Mesa College Art Gallery

Professor and Gallery Director Alessandra Moctezuma in the San Diego Union Tribune writing about her expectations for 2021. In my classes, the pandemic opened virtual portals, while social distancing restrictions brought us close to those who were geographically inaccessible. Behind-the-scenes visits to museums were replaced with Zoom meetings with arts professionals from Los Angeles and New York. As I look ahead to at least the first half of 2021, I will connect the Museum... Studies students with professionals from various cities with this technological platform. Besides being energized about teaching she is excited to see a couple of projects come to life after hard work in 2020. A retrospective of Chicana artist Judy Baca at the Museum of Latin American Art and the exhibition NOW featuring the collective Twenty Women Artists at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Link to article in comments.

Tomorrow Saturday, January 9. Free. Hosted by Monterey Museum of Art. Join Latinx and Chicanx artists and scholars including MacArthur Fellow Amalia Mesa-Bains, Ph.D., renowned collector Armando Durón, and internationally recognized Chicana artist Dr. Judith F. Baca for personal accounts, live Q & A, and a live panel discussion with presenters, moderated by Susana Smith Bautista, Ph.D. MMA is also proud to welcome United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera as the invoc...ation speaker for this year’s Art of the State Symposium. The Symposium coincides with the Califas exhibition opening January 8, in partnership with Museo Eduardo Carrillo. Califas artists will host the morning discussion about generational experiences and activism in and around the Monterey Bay Crescent. MMA will also host local musicians, actors, and spoken word performances during breaks and transitions. See more

Thanks to Seth Combs and the San Diego Union Tribune for the mention of our Mesa College Drive-In exhibition in the memorable art events in 2020!

We’ve brought many photography exhibitions to Mesa including John Brinton Hogan, Ed Kashi, Paul Turounet, Monique Michelle Verdin, Sheila Pinkel, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Delilah Montoya, Carmela Castrejon and many more. We also have a photography department with B/W photography taught by Patricio Chavez and theory classes by Jacqueline Ramirez and Christopher Ferreria. Professor and Gallery Director Alessandra Moctezuma joined the board of Medium photography, an organizat...ion that presents annual conferences and workshops and serves emerging and established photographers. She’d like to make more connections with our diverse audience of students, budding photographers or enthusiasts in the making. Medium has also brought artists and encouraged connections to Mexico and Latin America. If you love photography consider making a year end donation to this organization that is local but brings national and international talent to San Diego. https://www.mediumphoto.org/giving

Enjoy the Holidays and join us for the San Diego Mesa College Fall 2020 Virtual Student Art Exhibition LIVE NOW! https://sdmesacollegeartga.wixsite.com/studentexhibition The closure of the campus and transfer to remote classes didn’t stop students from producing great work in a variety of media under the guidance of the Fine Arts professors.... Click on the corresponding gallery for Fall 2020 on the top left of the website. Student Art Exhibition invitation design by student Litzy Torres, Museum Studies/Gallery Exhibition skills class. Website designed by Art Gallery ILT, Jennifer Armer. We also offer San Diego's only hands-on program in Museum Studies and Gallery Management. Registration for Studio Art classes is open now and you can find links to the classes in the website.

Excited to announce the artists that will be participating on our Mesa Drive-In Art Exhibition coming up in November! We had so many wonderful entries and the Museum Studies class had a tough time narrow it down but we had limited funds to print the 3 x 5 foot images. I hope you can join us for the safe distance, drive thru reception on November 13, 1- 4 pm. Kirsten Aaboe Victor Angelo - Jenny Armer - Lucy Boyd-Wilson John Calavitta Katie Carrion - Michael Chavez R...emi Dalton Joseph DeLaunay Sheena Rae Dowling - Christopher Ferreria Katie Flores Kirsten Francis - Sarah Frey Sora Gallagher - Scott Gengelbach Sofia Gonzalez Janice Grinsell - Steve Harlow - Kathleen Kane-Murrell Ginger Lou - Don Masse - Bhavna Mehta Lourans Mikhail Michelle Montjoy - John Oleinik Judith Parenio - Johanna Poethig Yvette Roman Elizabeth Salaam - T. Jay Santa Ana Gail Schneider Andrew Sena Jennifer Steffey Christopher Tucker Cindy Zimmerman See more

Professor Alessandra Moctezuma will be giving a lecture on Zoom for the World of Frida exhibition at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Thursday October 15 at 7 pm. For tickets: https://artcenter.secure.force.com/ticket

Sunday art funnies.

Our arts building was nominated earlier in the year. We won an Orchid Architecture Award. It’s a beautiful place to learn and now during COViD closure we miss the gallery space and workroom with daily meetings with students. It was super exciting to see our dream of a state of the art gallery come true. More beautiful than we could have imagined.

Featuring photographers Rizzhel Javier and Wayne Martin Belger

Tune in at 9:35 today Thursday for a FB LiveStream on the Mesa College Art Gallery page. Featuring artists Rizzhel Javier and Wayne Martin Belger.

Join Mesa College Art Gallery FB LiveStream tomorrow! Traversing through Rituals of Remembrance - Featuring photographers Rizzhel Javier and Wayne Martin Belger Thursday, October 1 - 9:30 am - 11:00 am... This is a collaboration with Chicana/o Studies, KAPWA Learning Community, Mesa College Art Gallery and Work Based Learning. Leading up to our virtual Dia de los Muertos altar and Filipinx Heritage Month. coming up in November we wanted students to learn about traditions of remembrance. Photographers Rizzhel Javier and Wayne Martin Belger will speak about this in their artwork and how they connect with community. The lecture will also be recorded and I will share the link after the event.