The San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery has opened its doors for the Fall 2018 Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition kicked off on November 29, with an end of the year reception and student art sale to showcase the diverse talent of Mesa artists.
San Diego, CA — Today, San Diego Mesa College will host the Advancing Racial Justice and Equitable Outcomes in Community College Institute, scheduled for Sept. 12 at San Diego Mesa College, is the third such meeting organized by the University of Illinois Office of Community College Research and Leadership. Issues of race on community college campuses will be the focus of the conference.
San Diego, CA. —San Diego Mesa College has announced the official appointment of Lindsay Samaniego as the new Women’s Basketball Coach for the Olympians. Samaniego joins the Olympians after six seasons at the helm of the Cal Lutheran women's basketball program, where she guided the Regals to a 91-66 record while making five straight appearances in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament, two of those appearances in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament Championship game. Samaniego boasts a 62-34 record against the SCIAC in her six seasons at Cal Lutheran.
San Diego Mesa College brought in the fall 2019 semester with a grand opening of the Fostering Academic Success & Transitions (FAST) Center – the first of its kind at a community college in the San Diego region. NextUp—an Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS) program that provides support services to former and current foster youth—proudly opened the doors to its brand new FAST Center on Thursday, August 22, 2019.
October 10, 2017
The San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery kicked off the new semester with an interactive and educational exhibit, “Endangered: Exploring California’s Changing Ecosystem”.
Assistant Chair and Art Professor Barbara Sexton said the event was, “thoroughly successful and well received by the community.” She estimates that the exhibit’s opening reception on Thursday, Sept 7 was attended by 250 people, and the exhibit averaged almost 60 visitors a day until it closed on September 28.
This exhibit included the work of eight artists who chose different areas of environmental and climate concern about which they are passionate. There was also an opportunity for attendees to write a promise on a wall inside the exhibit for how they will make a positive change in their lifestyle or daily routine to help the environment.
Artists Stephanie Bedwell, Stacie Birky Greene, Kira Carillo Corser, Michael Field, Jen Trute, Sasha Koozel Reibsten, Ruth Wallen, and Jim Riley are all committed to environmental justice and worked closely with exhibit curator Danielle Susalla Deery, former director of exhibitions at the Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA), and adjunct art history professor at Fullerton College to make this exhibit possible.
View photos here, and to learn more about the Fine Art Program, visit online here or contact Nathan Betschart at nbetscha@sdccd.edu.
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The San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery has opened its doors for the Fall 2018 Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition kicked off on November 29, with an end of the year reception and student art sale to showcase the diverse talent of Mesa artists.
San Diego, CA. — Members of the community are invited to attend a reception for the Fall 2018 Student Art Exhibition Reception on Thursday, November 29, 3:00 – 7:00 pm, in the Mesa College Art Gallery, D101 and Courtyard. Light refreshments will be provided, along with entertainment by San Diego Mesa College Music Department. The Exhibition is on view from November 29 – December 11, 2018.
San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery is proud to welcome writer and critic Aruna D'Souza, to speak about her newest publication Whitewalling: Art, Race and Protest in 3 Acts. This free event will include discussion about the relationships between art and race in America and how curators, artists, and institutions deal with these issues as they apply to free speech and censorship.
