The Urban Enhancement Trust Fund has partnered with five local arts and cultural organizations; The Dellsly Group, Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts, FUSION, National Institute of Flamenco, and Puha Hubiya to present the UETF Resiliency Residency Program. This program will provide individual, independent Albuquerque based artists with funds to advance their artistic or creative work through a meaningful, perhaps collaborative, commitment to their creative expression.

You can now access the NM Arts FY23 Grant Guidelines and Application. Applications are open for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program which contracts master artists to teach their art forms to dedicated apprentices and sustains traditional folk arts practices in New Mexico. NM Arts is also providing funding to arts and cultural organizations in the categories of Arts in Social Services, Arts Learning: In Schools and In community, Arts Councils and Service Organizations, and more.

All Advance Review applications are due Friday, October 15th, 2021 at 5pm

All applications must be submitted by Friday, December 3rd, 2021 at 5pm

Link to the Guidelines and Application HERE

The Fulcrum Fund is an annual grant program created and administered by 516 ARTS as a partner in the Regional Regranting Program of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. For the 2021-2022 grant cycle, the Fulcrum Fund will award grants ranging in amounts of $2,000 to $10,000 totaling $60,000 to support the development and presentation of independent, artist-led project and programs.

Grants are for individual artists for the creation and support of self-organized artistic activity that can be experienced by the general public. Artists and collectives whose work centers around visual arts that live and work in New Mexico are encourage to apply.

Deadline for submission is Monday, November 15th, 2021

For more information and to apply, click HERE

Creative Capital is inviting artists to propose experimental, risk-taking projects in the performing arts, technology, literature, visual arts, and moving image, which push boundaries formally and thematically, and/or venture in wild, out-there, never-before-seen concepts and future inverses real or imagined. Over a two-year period, the Creative Capital Awards will provide up to $5 million in grants to help realize 100 artists' project with awards of up to $50,000.

Join the Creative Capital team for an information session about the 2023/2024 grant cycle--"Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact." They will walk through the application process and answer questions.

Applications will be accepted in the Spring of 2022, but do not miss the info session Friday, October 8th 2021

For more information and to sign up for the session click HERE

The City's Public Art Program is proud to announce the completion of a new mural in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Tijeras and 1st.

"To The Mountain" by spray-paint artist Noé Burnett celebrates MLK and other Black figures; Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Coretta Scott King. The mural stands next to "to Create the Beloved Community", a memorial designed and created by Jerome Meadows in the 1990s.

Join Mayor Tim Keller, Noé Barnett, and the Albuquerque Arts Board virtually Thursday, October 14th at 9:30 am on Facebook for a Live Streaming Dedication.

Click HERE to learn more about Noé's work

"Revisit" opened at the SBCC Gallery last week and features two exhibitions combined into one space.

Treatment features work by emerging artists Bearface, Garret Jones, Omen, and Ronald Maldonado. Each artist uses cites graffiti as the dominating influence in their work, and they now utilize repurposed materials, and color and abstract experimentation to underlay their pieces.

Altars: Ancient Practice, Contemporary Creations features the work of Ramiro Romero Garza and Dr. Suzanne Lopez and is comprised of altars that memorialize events, Mexican history, and to inspire and celebrate sacred images of the divine feminine.

SBCC hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm

"Revisit" will close Saturday, October 16th

The picture above shows a recently completed section of the Sky Bridge Fresco in the Albuquerque Convention Center. This section is around 128 square feet; the entire wall is approximately 2,000! Lots more to do but the artists are working hard!

We spotlighted one of the young apprentices, Christian Armijo over on our socials, click through to see the post.

Tamarind Institute is proud to announce new lithographs by New Mexico artists Eric J. Garcia, Szu-Han Ho, Gaby Hernández, Jane Lackey, and Zahra Marwan.

The prints on view are a result of Tipping Points, a collaborative project between Tamarind Institute and the City's Public Art Program.

You can view the pieces at Tamarind Institute on Fridays 1-4pm or by appointment by scheduling HERE

The sky has been filled with balloons of all colors and sizes (and some fun shapes too), but have you had a chance to view the Mass Ascension or Evening Glow? Make sure to buy tickets soon, the last day of the Fiesta is Sunday, October 10th.

And while you are at the park, be sure to check out the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum where you can learn the history of ballooning, tour the recent Black & White Exhibit, and play balloon games at the Elevation Station. You can also view two special pieces of Public Art!

The photo above was taken Tuesday morning under Sky Portal by Randy Walker, it is quite the sight to see!