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.
Today, San Diego Mesa College announced the renaming of their Humanities Institute to the Dr. Constance M. Carroll Humanities Institute. The Institute, which was originally established in 1990, was generously supported by Dr. Carroll upon her appointment as President of Mesa College in 1993, and has continued to be in the forefront of her work during her tenure with the San Diego Community College District.
Troy Cristobal is the winner of this year’s 2020 Mesa Scholarship President’s Award, given annually to a deserving Mesa College student who demonstrates leadership and academic excellence in their undergraduate career. Troy is a worthy recipient on both counts, having served as team captain for Mesa’s track and field team since the spring of 2019, and set to graduate this May as an Engineering major with a cumulative 4.0 GPA.
The Olympian Speech and Debate team is living up to its reputation as a competitive, award-winning force. After competing in four tournaments during the fall, and a fifth this semester, the Mesa Speech and Debate Team has racked up numerous titles and awards. They have been working hard and achieving success at competitions across the nation, including in New York, where Mesa students Franklin McKenzie and Katya Azzam garnered a well-earned parliamentary debate win against Ivy League Cornell University’s team (see below for a full list of achievements).
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
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Alessandra Moctezuma
Gallery Director & Professor of Fine Art
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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.
