Tues – Sat 11AM – 6PM
Or by appointment: thefront@casafamiliar.org
OUR MISSION
To boost Arts & Culture in the San Ysidro – Tijuana region.
To give space to new, diverse and innovative projects and ideas.
To be a space for cultural and artistic engagement within the community.
The FRONT Arte y Cultura is an active art gallery, arts education space, and meeting venue for community residents and artists.
Run by Casa Familiar in San Ysidro, California and is located at the heart of the district.
The Front Virtual Presentation
147 West San Ysidro Blvd.
San Ysidro, CA 92173
Contact:
Francisco Morales, Casa Familiar Arts & Culture Director – franciscom@casafamiliar.org
Elizabeth Baca, Arts & Culture Program Coordinator – elizabethb@casafamiliar.org
Alejandra Ruiz, Arts & Culture Operator – alejandrar@casafamiliar.org
Hector Castro, Arts & Culture Operator – hectorc@casafamiliar.org
thefront@casafamiliar.org | T. (619) 428-1115 Ext. 206
For Media Inquiries, please contact Susy Villegas: svprcommunications@gmail.com
To check out our Photo Gallery for past exhibitions, click here.
Book the gallery space for your next event ! click here.
About Us
In 2021 we celebrated our 15th anniversary. In the last 15 years, THE FRONT has been an active agent in the cultural life of San Ysidro. Dozens of art exhibitions, concerts, dance performances, lectures, book readings, workshops and many other cultural activities have made THE FRONT the most important cultural institution of South San Diego.
Casa Familiar’s Art and Culture Center, The FRONT, was developed as an idea in 2004, as Casa Familiar’s Enterprise Rose Fellowship came to a close, as space devoted to the promotion of the arts and community/neighborhood design. A long time dream of Andrea Skorepa and Luz Camacho to have an art gallery finally saw an opportunity in 2006 when the property was purchased, re-developed and opened in November of 2007.
The FRONT is an adaptive re-use project in that the building was the first commercial dry goods store in the border community of San Ysidro and is a Louis J. Gill designed building, nephew of the more well known San Diego architect of the era, Irving Gill. The 1929 building was restored and re-built to include new services and utilities, restoration of the 3,000 square foot commercial storefront, restoration and refinishing of the two-2nd story apartments, and meet all modern codes.
