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Featured Artist

Eight months of each year (excluding January, August, September and November), we spotlight one of our many talented artists and give them an opportunity to showcase their artwork. Artists audition for this honor and are offered a full wall as well as prime real estate in front of the gallery to showcase their art. Featured artists have the option of hosting an art reception at the gallery.   Guidelines for featured artists are posted on the website.

For questions about the Featured Artist or to apply to be a Featured Artist, email  here.

Please enjoy this introduction to the Featured Artist of the Month.  Click on the artwork images for details.

Grossmont Union High School District

January Featured Artist

The Grossmont Union High School District consists of twelve schools in the East County: Helix Charter, Steele Canyon, West Hills, IDEA, Monte Vista, Santana, Grossmont, Valhalla, Granite Hills, Mount Miguel, El Capitan, and El Cajon Valley. All schools are able to participate in the Sixth annual Foothills Art Association Art Show.

The Grossmont district has been serving east San Diego County for over 100 years. This district started with Grossmont High School and expanded with Helix High School (est. 1952). I joined Helix in 2000 after it became the first charter of the district in 1998. Since then, Steele Canyon joined GUHSD as the second public charter in the district. The twelve schools in the district represent the communities of: La Mesa, Rancho San Diego, Santee, Lakeside, Spring Valley, and El Cajon.

Six years ago Helix Charter High School was honored to partner with Foothills for the first time and had almost a hundred pieces of art displayed in their gallery. The Foothills Art Association has been a huge supporter of our art programs – and Helix High (as a National Blue Ribbon Award winner) in particular. Our partnership has grown because students from more communities are now involved.

This is a great opportunity for students to showcase their work, and see what it is like to have public feedback. Foothills has also begun offering a public choice award and generously donates a prize and Junior memberships to the recipients. This partnership is so appreciated by our district art classes and is more important this year as our larger District Show in Parkway Plaza has shifted to a smaller public venue, this year at Cuyamaca College. I truly hope that we will continue this

symbiotic relationship for many years to come and that it will bring this amazing gallery and members more public exposure and potential members.

We invite all members and the general public to come out to support this year’s show. It will be up in the month of January.