Design & Arts
Design & Arts
Learn to create from creatives.
Design user-focused websites that delight. Create impact through brand strategy. Think with your hands and paint. Capture a story through photography.
Then turn your passion into a career.
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Design your dream career with us.
Whether you're just starting out, or have years of experience, UCLA Extension offers courses to sharpen your skills and prepare you for greater levels of success. (And yes, we even have courses you can take just for fun.)
From user experience to photography, studio arts to art history, our courses are taught by experienced professionals who have successful creative careers of their own.
Design & Arts
Courses
ART X 462.11
Photography and AI Image Creation
Explore the frontiers of AI, generative art, and digital photography using cutting-edge tools including AI-powered software and blockchain applications.
ART 852.12
Creating AI Generated Images
This one-day course showcases the latest advancements in AI technology to help you create visually stunning, one-of-a-kind images.
ART HIS 825.48
Feminist Legacies/Feminist Futures
Using Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art (2025) as a primary text, this class will explore work being created by artists in Los Angeles today, taking into account historical precedents found in Feminist art of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and before.
ART X 413.20
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.
ART X 458.14
Creating Comics by Hand
Learn about the history of comics, study standout artists in the genre, and create your own personal piece in this hands-on class.
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