Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog SVC 
    
2025-2026 Catalog SVC

ART 161 - Exhibition


Credits: 1
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 11
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: A seminar class required spring quarter of the second year of the AVA degree. Students will plan and install a graduating exhibition in the SVC Art Gallery. This course will cover professional practices in exhibition, planning, production, and publicity. Required for AVA degree.

Prerequisite: ART160 with a D or higher; at least 25 credits in Art.
General Education Requirements:
  • Fulfills Think General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Understand professional practices in exhibition planning.
  2. Pack, ship, plan, install and take down and exhibition.
  3. Create advertising mailers and publicize an exhibition.
  4. Organize and plan an opening reception.

Course Contents
  1. Using lectures, seminars, gallery visits, professional interviews and research students will learn professional practices in exhibition planning.
  2. Using lectures, seminars, research and interviews students will learn how to plan, ship, pack, install and take down an exhibition.
  3. Using lectures, interviews, gallery visits and research students will learn how publicize their exhibition.
  4. Students will demonstrate all of the previous skills to plan, install and publicize their graduating exhibition.


Instructional Units: 1