Margaret Hernandez / by Dorian Maldonado

Margaret Hernandez smiling in front of 530 Coast Highway

Marge is the co-founder and gallery manager at the HSCC. She has been living in Oceanside for 9 years now after graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in fine art photography. Marge and Dinah met 9 years ago while volunteering at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Marge says the museum was very influential in motivating them to create their own space, which began with them curating their first group art show.

โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™š, ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐™’๐™šโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Š๐™˜๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™, ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ.โ€ -๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ