May 3, 2021
Celebrating Murals of Albuquerque
May 1-31, 2021

The Department of Arts & Culture's Community Events and Public Art Divisions presents Mural May! During Mural May the Department of Arts & Culture will be introducing the newest murals in its collection, as well as featuring existing private and public murals you will want to see for yourself. Supporting Albuquerque's creative economy is extremely important to the City and this month is highlighting your neighborhood murals. 

The murals in the Public Art collection are a City of Albuquerque program administered by the Public Art Urban Enhancement Program. The Public Art Program provides funding for murals that reflect diversity in style and media, and encourages artists from diverse backgrounds and range of experiences to apply to participate. Recently, ten new murals were commissioned to be painted on walls around Albuquerque as part of the Mural Love Program. 

Join us as we feature local artists and and their murals every week in May. This is the perfect way to Meet a Muralist! They can't wait to share their process and you might learn something about a wall that you didn't know before when you Meet a Mural! Local bands will be providing soundtracks as we celebrate murals this month.
X marks the spot: The Extraordinary World of Maps in Albuquerque

Noon-1 pm on Wednesday May 5th

Please join us on Wednesday May 5th at Noon for a discussion—with a geographer, CABQ and UNM librarians, the organizers of the Compass Roses: Maps by Artists| ABQ exhibition, and a representative from 516 arts—about the extraordinary world of maps.

To participate please follow the link below:


This panel discussion is part of a series of public [virtual] events hosted by the co-curators of a national art project, Compass Roses: Maps by Artists. Albuquerque is the 2nd location for this art project (it originated in the co-curators—Nadine Wasserman and Renee Piechocki— hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. This art project was brought to Albuquerque by the City’s Public Art Program. You can see the exhibit at the South Broadway Cultural Center through May 20, 2021

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

Twenty-nine artists created unique maps of readily recognizable or imaginary places, and forgotten or unfamiliar locals. Locations depicted in the maps range from skateboard ditches to sacred spaces, while mediums range from tapestries to sound meditations to digital drawings.

The project invites participants on a journey of discovery in which people can traverse, wander, wonder, reflect, and share, using an artist’s map as a guide. Full size artworks will be on display and smaller maps will be available for free at the exhibition and as free downloads on the project website. —from the South Broadway Cultural Center website

To learn more about Compass Roses, please visit their website: Compass Roses


Deadline right around the corner!


Call to Artists: The City of Albuquerque’s South Broadway Cultural Center Gallery is curating an exhibition about Space and how it inhabits our imagination as it relates to our future.
 
About Our Existential Space: Contemplating our own presence and existence in the land of enchantment is a magical reflection of ourselves in a larger universe. We all have our own origin stories and on how we arrived to New Mexico. Space travel can be part of our next journey.
 
The exhibit is co-curated by the celebrated New Mexican artist and designer, Virgil Ortiz and Augustine Romero, Gallery Curator, City of Albuquerque with curatorial assistance by Anhua Katniss Xu Garcia, UNM CFA Arts Management Leadership Intern.
 
The exhibit will run June 3 – July 16, 2021. Artists must submit a statement of the proposed piece with one image of an existing piece as an example for curatorial reference.

For more information and to download the call for art visit:

Click the link: Our Existential Space

  • Submission deadline: Thursday, May 6, 2021
  • Notifications will be made by: Monday, May 10, 2021
  • Work must be delivered to the SBCC Gallery on Monday, May 31, 2021 from 1- 6 PM
  • Eligibility, artists must be residing in New Mexico and must be 18 years of age to apply.
 
For any other questions call or email Augustine Romero, Gallery Curator at: augustineromero@cabq.gov phone: 505-589-6083

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