Program Description
Visual Arts studies include an intensive series of studio, art history, and general education courses that prepare students for transfer, professional work, or life-long learning.
The Visual Arts curriculum is designed around the basic skills and knowledge needed by artists preparing for work in the fields of fine or commercial art and also for those considering careers in education.
Degrees/Certificates
Merced College offers the following degrees/certificates in Art and Studio Arts:
- Art (AA)
- Studio Arts (AA-T)
Career Opportunities
- Advertising
- Animator
- Arts Administrator
- Art Critic I Writer
- Art Gallery/ Museum - Staff, Manager, Director, Curator
- Art Historian
- Art Instructor
- Art Therapist
- Cartoonist
- Ceramicist / Potter
- Film and Story Board Illustrator
- Graphic Designer
- Illustrator
- Painter
- Printmaker
- Photographer
- Sculptor
- Designer
- Digital Media Artist
- Color Consultant
- Fashion Design
- Floral Design
- Furniture Design
- Interior Design
- Jewelry Design
- Landscape Design
- Product Design
- Sign Painter
- Set and Lighting Design - for TV, Film or Web
- Stage Design
- Television
- Textile Design
- Typographer
- Web Design
About Visual Art Disciplines
Visual Art Faculty
Name | Position | Email/Phone |
Louisa Benhissen | Professor of Fine Art | louisa.benhissen@mccd.edu, (209) 384-6063 |
Alana Perlin | Professor of Digital Art | alana.perlin@mccd.edu, (209) 381-6592 |
Matthew Warner-Davies | Professor of Sculpture and Art History | matthew.warner-davie@mccd.edu, (209) 384-6060 |
Adjunct Visual Art Faculty
- Tricia Cooper: Mail Stop 32, tricia.cooper@mccd.edu, (209) 386-6644
- Stephanie Disch: Mail Stop 32, stephanie.disch@mccd.edu, (209) 386-6644
- Susanne French: Mail Stop 32, french.s@mccd.edu, (209) 386-6644
- Nicholas Gagliardi: Mail Stop 32, nicholas.gagliardi@mccd.edu, (209) 386-6644
- Carson Grubaugh: Mail Stop 53, carson.grubaugh@mccd.edu
- Edwin Macaraeg: Mail Stop 53, edwin.macaraeg@mccd.edu
- Ben Serpa: Mail Stop 32, benjamin.serpa@mccd.edu, (209) 386-6644
- Emily Schellenberg: Mail Stop 32, emily.schellenberg@mccd.edu, (209) 386-6644
- Brian Toel: Mail Stop 32, brian.toel@mccd.edu, (209) 386-6644