Art History, Studio Arts & Photography Courses & Certificates

Just for fun, or for career advancement.

Add a splash of color to your life, or get the "black and white" skills needed to enhance your career.

Whether you're picking up a paintbrush or pencil for the first time, rediscovering a lost passion, or diving deeper into your craft, UCLA Extension offers courses in photography, studio arts, art history, and more.

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Art History, Studio Arts & Photography

Courses

Photography Portfolio Studio

Through a series of creative assignments, get personalized guidance and feedback on building a cohesive photography portfolio.

Photography X: Technical Mastery and Visual Storytelling

This intensive, studio-based course integrates technical mastery with creative development and visual storytelling in contemporary digital photography.

Photoshop for Photographers

Designed for beginning photographers, this course provides an introduction to digital workflow using Photoshop.

Still Life Photography

This course provides a historical, commercial, and hands-on approach for exploring still life photography.

Tattoo Workshop: Visual Language, Identity & Cultural Symbolism

This course introduces tattoo as a visual language, exploring its cultural history, symbolism, and connection to the human body. Weekly workshops and guided exercises help students develop technical and conceptual skills through drawing, composition, iconography, and body-aware design.