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Artists setting up for their figure drawing session at American River College on Friday. The Figure Friday event is a weekly workshop for students and staff. (Photo by Sharriyona Platt)

Art department provides figure drawing workshops for students and faculty

Sharriyona Platt March 1, 2016

American River College has provided professional and student artists an opportunity to join together for weekly figure drawing sessions in the Fine Arts Building.    ‘Figure Friday’ is an open...

Attendee Larissa Miller poses with her painting. Miller participated in an event called Figure Friday that takes place every week. (Photo by Joseph Daniels)

Figure Friday open to students and professionals

Michael Pacheco October 15, 2015

Professional artists may find that it is expensive to hire a model to pose nude, but American River College provides an event on campus that provides students a more affordable option. Figure Friday...

An art piece by James Albertson titled Table Land/On the Edge is being showcased at the Kaneko Gallery. The current show in Kaneko is dedicated to Albertson, an art professor who died before the fall semester began. (Photo by Noor Abasi)

Kaneko Gallery remembers former ARC professor

Joseph Daniels September 3, 2015

When he first discovered late American River College professor Jim Albertson’s paintings, art professor Mick Sheldon said that his initial reaction was that he hated them. However, he said he grew to...

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