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.
The San Diego Mesa College Math and Science Complex (MS) will once again host the annual Mesa College Research Conference (MCRC) on Friday, May 10, at 8:30am-1pm. This year’s conference will showcase student research across multiple disciplines and provide students the opportunity to present their research in poster format to academics, professionals, fellow students and the community. Some highlighted research methods include quantitative (statistical) and qualitative, data collection and using existing data or sources, and testing hypotheses to generate theses.
San Diego Mesa College will host their 38th Annual Golden Scissors Awards and Fashion Show at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina on Friday, May 3rd 2019. This year’s theme is Forces of Fashion which features designs and clothing created by Mesa Fashion Design students. This event, produced by fashion promotion students, attracts crowds of approximately 700 fashion-minded community members each year.
Mesa College Dance will be presenting Dance Synthesis: An evening of Dance and Entertainment. This spring 2019 dance concert, held nightly at 7:30pm on April 18-20, features an all student choreographed performance at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in San Diego. See Mesa College’s talented dancers take to the stage with energy, passion, and enthusiasm as they perform original choreography created by our student dance makers, including Mesa alumni Chelsea Roquero.
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.
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Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
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Alessandra Moctezuma
Gallery Director & Professor of Fine Art
amoctezu@sdccd.edu
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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.
