Second-year student Zora Williams is using her voice to bring more mental health and nutrition programming to San Diego Mesa College. Williams was elected president of the college’s Associated Students (AS) for the 2024-2025 academic year and serves as the college’s student representative on the San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees.
Sometimes, you hear a story that makes you want to know more. Kevin Gonzalez has such a story. The last time this story was updated, San Diego Mesa College student Kevin Gonzalez was a 15 year-old heading off to Massachusetts to complete his high school education. In the ensuing years, he has travelled to the other side of the world, built houses, but remained in close contact with his Mesa College professors and connections he made while on campus.
The San Diego Community College District has appointed four new student trustees for the upcoming academic year. Dalia Ramirez (San Diego City College), Zora Williams (San Diego Mesa College), Hailey Hua (San Diego Miramar College), and Haydee Zuniga (San Diego College of Continuing Education), will be sworn in during the June 20 SDCCD Board of Trustees meeting.
December 6, 2018
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.
The student exhibitions are held at the end of each semester, giving students the opportunity to share their talents and even sell some of their work. This not only provides these emerging artists with some income, but it gives attendees the chance to purchase one-of-a-kind gifts.
A collaboration of students from our Studio Art classes and Fashion Department created each piece of art, featuring a wide array of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, digital media, photography, ceramics, design, sculpture and fashion. With over 100 works on display, the exhibition is one you will not want to miss.
In addition to the student collection, a window installation by San Diego Artist Katie Ruiz titled Mother Rose Cried Many Burdens is on site. Ruiz is a Chicana artist who is creator and owner of VIVID SPACE SD gallery in Little Italy, and she teaches classes with the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD).
This impressive exhibition, which Museum Studies students designed and executed with direction from Professor Alessandra Moctezuma and Gallery Coordinator Jenny Armer, is open until December 11 in the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery. Gallery hours are Monday to Wednesday, 11:00am – 4:00pm and Thursday, 11:00am – 7:00pm. For more information, please visit Mesa College Art Gallery events or contact Gallery Director, Alessandra Moctezuma at amoctezu@sdccd.edu.
About Mesa College Art Gallery: The Mesa College Art Gallery is an educational forum to present the work of professional artists in a range of media and dealing with diverse issues. The gallery also showcases outstanding artwork created by students in the Art Department and serves as a laboratory for the Museum Studies Program. San Diego Mesa College is the only San Diego institution to offer an AA and a Certificate of Performance in Museum Studies/Gallery Exhibition Skills.
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For 12 weeks over the fall, one of San Diego Mesa College’s graduating Museum Studies students will embark on a new adventure as a Latino Museum Studies Intern at the Smithsonian. Jake Selters will work from Aug. 26 to Nov. 15, 2024, at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington D.C. and study Collections Management with some of the world’s preeminent experts.
On Thursday, November 16, the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery will host the opening reception from 4:00-7:00pm for the newest exhibition, Cosecha: An Exhibition About Food . This exhibition was exclusively curated by San Diego Mesa College Museum Studies students. The reception will serve up a potluck of works by 40 artists, food-related performances, and edible food and drink.
San Diego, CA. – Thursday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m., the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery presents an illuminating art exhibition that is inspired by the desire to find the ‘glimmers of grace’ in life. This exhibit gives everyone the opportunity to experience the work of, alumna Grace Gray- Adams, someone who has been curating her legacy since studying art in the 1960’s at Mesa College.
