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The visual arts encompass a variety of art forms that are created for visual experience, such as in painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design and film. On the surface, the visual arts appear to be a method of personal expression fueled solely by aesthetic values. However, art has long served as not only visual decoration, but also as a record of history, a reflection of culture, and a social commentary of the times.
Today, the visual arts continue to be an exciting vehicle for individual expression and communication. Along with more traditional forms, visual art has expanded to include mediums that emerged from technological advancements, such as photography, film and television, and graphic design. The visual arts have also grown to offer a variety of rewarding careers.
The Pacific Union College Department of Visual Arts has a comprehensive program that gives students a good balance between a strong major emphasis and an excellent liberal arts background. This provides the student with a broad base of knowledge to draw from–an important key to success. In fact, many PUC students select a major in visual arts to balance or enhance other career goals such as dentistry or psychology.
Fast Facts
- Educational opportunities are enhanced by some of the best cultural advantages and natural beauty of any college in America. PUC's proximity to the Napa Valley and San Francisco allows students to experience the art exhibitions and cultural events that occur continually in the area.
- The Rasmussen Art Gallery at PUC presents a variety of art exhibitions each year. These include historically significant art, new contemporary works and shows by PUC faculty and students.
- At the 2007 SONscreen Film Festival, PUC film and television students walked away with four top awards, including the grand prize, Best of the Fest, for film projects.
- Fisher Hall, home to the visual arts department, opened a brand new photography lab in 2005. The new space includes a classroom, two dark rooms, and a large studio.
- Victoria Mukerji, who teaches in the film and television program, was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship in 2006.
Visual Arts
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Fisher Hall
One Angwin Avenue
Angwin, CA 94508
Phone: (707) 965-6604
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- Department Update Alexander Carpenter presented a paper, "'Glocal' Adventism, Social Media, and the Jesus Meme," for the Global Internet Evangelism Network, sponsored by the GC and NAD in Orlando. He was also a production assistant on a short live action film, The REAL Escape, that will be shown at the Columbia University graduate film festival.
- 19th Publication Workshop The 19th
annual Publication Workshop brought 165 academy students and sponsors from 26
schools to the Pacific Union College campus.
- Unique Show Exhibits Artists with a Different Perspective A unique and colorful multi-artist show titled "Working Out:
Artists With Developmental Differences" will open in the Rasmussen Art
Gallery on the Pacific Union College campus in Angwin on October 3.
- Department Update Victoria Mukerji (anthropology) is in Goa, India, for a year to finish anthropological fieldwork/research. She was asked by the Andrews University International Development Program to teach an intensive graduate course in development anthropology at East African University Baraton, Kenya. There, she had about 50 humanitarian aid and development master's students. "I heard the most remarkable stories of my career from these fabulous people and experienced the most incredible hospitality and sincere humanity I have felt within the structure of the Adventist Church," she says. "It was truly epiphanal." She adds that she "can't wait to incorporate my experience into my next year's curriculum at PUC."
- Photographers Learn Technique at the coast This
year's Digital Art Photography course brought photographers of all levels
to Pacific Union College's Albion
Field Station on the Mendocino Coast.