Firehouse Gallery North March 2013 Exhibit and event


San Mateo—Hillsdale High School art students showcase their work, 
March 2013, at Firehouse Gallery North, 1790 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709


The exhibit, “Aspiring Artists Showcase” on view from March 8th through March 31st 2013, features 50 paintings and photographs by twenty-eight Hillsdale High juniors and seniors. 


Opening Night:Friday, March 8, 7-9pm

Live music by Chloe Little

Forum conversation with the artists and Tom Franco

Poetry readings

A collaboration between Hillsdale art teacher Cindy Lynch, and the Firehouse Art Collaborative curation team, Tom Franco and Julia Lazar.


“Our collaboration presents a unique learning environment for our students to explore their own work and their potential future as an artist,”Hillsdale Visual Art Teacher Cindy Lynch said. “We are grateful to the Firehouse Art Collaborative for making this possible.” 




Students featured in the exhibition are Haley Amoroso, Kyle Okano, Camila Benavides, Jean Ma, Philip Thomas, Kylan Wong, Christopher Hernandez, Jenny Lee, Jazmin Bustamante, Kelly Wang, Brian Spiekerman, Noam Margalit, Ava Donovan, Julia Yarak, Elise Phillips, Michael Yan, Kelly Lemons, Chang Liu, Emily Pichel, Travis Abrams, Kathryn Ullrich, Ricky Gonzalez, Danielle Gaggero, Lisa Raimondo, Shannon Song, Alex Herzog, Eric Newgard, Jordan Smith and Allison Lee.


“We met Cindy Lynch last year and her passion and enthusiasm for teaching art inspired us to develop this opportunity,” Executive Directors Tom Franco and Julia Lazar said. “These students are extremely talented and we hope this show inspires other organizations to support high school art education.”

For open door times please check our Calendar page.


For more information contact
Cindy Lynch,650-558-2699, clynch@mail.smuhsd.org
Or email Julia Lazar:  firehouse.art.collective@gmail.com

To find out more about Hillsdale High School of San Mateo.

For the Facebook event page, please click here: https://www.facebook.com/events/235259859943348/



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