Nurture your creativity and encourage spontaneous expression. UCR Extension offers a palette of creative programs designed to perfect your professional skills or introduce you to your inner artist.

Find the course that is best for you!

Arts and Humanities programs are offered in areas such as digital arts and design, interior design, screenwriting, fiction writing and video game design.

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If you're an artist, like me, the Digital Arts and Design Summer Academy is where you want to go.  I loved the learning process in the classes, as well as the experience it gave me to become marketable in a struggling economy. Since graduation, I developed my own website, designed a full letterhead suite for a marketing business, and am now creating concept art for an animated music video.

Kimberly Coulter
Riverside
Graphic Artist

In my photography class, I learned how street photography and sociology associate with each other perfectly. I took photos and was taught the art of giving and receiving critques. The field trips were exciting and amazing explorations of the LA area. I was able to develop my skills and fain a new perspective into this art!

IChin Chen
Taiwan
B.A. Candidate,
Asian Literature and Cultures,
University of California, Riverside