Hyde Art Gallery

Hyde Art Gallery Grossmont College Art Gallery. Director - Alex DeCosta

Providing fine art exhibitions and interdisciplinary programming to engage the diverse Grossmont College student population and the San Diego region. Exhibitions feature local and international artists, lectures and events to supplement the educational opportunities for Grossmont College students and faculty.

NOW OPEN!Our annual Faculty and Classified Staff Exhibition, “IN•SIGHT 2026”, and “Field Trips | Photographing Away: Dav...
08/31/2026

NOW OPEN!

Our annual Faculty and Classified Staff Exhibition, “IN•SIGHT 2026”, and “Field Trips | Photographing Away: David Wing Tribute Exhibition” are both now open to walk-in visitors.

The Hyde Art Gallery is located in the Grossmont College Visual & Performing Arts Center (building 22) and our daily walk-in hours are Monday through Thursday from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Both exhibitions will be on display from August 31st until September 24th.

For more information about these particular exhibitions or the gallery program, please visit our www.hydeartgallery.com (link in bio). We hope to see you soon!

Two new exhibitions opening at the Hyde Art Gallery this Monday!We’re kicking off Spring 2026 with our annual Faculty an...
08/27/2026

Two new exhibitions opening at the Hyde Art Gallery this Monday!

We’re kicking off Spring 2026 with our annual Faculty and Classified Staff Exhibition, IN•SIGHT. This show highlights the incredible creativity of the Visual Arts and Humanities Department here at Grossmont College. Our faculty and staff aren’t just mentors in the classroom - they’re also practicing artists. This exhibition gives our college community a chance to connect with them on a deeper level and see the artistic minds that shape the student experience. You’ll find work across a wide range of media including ceramics, drawing, jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

Also on display in our Patterson Window starting next week is “Field Trips: Photographing Away,” a tribute exhibition to the late Grossmont College photography professor David Wing. This exhibition showcases work by 15 of Professor Wing’s former Grossmont students.

“What all my students had in common was curiosity — unteachable but essential for any kind of exploration. I offered few formal field trips, but in time these experiences accumulated with students, colleagues, family, and friends. All who joined me found something with their own cameras that none of the others did; whatever their previous training or ultimate goals, they could crystallize their personal experience into wonderful photographs. This exhibition is for all those who went out with me and found their own way.”

- Excerpt from the book “Field Trips: Photographing Away” by David Wing. Copies of this book and others by David Wing will be available to students for FREE at the gallery.

Hope everyone’s enjoying summer break! ☀️If you’ve been on campus, you may have noticed the artwork in our Window Displa...
07/16/2026

Hope everyone’s enjoying summer break! ☀️

If you’ve been on campus, you may have noticed the artwork in our Window Display - work from 78 students across both Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Sculpture I classes, taught by Professor Kaiya Rainbolt.

For this project, titled “My Neighborhood Project (Bas Reliefs)” Sculpture I students were asked to make an abstract representation of either their current neighborhood, a past neighborhood, or a fantasy neighborhood. After compiling research images, sketches and participating in group discussions, students determined their design course to create a multi-component sculptural wall piece. Sculpture students learned the methods/history of bas-relief (or low relief), working with plastilina (modeling clay), latex mold-making techniques, the creation of a mother mold, and plaster casting. In addition, the students learned about color theory, techniques for finishing/coloring plaster casts, and how to mount them into a finished wall piece.

The work represents local neighborhoods across the county, the country, and the world, and the variety in this compilation reflects the diversity of the students in our college community.

This semester we have a tie! 👔During our reception last night, we had the pleasure of giving out 14 awards-of-merit to e...
05/27/2026

This semester we have a tie! 👔

During our reception last night, we had the pleasure of giving out 14 awards-of-merit to exceptional student artworks on display and throughout the evening, reception attendees had the opportunity to vote on one final award, The People’s Choice Award. Thank you to all who participated and your votes have been counted. For the first time, the Spring 2026 People’s Choice Award is going to two students…

First, Lyric Howard for their bold, eye-catching digital collage titled “The Doggy Bag”, created in PHOT 199 - Special Students in Photography Class with instructors Aaron Serafino & Paul Turounet.

AND to Ray Greenberg for their beautifully layered, multi-panel painting titled “Self Centered”, produced in ART 222 - Painting IV Class with instructor Jennifer Bennett.

Congratulations Lyric and Ray - please stop by the gallery soon to pick up your awards! If you have artwork on display in the Spring 2026 Student Art Exhibition, don’t forget to pick up your work this Friday or Monday, May 29 & June 1, from 10am-2pm either day.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Spring 2026 Student Art Exhibition reception and award ceremony last night. ...
05/27/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Spring 2026 Student Art Exhibition reception and award ceremony last night. It was the perfect send-off for our final show of the year.

Congrats to all our award winners and every student with work on display. We loved celebrating YOU!

The exhibition is on display for only two more days and closes this Thursday at 4pm - don’t miss your last chance to see it!

Opening Monday! Our Spring 2026 Student Art Exhibition opens May 18th! This exhibit is a recurring, semester-closing sho...
05/12/2026

Opening Monday!

Our Spring 2026 Student Art Exhibition opens May 18th! This exhibit is a recurring, semester-closing showcase highlighting the most exciting and innovative art and design projects that Grossmont College art students produced this semester including ceramics, digital media, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and jewelry. Some student artwork on display will also be available for purchase.

The Spring 2026 Student Art Exhibition will be ready for walk-in visitors starting Monday, May 18th at 10am. On Tuesday, May 26th from 4-6pm the gallery will host an evening reception and an awards ceremony recognizing exceptional student artwork will begin at 5pm that evening.

Gallery walk-in hours are Monday-Thursday from 10am-4pm and all Hyde events are and open to the public. For more information about the gallery program, please visit our website (link in bio).

Last chance, Griffins 👀Today is the final day to view “Second Nature” a solo exhibition from San Diego-based photographe...
04/23/2026

Last chance, Griffins 👀

Today is the final day to view “Second Nature” a solo exhibition from San Diego-based photographer, Alfred Pagano. We also want to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for a wonderful artist talk.

Showcasing images drawn from Pagano’s photography book of the same name, this exhibition explores the complex relationships between animals, humans, and the environments we share. Through a series of striking black and white photographs, Pagano reflects on how the natural world continually adapts to human influence, and how animals, whether dead or alive, can reveal deeper truths about the social and environmental conditions that shape our world.

For more information about Second Nature, visit www.hydeartgallery.com or use the link in our bio.

Don’t miss it - photographer Alfred Pagano returns to campus next week for an artist talk!Join us Wednesday, April 22 at...
04/15/2026

Don’t miss it - photographer Alfred Pagano returns to campus next week for an artist talk!

Join us Wednesday, April 22 at 1pm in the Hyde Art Gallery for a deeper look into Second Nature, our current exhibition of Pagano’s work. This striking body of work explores the shifting line between the natural world and human intervention. Through his lens, familiar landscapes become something more complex - inviting us to question what feels real, altered, or somewhere in between.

This lecture is FREE and open to the public. For more information about Second Nature, visit www.hydeartgallery.com or use the link in our bio.

Reminder! The Hyde Art Gallery will be closed next week for Spring Break. We’re open today until 4PM and will resume nor...
03/26/2026

Reminder! The Hyde Art Gallery will be closed next week for Spring Break. We’re open today until 4PM and will resume normal gallery hours on Monday, April 5th.

This photo is from Tuesday evenings opening reception of “Second Nature”. Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate Alfred Pagano and the new exhibition.

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8800 Grossmont College Drive, Building 22, Performing And Visual Arts Center
El Cajon, CA
92020

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm

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