor’s degree required.
Va lu e o f a U C B e r ke l ey E x t e n s i o n C e r t i f i c a t e
As the continuing education arm of Uc berkeley, one of the finest public
research institutions in the United states, Uc berkeley extension has
an unmatched reputation for excellence. A Uc berkeley extension
certificate is a widely respected credential certifying successful comple-
tion of a high-caliber, in-depth course of study.
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Program Structure and Requirements
REqUIREd COURSES
The curriculum consists of 24 semester units, including required visual art theory/critique seminars
(6 units) designed to develop creative and conceptual thinking, visual art history/theory courses
Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 1:
(6 units) that function to integrate issues of contemporary art within a historical context, and visual
Portfolio and Visual Dynamics X401
arts electives (12 units) chosen from a wide array of studio courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, (formerly Visual Dynamics; 2 semester units in Art)
sculpture, photography, and film/video media. The range of electives available offers the opportunity explore the dynamics of aesthetic expression, perception, and
to focus on a specific concentration or span disciplines, and to develop the technical and perceptual process through an interdisciplinary study. Learn the essential
principles of visual design and composition, narrative, and concep-
skills needed to grow artistically and create an independent body of work.
tual intent that inform and enrich your artistic practice. course topics
investigate form and content issues, problem-solving methods, and
strategies for developing a cohesive body of work.
POST-BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATE IN VISUAL ARTS TOTAL 24 SEMESTER UNITS
Modern Art: History and Theory X441
Visual aRt Visual aRt Visual aRt PoRtfolio (2 semester units in Art History)
thEoRy/CRitiquE stuDio PRaCtiCE histoRy/thEoRy REViEw the european and American modernist revolution that began in the
late 19th century and continued into the 20th subverted traditional
6 SemeSter UnitS 12 SemeSter UnitS 6 SemeSter UnitS noncredit art and laid the groundwork for contemporary art. through illustrated
lectures and class discussions you examine important artworks from
the romantic period through the pop art era. You also explore the
Post-Baccalaureate A minimum of six visual Modern Art: History Visual Arts Portfolio
cultural conditions that produced these works—including the lives
Seminar 1: arts electives and Theory X441 Review 801
of the artists—and investigate the critical and theoretical writing that
Portfolio and Visual 2 semester units
shaped the aesthetic discourse and subsequent art history.
Dynamics X401
2 semester units
Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 2:
Post-Baccalaureate See extension.berkeley Contemporary Art: Portfolio and Critique X495
Seminar 2: .edu/cert/visualarts.html History and Theory X442 (2 semester units in Art)
Portfolio and Critique for a full list of available 2 semester units engage in a critical dialogue regarding issues of meaning and
X495 electives. content, as well as technical and formal resolution, in your body of
2 semester units work. You present original art to the instructor and your peers for
review and receive in-depth feedback and guidance on the develop-
ment of your portfolio. You also explore relevant topics in visual art
Post-Baccalaureate Visual art history or
and culture through weekly discussions, providing you with an
Seminar 3: theory elective
opportunity to develop your vocabulary and critical awareness.
Portfolio and 2 semester units
Prerequisite: Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 1: Portfolio and
Professional
Visual dynamics X401
Practices X495.5
2 semester units
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Contemporary Art: History and Theory X442
(2 semester units in Art History)
contemporary art’s succession of contending and often conflicting ideas and styles challenges those who
view art as a mode of self-expression that nevertheless manages to be generally accessible. examine the
radical vision that drove disparate contemporary movements such as pop, minimalism, and conceptualism.
explore how forms such as performance, body, and land art expanded the concept of what it means to
create fine art. You ultimately gain an understanding of the impulses, interests, and innovations that have
driven the art world from the middle of the 20th century to today.
Prerequisite: modern Art: History and theory X441
Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 3: Portfolio and Professional Practices X495.5
(2 semester units in Art)
Focus on the development and presentation of your professional art portfolio, and examine issues that
inform the world of the contemporary artist, including opportunities and limitations in the field, pros and
cons of graduate study, and changing professional expectations and practices.
Prerequisite: Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 2: Portfolio and critique X495
PORTFOLIO REVIEw
Visual Arts Portfolio Review 801
Students completing the Post-Baccalaureate certificate in Visual Arts are expected to have produced
a cohesive body of work and be capable of discussing their art in formal philosophical and historical
terms. the review is conducted by program faculty to determine your readiness for graduate study
and provide feedback on your portfolio. Students must successfully pass the Visual Arts Portfolio
review to complete the program and receive a certificate.
Prerequisites: Post-Baccalaureate Seminars 1–3
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V I S UA L A R T S T U d I O E L E C T I V E S
The courses you must take to complete the certificate reflect your particular media and interests. visual art electives are
offered on a rotating basis throughout the year and include courses in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photog-
raphy, and film/video. students are free to focus their study in a particular medium or take an interdisciplinary approach.
The following list includes visual arts courses that Uc berkeley extension has recently offered. Please check the current
catalog or talk with your program representative to find out what electives are currently available.
ART STUdIO Mixed Media Painting X440 PHOTOGRAPHY
Painting On-Site X441
Color Theory for the Visual Arts X403 Beginning Photography X1
Painting, Drawing, and the Photograph X442
Drawing Fundamentals X405 Intermediate Photography X2
Chinese Brush Painting X449
Drawing Intermediate-Advanced X406 Fundamentals of Color Photography X3
Experimental Monoprinting X451
Painting Fundamentals X410 Pinhole and Plastic Camera X194
Woodcut Printmaking X451.5
Water-Based Painting X413 Architectural Photography X402
Photosilkscreen Fundamentals X452
Watercolor Fundamentals X414 Digital Photography Fundamentals X405
Ceramic Sculpture X455
Figure Drawing X415 Alternative Processes in Digital Photography X405.5
The Found Object: Recycling as Art X456
Sculptural Fundamentals X420 Photo Storytelling X411
Art & Mythology X460.1
Sculpture Intermediate-Advanced X421 Advertising Photography in the Studio X425
Touching Down Lightly X460.2
Artists’ Books X422 Beginning Horticultural Photography X430
Studio Intensive: Drawing the Figure X464
Collage X423 Photography, Images, and Ideas X464
Studio Intensive: Painting Materials and Process X465
The Abstract in Nature X427
Digital Imaging: Narrative X467 FILM / VIdEO
The Artist’s Journal X429
Papermaking Workshop X468 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking X10
Chinese Calligraphy X431
Working with Fabrics X468.5 The Aesthetics of Editing X133
Pen and Ink Drawing X432
Sculpture for Gardens X469 Low-Budget Workshop X407
Experimental Drawing X433
Painting Workshop X470 Stop-Action Movie X408
Exploring the Portrait and Self-Portrait X434
Figure Painting X437 Video Sculpture X413
Independent Projects: Film and Video X490
Final Cut Pro Editing X499
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V I S UA L A R T H I S T O RY E L E C T I V E S
The art history courses that you must take to satisfy the requirements of the certificate broaden your knowledge of the
history of art and let you participate in the global conversation across the ages between artists, critics, and the public.
The following list includes art and film history courses that Uc berkeley extension has recently offered. refer to the
catalog or talk with your program representative to find out what courses are currently available.
A R T H I S T O RY Visions of Paradise: The Gardens of Morocco Surrealism in Art X445 (in collaboration with
and Spain X406 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
The Age of Pilgrimage and Cathedrals:
Rococo to Revolution: Art of the Eighteenth Picasso vs. Duchamp X446.1 (in collaboration with
Art of the Late Middle Ages X5
Century X406.1 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
Modern Art of California: 1850 to the Present X6
Seeing Art X410 Perception, the Art Object, and the Gallery Space X447
Eternal Egypt: A History of Art X9
Art of the Bay Area X411 (in collaboration with Berkeley Art Museum)
Baroque Art X12
Critical Writing for the Visual Arts X413 How the Art World Works X458
Asian Art: The Poetics of Space X15A
Traditional Genres in Contemporary Art X414
The Challenge of Modernism X17 F I L M H I S T O RY
Art, Architecture, and Culture of Cuba X416
History of African Art X19
Inspiration Out of Context: The Influence of Japanese See What I Mean: An Introduction to Film Theory X101
Buddhist Art and Symbolism X21
Art on American Design X417 Science Fiction Cinema X120
History of Photography X24
Art of Japan X418 The Golden Age of German Cinema X140
Art of the Renaissance X26
The Photographic Image: Artwork, Artifact, Text X420 Classics of Film Noir X182
Landscape Art of the Romantic Era X102.5
Intersections in the History of Photography and The History of Silent Film X187
Art of the Impressionists and Postimpressionists X102.8 Painting X420.1 (in collaboration with San Francisco The History of Film: 1940 to the Present X190
Cityscapes: Art and Public Spaces X126 Museum of Modern Art)
Dada and Surrealist Cinema X425
Minoan and Greek Art X400.1 Mozart’s Universe: Art, Architecture, and Music in
History of Film: 1960 to the Present X427
Eighteenth Century Europe X426
Art and Architecture of Berlin X403
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Ad v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e
Susanne Cockrell, associate professor of fine art and assistant chair George Rivera, executive director and senior curator at the triton
of the First Year Program at california college of the Arts. She is the museum of Art, Santa clara, and associate faculty instructor of art at
recipient of grants from the creative capital Foundation in nYc; creative mission college and deAnza college.
Work Fund, San Francisco; and the oakland office of cultural Affairs.
Richard Shaw, associate professor of art at the University of california,
Richard Kamler, associate professor of visual arts, San Francisco Berkeley. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including grants from
State University, and independent curator. He is the recipient of a national the national endowment for the Arts. His work can be found in major
endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Soros Foundation open Society collections, including the Smithsonian’s national museum of American Art
Artist Fellowship, a california Arts council Fellowship, and grants from the in Washington, d.c., and the Whitney museum of American Art in new
institute for noetic Sciences, the Guak Foundation for Public Art, and the York, as well as in collections in europe and Japan.
Potrero nuevo Fund.
Mark Van Proyen, associate professor of art history, art and digital
Carrie Lederer, director of the Bedford Gallery at dean Lesher media at San Francisco Art institute, artist, independent curator, and art
regional center for the Arts, Walnut creek. She is a recipient of the critic. He is the author of AfterBurn (University of new mexico Press), a
eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation. columnist and critic for ArtWeek, and a contributing editor for Art in America.
Frances McCormack, associate professor of painting at San Francisco Lewis Watts, assistant professor of art, University of california, Santa
Art institute. She is the recipient of the first SFAi Faculty residency at cruz, and the author of Harlem in the West—The San Francisco Fillmore
the American Academy in rome, three Buck Foundation individual artists’ Jazz Era (chronicle Books). He is the recipient of the distinguished Alumni
grants, and a djerassi residency. Award from Uc Berkeley and grants from the Art research institute of
Uc Santa cruz, Uc institute for research in the Arts, and the Gerbode
Ted Purves, assistant professor, Graduate Program in Fine Arts and
Foundation.
interdisciplinary Studies at california college of the Arts, and the author
of What We Want Is Free: Generosity and Exchange in Recent Art (SUnY Dominic Willsdon, the Leanne and George roberts curator of
Press). He is the recipient of grants from the creative capital Foundation education and Public Programs at the San Francisco museum of modern
in nYc and a creative Work Fund grant from the elise and Walter Haas Art, has taught at the San Francisco Art institute and was previously
Foundation. curator of public events at tate modern, London.
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Instructors
Tom Andrae, Ph.d., has taught at Uc Berkeley David L. Brown, m.A., has produced, writ- Santiago Gervasi, m.F.A., has taught at Larry Robinson, m.F.A., has taught paint-
and San Francisco State University. He is the ten, and directed documentaries since 1971 california State University, east Bay and the ing, drawing, and color theory in the Bay Area
cofounder of Discourse: Journal for Theoretical and taught video and filmmaking since 1986. richmond Art center. His work is represented since 1979. He is owner and director of oak-
Studies in Media and Culture and the author of His eight broadcast documentaries include by cervini Hass Gallery in Scottsdale, Ariz., and dale Painting Studio in San Francisco. His work
numerous books and articles in sociology and Surfing for Life, Seniors for Peace, Bound by SFmomA Artists Gallery in San Francisco. has been exhibited at the Phoenix museum of
cultural studies. the Wind, and A Question of Power. Art and throughout the Bay Area, including the
Sheila Ghidini, m.F.A., has taught at cali- dana reich Gallery in San Francisco and the
Dominic Angerame, m.F.A., director of Julie Charles, m.A., associate curator of fornia college of the Arts, San Francisco State claudia chapline Gallery in Stinson Beach.
canyon cinema, is an independent filmmaker education at the San Francisco museum of University, and Uc Berkeley. She has exhibited
whose more than 20 films have won awards at modern Art, has lectured and taught art history her work throughout the United States and Josine Smits, Ph.d., has taught at california
the San Francisco international, chicago inter- at SFmomA; the Fine Arts museums of produced a public art commission for the city college of the Arts and Stanford University.
national, and cork film festivals. He has been San Francisco; the American University, of emeryville. She received a master’s degree from the
honored with a retrospective at the museum of Washington, d.c.; and the Academy of Art Sorbonne and a Ph.d. from Stanford for a dis-
modern Art in new York. University. Glenn Hirsch, m.F.A., has taught at the San sertation on the landscapes of corot. She also
Francisco Art institute community education studied the influence of Japanese art on the
Marisa Aragona, m.F.A., has had her work DeWitt Cheng, m.F.A., is an artist, art writer, Program and John F. Kennedy University. He impressionists, at tokyo University.
exhibited in new York, San Francisco, Wash- and curator who has written for Artweek, has exhibited in the United States and mexico,
ington, d.c., and Seattle at venues such as ARTnews, art ltd., Coagula, Contemporary with reviews appearing in the Los Angeles Michael Starkman, m.F.A., has been assis-
new Langton Arts, Pond Gallery, Photographic Impressions, and The California Printmaker. Times and Artweek. tant professor of art at Southeastern Louisiana
center northwest, and the diego rivera Gallery. University and edinboro University of Penn-
Ireneusz (Irek) Ciesiolkiewicz, m.Arch., Cynthia Ona Innis, m.F.A., has taught at sylvania. His work is held in public and private
Sarah Barsness, m.F.A., has taught at the is an artist and freelance designer. He has Uc Berkeley, the San Francisco Art institute, collections including the Georgia museum, the
San Francisco Art institute, diablo Valley col- lectured on drawing, painting, and design at San Francisco State University, and Boise State Kennedy museum of Art, the Harry ransom
lege, and the Academy of Art University. She universities in europe and the United States University. Her work is included in the perma- Humanities research center, and the Hollar
exhibits her installations, sculptures, prints, and since 1988. He has exhibited his work in the nent collections of the San Jose museum of Gallery in Prague.
drawings in the Bay Area and nationally. Bay Area, mexico, and england, and received Art and the Berkeley Art museum, and is repre-
several national and international awards. sented locally by the Braunstein/Quay Gallery. Heather Wilcoxon, m.F.A., has taught at
Amy Berk, m.F.A., is an artist, writer, and the San Francisco Art institute and california
educator. She is coeditor and cofounder of the Terri Cohn, m.A., is a writer, curator, and Debra Koppman, Ph.d., has taught college of the Arts. She exhibits nationally and
art and culture Web journal Stretcher; runs the art historian. She is a contributing editor to contemporary art history and theory at is the recipient of awards by the Pollock-drasner
meridian interns Program, an innovative art Artweek and has taught at San Francisco John F. Kennedy University. She is an editor Fellowship and marin Arts council, and a
education program for at-risk youth; and has State University, Santa clara University, for Artweek and author of Reclaiming the djerassi Artist-in-residence Fellowship.
exhibited nationally and internationally. San Francisco Art institute, and california Spiritual in Art: Contemporary Cross Cultural
college of the Arts. Perspectives, and has exhibited her work Jan Wurm, m.A., has taught and lectured at
Suzanne Biaggi, m.A., is a site-specific nationally and internationally. art institutions throughout california, and has
sculptor who has taught at San Francisco State Beth Dungan, Ph.d., has taught modern exhibited her drawings and paintings nationally
University and the college of marin. Her work and contemporary art history at Uc Berkeley, Pamela Lanza, m.F.A., has taught at new and internationally, including Los Angeles
has been exhibited at the oakland Art museum Stanford University, mills college, and califor- mexico State University in Las cruces, the San municipal Art Gallery; Southern exposure
and Southern exposure Gallery. nia college of the Arts. Francisco School of Art, ASUc Berkeley Art Gallery, San Francisco; and the royal college
Studio, and San Francisco Art institute exten- of Art, London.
Eva Bovenzi, m.F.A., has taught at Uc Christian Fagerlund, m.F.A., has taught sion. Her work has been exhibited in galleries
Berkeley, the San Francisco Art institute, cali- painting and drawing at the UFt teacher center and universities nationwide.
fornia college of the Arts, and San Francisco in new York. His work has been included in
State University. She has exhibited nationally exhibitions in new York, california, and the Sean McFarland, m.F.A., has taught pho-
and internationally and is represented in San French West indies. He is represented by 5+5 tography at california college of the Arts and is
Francisco by the toomey-tourell Gallery. Gallery in new York. the recipient of a Phelan Art Award in Photog-
raphy. His work has been exhibited nationally
Donald Bradford, m.F.A., has taught draw- and internationally.
ing and painting at Uc Santa Barbara and at the
Academy of Art University. He has exhibited David Papas is a commercial and fine art
throughout the Bay Area and nationally, including photographer with a client list that includes HP,
a solo exhibit at Laguna Beach Art museum. Ford motor company, and t-mobile.
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H ow t o A p p l y
To apply for program candidacy, please complete
and submit an application form online at
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out and complete the application form available at
www.unex.berkeley.edu/info/cert.php. Mail or fax it
as the form indicates and include the application fee.
Applications cannot be taken by phone.
Completing the Cer tificate
you are expected to complete the course require-
ments for the certificate within five years of taking
the first course. notify us in writing when you have
received the final grade report for your last course.
After verifying successful completion of all course-
work and requirements, extension awards your
certificate.
G r a d i n g Po li cy
All courses must be taken for a letter grade. A grade
point average of 2.0 is required in order to earn the
certificate, and each course must be completed with
a grade of c or better.
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a portfolio review, but students must
lecture classrooms, an Art and Design
complete an additional elective course
library, and gallery/exhibition spaces.
of equivalent value in lieu of each course
waived, in order that the total units required
for the certificate program are met.
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