Pima Community College - Pima Arts
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Our visual arts program is crafted to ignite your passion for learning as you embrace your vision, hone your skills, and explore the limitless possibilities of your imagination.

Whether you’re seeking a degree or personal enrichment, we're here to champion your self-discovery and development every step of the way.

3D Studio Art

Experience a wide range of materials, processes and concepts in the 3D courses such as clay modeling, ceramic hand building, wheel throwing, slip casting, metal casting, woodwork and digital fabrication. Opportunities range from functional object-making to jewelry, from figurative sculpture to interactive kinetic and performative sculpture.
Areas of Study
  • Ceramics
  • Sculpture
  • Figure Sculpture
  • Metals + Jewelry
Location
  • West Campus

2D Studio Art

2D Facilities include Painting and Drawing studios, Printmaking Studio with Intaglio, Relief and Screen Printing.
Areas of Study
  • Drawing
  • Life Drawing
  • Painting
  • Watercolor Painting
  • Printmaking
  • Screen Printing
Location
  • Downtown Campus
  • East Campus
  • Northwest Campus
  • West Campus
  • (Printmaking Studio at West Campus)

Photography

Our faculty will introduce students to the aesthetic concepts of photography and equip them with various processes and techniques, from traditional black-and-white photography to alternative processes and studio lighting to digital and drone photography.

Facilities include a community and two advanced black-and-white darkrooms, an alternative darkroom, a digital printing studio with Eizo monitors, Epson SureColorP5000, 7880, and 9880 printers, Epson scanners, professional lighting equipment (strokes and continuous lighting), and cameras: 35mm, medium format, and large format, as well as professional digital Hasselblad and Canon, available for check-out.
Areas of Study
  • Black and White Photography
  • Digital Photography
  • Drone Photography
  • Alternative Processes
Location
  • West Campus

Not for profit,
for potential.

We empower you to reach your full potential without the burden of excessive college debt. Our lower tuition costs, financial aid programs, scholarships, and payment plans help make paying for college accessible.
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DEPARTMENT RESOURCES

Craft solutions for tomorrow with new ways of thinking about today.

Our curriculum is designed to mirror real-world industry settings and provide you with the necessary skills to succeed as talented contributors, leaders, and innovators in the industries you aspire to join.

Craft solutions for tomorrow with new ways of thinking about today.

Student Gallery

The saint and the sinner
Isabel Orozco-Anguiano
The Saint and the Sinner Diptych, oil on canvas, Best of Show
Student Gallery Art
Evon Perez
Last Breath, mixed media
Self Portrait - Ricardo Saldivar
Ricardo Saldivar
Self Portrait, oil on canvas
Sculpture by Evon Perez
Evon Perez
Speak Out, sculpture, Best of Sculpture

Student Voices

"The visual arts program shaped me into the artist I am today through the help of its incredible instructors. I leveled up my skills because they believed in me and pushed me to try and do my best even when I thought I couldn't. They inspired me with their skills and passion."

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Mya Legazpi

Meet Our Faculty

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Joe Dal Pra
Visual Arts Department Head
Anh-Thuy Nguyen
Photography Department Head
Matthias Düwel
Visual Arts Faculty
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The future itself is an act of creation.

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