Students interested in art, either as a vocation or as an avocation, have an outstanding opportunity to prepare themselves for this field under the guidance of the Santa Barbara City College art faculty. All instructors are professional artists who exhibit on a national and international basis.

The department has planned an art curriculum to prepare students in their primary field of interest, plus a range of disciplines and fundamentals important to artistic development. The department offers courses in drawing, design, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking and art history to give the student maximum background and training either for transfer to another institution or to proceed independently after leaving Santa Barbara City College.