Academic Noncredit   

Students learn about and write in the four major genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama. This class is the foundation for other creative writing classes at ACC.

This course introduces traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic form and processes with an emphasis on hand building techniques, and a basic introduction to the potter’s wheel. The course includes basic surface design, glaze, and kiln firing procedures.  Emphasis is placed on individual style and how clay can be used as a vehicle for expression. Students create work from both low and high-fire clay bodies using a combination of coil, slab, extruded, wheel thrown and texturing techniques, surface slips, and glazes. An introduction to ideas about sculpture, the vessel, and the kiln firing process are presented. At the conclusion of this course, students will be well versed in hand building techniques, use of the wheel, and firing kilns. Students will also learn to develop strategies to translate an idea into sculptural and functional forms.  
Students will purchase their own clay and tools; glazes and equipment are provided. This class runs concurrent with the for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Angela Faris Belt 

This course introduces traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic form and processes with an emphasis on hand building techniques, and a basic introduction to the potter’s wheel. The course includes basic surface design, glaze, and kiln firing procedures.  Emphasis is placed on individual style and how clay can be used as a vehicle for expression. Students create work from both low and high-fire clay bodies using a combination of coil, slab, extruded, wheel thrown and texturing techniques, surface slips, and glazes. An introduction to ideas about sculpture, the vessel, and the kiln firing process are presented. At the conclusion of this course, students will be well versed in hand building techniques, use of the wheel, and firing kilns. Students will also learn to develop strategies to translate an idea into sculptural and functional forms.  
Students will purchase their own clay and tools; glazes and equipment are provided. This class runs concurrent with the for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Angela Faris Belt 

Presents the fundamentals of Fine Art digital photography, including camera equipment and software used for image capture, management and manipulation. Topics include camera settings and exposure control, composition, working with light and time, and creative image manipulation. Requires digital camera with manual exposure capabilities.

If you’ve ever wanted to be able to draw, now’s your chance! This course investigates the various approaches and media that students need to develop drawing skills and visual perception. You’ll practice observational drawing with pencil, charcoal, and ink, and make accurate and creative drawings you can be proud of.  
This class runs concurrent with a for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Angela Faris Belt.

Learn how to work with metal! This course teaches the fundamentals of jewelry and metalsmithing. Projects begin with surface embellishment pieces that incorporate various surface finishes on metal, riveting, and forming. Additional projects include soldering a variety of joints, fabricating a box form, and creating a pendant with a bezel set stone. ACC has one of the best equipped jewelry metals studios in Colorado. Each student will have their own jeweler’s bench and flex shaft during class. 
This class runs concurrent with a for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Angela Faris Belt 

Do you love the great outdoors and capturing beautiful landscape and wildlife pictures? This class is for you! In this class you’ll learn all the specialized tools and equipment needed to make great landscape photographs. We’ll learn to use smartphone apps for planning, techniques for capturing star trails and painting with light, using filters and Adobe Photoshop for enhancing images, and much more. Basic knowledge of photography is required (if you don’t have a foundation in photography, take the Digital Photography I class first!). Your instructor, Angela Faris Belt, will guide the class on two (optional) 4-day weekend travel trips to some spectacular landscapes in New Mexico and the Western Slope.

This class runs concurrent with a for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Angela Faris Belt 

This intermediate-level class is for people who have a foundation in drawing and want to take their skills to the next level. It introduces the basic techniques of drawing the human figure. This class uses live models to study anatomy and illustrate skeletal structures and musculature as they relate to representing the human form. 
This class runs concurrent with a for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Angela Faris Belt.

Introduces design elements, principles and theory. Application techniques, emphasizing design relationships and composition will be explored. Basic skills and techniques of both visual and oral presentations will be introduced.