International artist Shinpei Takeda is an artist in residence at San Diego Mesa College this month as he works on his installation and performing art piece ‘Fobia’ in the Art Gallery, located in D-101.
San Diego Mesa College has announced a new partnership with California LAW that will create a pathway for Mesa College students to complete their education and enter the legal profession. Cal LAW collaborates with community colleges to encourage diverse students enter the legal profession in order to represent the diverse population of the state of California. Mesa College will begin accepting interested students into its Pathway to Law School program in Spring 2021. Community colleges such as mesa partnering in the program were chosen due to their high commitment to equity, demonstrated by college leadership and resources that provide transformative educational experiences and support for students on a pathway to a law career.
Add writing a book to Professor Michael Harrison’s impressive list of activities and interests. Most people at Mesa College know him as a Spanish Professor, a member of the LGBTQ+ Task Force, the Co-Advisor for the Mesa Gender-Sexuality Alliance and even as a tenor with the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus. In his “spare time” though, he is a comic book fan. Really. Since forever. And, he loves superheroes in comics. And Comic-Con. Just ask him. His face will light up.
Due to continuity of instruction and rigorous adherence to guidelines and safety practices, 100% of Mesa College’s 2020 graduating Dental students who were seeking employment, were able to get hired this past summer, despite the global pandemic. Even though Mesa’s Dental Assisting students were not allowed to return to campus until June 22, 2020, during that time frame, the Dental Assisting faculty continued to engage and instruct students in their laboratory courses, remotely, through videos, virtual simulations, case studies role playing and discussions.
September 7, 2016
San Diego Mesa College’s Fall 2016 Faculty Exhibition will open with a reception at the Art Gallery and Courtyard from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.
Showcasing art in various forms of media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, photography and printmaking, faculty members will show some of their work as active members of the local art community.
Faculty members whose work can be viewed in the exhibit include Fine Art Adjunct Professors Angel Adame, Kraig Cavanaugh, Christopher Ferreria, Clay West, Jacqueline Ramirez, Patricio Chavez, Amy Paul, Brian Benfer, James Machacek, Sandra Wascher, Misty Hawkins, Emiko Lewis-Sanchez (part of the joint artistic persona of robyko), Cindy Zimmerman, Lynn Engstrom, Lisa Hutton and John Chwekun; Fine Art Professors Georgia K. Laris, Nathan Betschart, Barbara Sexton, Robert Sanchez (husband of Lewis-Sanchez, and the “Rob” of robyko), Alessandra Moctezuma, Wendell Kling and Mario Lara; and Multimedia Professor Carlos Juan Toth.
The art featured in the show will cross many themes and styles to include Chumash artist Adame’s work that is “influenced by the cave paintings created by his people, an Indigenous California tribe,” Sexton’s “elegant digital images [that] explore the symbolic power of icons that define our culture,” and Lara’s continuous Ocular Submissions Project, according to the press release for the exhibit.
Following the reception will be a lecture about their work and creative processes from Mesa College faculty members Kling and Zimmerman at 6:30 p.m. in room G-101.
The Fall 2016 Faculty Exhibit will be on display Sept. 8 through Sept. 28 and is open for viewing Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Parking is free during the reception in the Faculty A overflow lot across from the flagpole.
For more information, contact Alessandra Moctezuma, Gallery Director and Professor of Museum Studies, at amoctezu@sdccd.edu or visit the gallery website.
Tags: Art, art gallery, faculty art exhibit, Art Exhibit
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2356
Alessandra Moctezuma
Gallery Director & Professor of Fine Art
amoctezu@sdccd.edu
619-388-2231
International artist Shinpei Takeda is an artist in residence at San Diego Mesa College this month as he works on his installation and performing art piece ‘Fobia’ in the Art Gallery, located in D-101.
Featuring original art made by students, San Diego Mesa College’s fall semester Student Art Gallery Exhibit will open with a reception and art sale on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 4 to 7 p.m. in room D-101.
“Why We Collect,” an art exhibit featuring work from renowned artists of the 20th century, will open at the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery Thursday, Oct. 13 with a reception at 4:30 p.m. in D-101, followed by a panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. in G-102.
Curator Kraig Cavanaugh is an adjunct instructor at Mesa College who teaches art history and color theory. He describes the idea of the exhibition as a grassroots effort to make art more accessible to students and the local art community, and to show that you don’t need to be rich to be an art collector.
