The Butte College Painting and Drawing Program is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the technical and aesthetic aspects of two-dimensional art. We are committed to teaching the importance of overall artistic competency, and providing students with direction in commercial and independent artistic futures. Our studios are designed to foster creativity, and provide students with the tools, equipment, and facilities needed to build, prepare, and create their envisioned works of art. Our instructors offer a well-rounded art education, following curriculums that incorporate art history, theory, and a multitude of painting, drawing, and design concepts. We believe in the importance of a multidisciplinary study, and offer our students the ability to install art exhibitions, critique artworks, and prepare portfolios for employment and higher education purposes.
Our program consists of course offerings on the main campus, as well as the Chico Center every semester. Classes are offered on the main campus in two classrooms (ARTS 130 & 137) and in one classroom (rm 156) at the Chico Center and a class at the Glenn County Center. We have one full time instructor, and eight associate faculty members. The Painting and Drawing area of the Arts departmen provides the foundation and training for students to succeed in the two-dimensional studio arts. Our program offers courses that are part of the Art AA degree as well as transferring to other institutions to allow our students to receive higher degrees in the Arts. It also provides the training to assist students in finding careers in fields related to the two-dimensional arts. The eight courses in the Painting and Drawing program are designed to prepare students for either employment or transfer to a four-year college. Two of these classes are core requirements for our Studio Arts AA degree, and transfer and articulation into CSU, UCs, and specialized Art schools programs for the Studio Arts Degree (BA or BFA). The additional six classes that we offer are hands-on, studio lab experiences in various areas of the two-dimensional arts. These courses allow our students to experience numerous mediums and avenues in the field of Art, as they discover their desired career paths. Over the past years, we have deleted a number of peripheral classes that did not directly support the program learning outcomes and transfer degrees for the Painting and Drawing program. The remaining courses are central to our career and transfer preparation mission.
The Validation Team noted that "... the Art Department lacks optimal levels of cohesiveness, as seen in the variances in style, quality and tone of the program review document, despite significant time and effort spent, and compelling results in some sections. It suggested that the Art Department would benefit from more collegiality within programs and within the department as a whole (including both faculty and staff)." The Validation Team recommended that "...the Art Department explore ways to enhance regularly-scheduled face-to-face communication and build collegiality and collaboration across the department."
Our department has addressed these concerns and recommendations by creating ongoing dialougue in person amongst the full-time faculty, associate faculty, technicians and staff. We are meeting more regulariy as a unified group to discuss Student Learning Outcomes, curriculums, class enrollment, new technology, and individual and group necessities. We are also spending more time meeting one on one and visiting eachother's classrooms to collaborate ideas. We will continue to meet even more as we progress on these recommendations.
Strategy 1 - Review Curriculum and Courses
Review curriculum for the entire area. Pursue the curriculum process with courses that have been drafted: Mural Painting, Figure Painting, Landscape Painting and Art Installation. Review and investigate the idea of separating water media (Acrylic) and oil media into separate classes and curriculums.
Maintaining core programs and services; Increasing student success and achievement; Meeting the college’s enrollment management objectives (i.e. FTES generation, student retention, recruitment, marketing, and outreach); Establishing innovative and scalable projects that support the Strategic Direction; Maintaining the appropriate program and service mix between the main campus and outlying centers
Strategy 2 - Encourage the aquisition of Degrees and Certificates
Facilitate students’ completing programs and earning certificates/degree in Painting and Drawing. Conduct advisory meetings with students and with Counseling/Advising staff. Update brochures and advising documents.
Maintaining core programs and services; Increasing student success and achievement; Meeting the college's enrollment management objectives (i.e. FTES generation, student retention, recruitment, marketing, and outreach).
Strategy 3 - Encourage students to sell and market their artwork
Assist students in preparing for our bi-annual Butte College Arts Faire. Further prepare students to market their creative products and locate gallery venues to show and sell their artwork.
Maintaining core programs and services; Increasing student success and achievement.
Strategy 4 - Support student access to live models
Continue to request an annual figure model budget on unit plan which has not yet been funded.
Maintaining core programs and services
Strategy 5 - Augment equipment
Ensure that all equipment and supplies are sufficient to maximize students’ success. We are needing to replace and update every two to three years which has become increasingly difficult on a fixed budget which has not kept up with the cost of inflation.
Maintaining core programs and services; Increasing student success and achievement
Strategy 6 - Advisory Committee
Create an Advisory Committee to help guide our Painting and Drawing Program in terms of course development and program viability as needed.
Maintaining core programs and services; Increasing student success and achievement; Meeting the college’s enrollment management objectives (i.e. FTES generation, student retention, recruitment, marketing, and outreach); Establishing innovative and scalable projects that support the Strategic Direction; Maintaining the appropriate program and service mix between the main campus and outlying centers.
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None. In the past, we peridically held 3 day painting workshops which typically generated about $1000 to $1500 each event. These workshops have not been conducted in a few years due to the colleges new insurance requirements for external non-employees. Any monies generated by these streams enters into a painting and drawing foundation account which in turn is used to subsidize materials and supplies needed for students in the classroom.
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Painting and Drawing | Equipment | 11-000-512-1-100210 | 56410 | $1,500.00 | $0.00 |
| Artograph 225-810 Impression1400 Art Projector | These projectors are an integral part of our curriculum for projecting images onto paper and canvas for paintings and drawings. |
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| 2 | Painting and Drawing | Equipment | 11-000-512-1-100210 | $2,500.00 | $0.00 | |
| iMac 27" Retina 5K Display 3.4GHz Processor 1TB Storage | Students use a computer in the painting labs to research and print images for paintings. Computers are needed in the painting labs for this purpose. We currently only have one old computer and need another iMac in the second painting lab for students to use during class periods for their works. |
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| 3 | Painting and Drawing | Equipment | 11-000-512-1-100210 | $350.00 | $0.00 | |
| Canon - PIXMA G3200 Wireless MegaTank All-In-One Printer - Black | Printer needed in Chico Center rm 153 for students to print images to work from for assignments and research in class. |
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| 4 | Painting and Drawing | Equipment | 11-000-512-1-100210 | $1,800.00 | $0.00 | |
| Testrite Fotolight And Stand studio lights | An important part of still life and figure drawing and painting is proper lighting. Each studio is in need of proper lighting for the curriculum. (3 classrooms) |
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