San Antonio College - El Alamo Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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:sig Mrs. Margaret Peavey, department chairman, poses during an advanced life drawing class. Patricia Anthony, an advanced design class stu. denft HdJUSIS a spring arm on her three-dimensional l C'I'C3.tlOI'l. model Mary Fritsch Art Relatively new to the SAC campus, the ART DEPARTMENT made its debut about seven years ago. Mrs. Margaret Peavey was the entire art fac- ulty for 35 students who met in a tin-roofed, un- airconditioned annex building. The department engages in three yearly activi- ties. At Christmas time, a two-story window in the Administration Building becomes a showcase for a huge stained-glass effect decoration, designed by the art students. Faculty and students of the Art Department annually enter into local art exhibi- tions, competing successfully with professional art- ists. Each year the department is responsible for the designing and building of the college float for the Battle of Flowers Parade. Mrs. Peavey remembers well the first float she and the students created. The late President J. O. Loftin walked in and said, Build a floatf, Though it was the first such undertaking for both students and instructor, the float won first prize in the Designer Robert Burden completes work on the minia- YU-fe PUIDIC elephant, complete with trainer and pink how- d0W, a replica of SAC's entry in the Battle of Flowers Parade. .X so '- mt3lE2g0iVIsN2fI'Y Huis the last touch of paint on his space and design. urmg 15 Studi' Of the formal elements of painting ro foj lic thi an str U33 Ca sp: Ch Kc as Mi r L W

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ls ighout the year. Program iletely accredited the state, SACS l' offerings ern- :nts for further il Golla and his concerned with the design and ll as instructors, Mr. Golla, Mr. iubert. Mr. John ployed as a part- courses in engi- lrafting are also s had courses in credits his pre- with putting the td bringing it to t the year involve ible buildings in ding models of a anio College were cts were exhibited In, the first city- : students' crafts- es for the depart- lay, held this year rly a week of ex- , all of which are 1 . ,rdf A Cutting a foil star to fit a Christmas card which he designed ,- x in Architecture 407 is Allen Wilson. A class project, the cards fi. N were exhibited on the. display boards in the second floor hall- 34, I tx ly fi way of the Administration Building. 'KJ ,jsy f E E l I F 'Q - ' x - Richard Henderson and Edward MacDonald inspect views of one of the churches shown in an architectural exhibit in the Administration . . . d Building. .Using the tools of his trade, a pencil an tria le an architectural student draws IIS plans fdr a proposed building. .tr I x'i tl' :fi ,r if-', r I -' I ' I ' X 'ff Eff , 1' 'mwvfj fp ' N ' ' , 2 ' 1 2 ' 1 tLwffY2f rr' , ' ' ,3 1,2 V f-V .,'.,'f-'L YVHI3 ' ' ' f . 7 r 'G I-' 'A f J 0 , ,, V :i45,c,jfgjfy'.:, , 5 , 'J gr 1i P if ,,..Y v - ...-1 421 fihifffifi ,A -. s- f-f1'5'ff ' ' f -mm, 77 ' ' ' 4 'f ,W f,,'5f,l1iQ if Crai Blount com letes construction on a scale model in his study of various S P b - . . . I . ulldmg materials and their use' Freehand drawing is a basic requirement for all archltectur al students. This students displays this skill in his reproduc tion of the scale model on paper.

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'an1pus, the ART about seven years the entire art fac- a tin-roofed. un- ree yearly activi- ry window in the : a showcase for ation, designed by udents of the Art local art exhibi- professional art- is responsible for e college float for the first float she -te President J. O. d a float. Though ' for both students first prize in the .,. 'F . on the minia- and pink how- ttle of Flowers lg. : V I .4 1. space nting Float Yearl Project parade and was featured on the front page of the San Antonio Express. From 35 students, the art enrollment has grown to more than 250. Students have overflowed their rooms in the Fine Arts Building into the halls and foyer. There, the rows of windows provide a well- lighted studio for the dozens of student artists busy throughout the day and into the evening. The faculty has grown to include four full-time and two part-time instructors. Of the full-time in- structors, all are practicing artists in addition to teaching, keeping up with their fields. Mr. Melesio Casas, Mr. Michael Kincaid and Mrs. Peavey are specialists in painting and drawing, while Mr. John Champion,s special interest is crafts. A mansion deeded to the college by Mr. Otto Koehler, president of Pearl Brewery, is to be used as an art museum and art training center. Mr. and Mrs. Koehler now occupy the home. Using charcoal, David Zettner sketches the old bandstand in San Pedro Park for an assignment in life drawing class. gf Spinning clay is formed into a pottery jar by Oliver Williams. Thomas Wilson supervises the erection of the two- story Christmas window he designed for the Admin- istration Building facing San Pedro Avenue. The display, a yearly project of the Art Department, IS constructed by beginning and advanced art students.