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Jason Garcia/Okuu Pin
Jason Garcia’s (Okuu Pín/‘Turtle Mountain’) work documents the ever-changing cultural landscape of his home of K’haPo Owingeh/Santa Clara Pueblo, NM. Garcia’s Tewa cultural ceremonies, traditions, and stories, as well as 21st century popular culture, comic books, and technology, influences his clay and print work. Using traditional materials and traditional Pueblo pottery techniques coupled with various printmaking techniques, this juxtaposition of customary and contemporary materials and techniques connect him to his Ancestral past, landscape, and cultural knowledge.
Learn more about Jason here
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Chris E. Vargas
Chris E. Vargas is a video maker and transdisciplinary artist. He earned his MFA from the Art Practice department at Berkeley in 2011. His work uses humor and performance to explore the complex ways that queer and trans people negotiate spaces for themselves within historical and institutional memory.
He is the Executive Director of MOTHA, the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art, a critical and conceptual arts & hirstory institution highlighting the contributions of trans art to the cultural and political landscape. Learn more about Chris here
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Learn more about the artists and the New Mexico Arts Artist-In-Residence program here | |
Ten organizations are recipients of New Mexico Arts. Arts & The Military Mini Grant Program, which offers $2,500 grants in support of learning-based projects such as classes and workshops, or capacity-building projects such as professional development and contracted consultant services for active-duty military and veteran audiences.
The 10 organizations who will receive the grant funding this year include CENTER, Groove ArtSpace, Heartstrings Theatre Company, Museum of the American Military Family and Learning Center, National Ghost Ranch Foundation, Otero Arts, Paws and Stripes, SouthWest Writers, Cultural Enhancement for Valencia County Elders, and Western New Mexico University Cultural Affairs.
The Arts & The Military Initiative is rooted in New Mexico Art’s (NMA) mission to ensure the arts are central to the lives of New Mexicans. NMA is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.
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The New Mexico Arts Commission and the New Mexico Arts Division announce a call for nominations for the 2025 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Each year, the Governor recognizes the extraordinary contributions that individuals and organizations make to the arts in New Mexico.
The Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts were established in 1974 by then Governor Bruce King and First Lady Alice King to celebrate the significance of the arts to the State of New Mexico. For five decades a prominent and diverse group of painters, weavers, sculptors, dancers, musicians, storytellers, poets, actors, playwrights, potters, and supporters of the arts have been honored.
Nominations for the awards are invited each year from interested New Mexicans and arts groups statewide. Nominations are reviewed by the New Mexico Arts Commission and the Governor.
This year’s awardees will be honored at a ceremony on October 16, 2025, in the historic St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.
Click here to complete the 2025 nomination form.
The nomination deadline is Monday, March 17, 2025, at 5:00PM MDT.
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New Mexico Poetry Out Loud State Finals returns, Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 1 pm at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street, Santa Fe. Admission is free, seating is limited.
See High School students from across New Mexico compete for the opportunity to represent New Mexico at the National Finals in Washington DC. National champion will receive $20,000 prize.
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Artist INC Albuquerque
Artist INC is coming to Albuquerque in Spring 2025!
Creatives of all kinds are invited to apply for this eight-session program by Mid-America Arts Alliance that helps artists, of any discipline, develop the building blocks for a thriving and enduring arts practice.
Learn more at an upcoming What Works info session:
What Works – February 15, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. – Central and Unser Library, 8081 Central Ave NW, ABQ, NM
“So worth it. I feel so empowered, seen, supported, hopeful and ready to launch what I learned. The difference in me from before to after is palpable.”
- Artist INC program participant
Led by a team of experienced, working artists, this program helps artists like you address specific challenges, so that your career can grow.
Artist INC Albuquerque is presented in partnership with New Mexico Arts and National Hispanic Cultural Center, May 3-June 28, 2025. Sessions take place at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Applications due: March 3, 2025
Click here to apply for Artist INC Albuquerque now!
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New Mexico Arts is saddened to hear of the passing of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. She received the Allan Houser Memorial Award in 2005. This award was presented along with the Governor’s Awards to a Native American who has demonstrated outstanding artistic success and community involvement. Smith, who was of Salish-Kootenai, Métis-Cree, and Shoshone-Bannock descent, enjoyed a fruitful career as a painter, mounting more than 80 solo exhibitions—including the 2023 retrospective “Memory Map,” held at the Whitney in New York.
New Mexico Arts AIPP Project Coordinator, Kiersten Fellrath, who worked closely with Smith has this to say: “I had the incredible opportunity to work with Jaune Quick-to-See Smith while preparing for her solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Jaune was an exceedingly kind, intelligent, hardworking, ambitious, and visionary individual, as well as an exceptional artist. Her unparalleled generosity of spirit and commitment to community was endlessly inspiring, and she always prioritized uplifting others, especially Native and Indigenous artists.”
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Are you inspired by the art and culture of New Mexico?
Let the artwork on display around the state serve as your guide for our poetry contest! The pieces of art below, each on display at a different institution operated by New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, range from photographs of life in early New Mexico statehood to cosmic depictions of the vast universe. Each piece of art on display contributes to artistic and cultural heritage of New Mexico in its own way. In celebration of National Poetry Month, we invite all New Mexicans to seek inspiration in the works of art on display below and express that feeling through ekphrastic poetry, or poetry inspired by works of art. Learn more here
Deadline: February 7th!
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Opportunities From Our Friends... | |
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Who: Music from Angel Fire solicits painting and photographic entries from all artists.
What: MFAF needs to select a painting/photo to represent our 2025 Music Festival. The painting/photo will be used in promoting the Festival through ticket brochures, our website, art prints, programs and other advertising. The original work will be exhibited at concerts and in the MFAF office for a silent auction, with proceeds being divided between the artist (60%) and MFAF (40%). There will be a minimum starting bid of $1,500.
When: Entries must be submitted by February 28, 2025. Apply here
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Calling all Emerging Artists!
Strata Gallery is now accepting applications for new Emerging Members for a 1-year contract period. They are looking for innovative artists who are actively working and who are interested in being part of an Emerging Artist cohort.
Submit your artwork today!
Application Deadline: April 1, 2025
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Announcement: Spring 2025 Artist in Residence Program
The King Range National Conservation Area, Shelter Cove Arts & Recreation Foundation and Friends of the Lost Coast are thrilled to announce the return of the Artist in Residence Program (AIR) to be held from 4/21/25 - 5/19/25.
The application deadline is Friday 3/7/25, and all the information you need to know about the program, and the application process, is posted here.
Sandy Miles is the contact for this program, and can be reached at 1.707.986.5415 or smiles@blm.gov
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Current Opportunities of relevance to New Mexico Artists:
Calls for Entries, residencies, surveys, & jobs.
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Complete Guide to FREE Artist Grants and Opportunities in 2025
All the best artist grants, residencies, and open calls for 2025.
All of these calls are FREE to apply!
Click Here For More Information
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NEW MEXICO ARTS MISSION
Public support for the arts to ensure the arts are central to the lives of New Mexicans.
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NEW MEXICO ARTS VISION
A New Mexico with vibrant communities, meaningful quality of life, and a robust economy.
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