Mission:

• To provide HSU students with opportunities to learn firsthand about managing, preparing and curating art exhibits.

• To furnish HSU Art Education students with a Service Learning resource as they instruct community students, K-12, using gallery exhibitions in support of their curricular goals.

• To create free public exhibitions formed in a critical context, which means that the material on view will be interpreted for the viewer in light of issues significant to an interdisciplinary understanding of our times and our global cultures.

• To stimulate active public awareness, support and participation in the arts. Visitors view Lien Truong.

• To introduce artists and art forms that may be unfamiliar to our community.

• To provide a publicly accessible venue for art made by regional, national and international artists as well as the faculty, staff, students and alumni of Humboldt State University.

About Us:
Founded in 1998 by Humboldt State University (HSU), First Street Gallery blends educational curriculum and student involvement with service to the local community. First Street Gallery organizes and presents exhibitions with a special focus on contemporary art and receives over 24,000 visitors a year. Eureka WaterfrontFirst Street Gallery is located in the historic Old Town waterfront district of Eureka, California.  Situated 7 miles from the main Humboldt State campus, First Street Gallery extends HSU’s nationally recognized learning environment into the heart of California’s North Coast community.  The gallery stimulates community awareness of the visual arts through exposure to art exhibitions and art forms previously unavailable to this region.   As a community resource First Street Gallery creates innovative, new partnerships, develops local arts education initiatives, and contributes to regional economic growth in the arts and culture sector. The gallery’s exhibitions and public programs also highlight the work of distinguished faculty, alumni, students, visiting and regional artists.