Story and photo by Philip Tipple

GROSSMONT COLLEGE — Art teacher Jennifer Bennett has been teaching here for 10 years. She took her first art class–basic drawing–here at Grossmont in the mid 90’s and found out she liked it. She says the art class she took inspired her so much that she ended up majoring in it and then going on to teach it.

After graduating from SDSU, she went on to graduate school in Ohio where she was teaching art. She then received a job here at Grossmont to teach art.

Among those taking in the Hyde Art Gallery’s exhibition of pieces from its permanent collection was Michael Gallagher, who has been Grossmont for 2 years and is working on a future with Media Design. He said he went to the gallery to observe and study the art to better his drawing skills. Someday, he confided, he would like to create his own business with his talent.

Another student, Lauren Peterson, said that she foumd inspiration to go to a four-year college by walking through the gallery and appreciating what she saw.

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Tipple is a student in MediaComm132; contact him at [email protected]