February | 2022
New SBCC Show

The South Broadway Cultural Center is hosting a City of Albuquerque Employee Art Exhibit from Feb 10th-March 12th.

The reception was Thursday, February 10th, and the show was written about in the ABQ Journal. You can find the article HERE
We Have Vacancies!

Are you curious about how Public Art and the UETF make things happen for Albuquerque? We have vacancies on both boards that need to be filled. If you are interested in making decisions for your community about what public art goes where, or which community groups get funded, apply to share and make those decisions.

Learn more and apply Boards and Commissions.
A Fond Farewell

Last month we said goodbye to one of our biggest supporters from the Department of Arts and Culture: Hakim Bellamy. While he may not be serving as the Deputy Director anymore, he is certainly still serving the Albuquerque arts.

Read an interview of his five favorite Public Art Pieces ABQ Journal Gimme Five.
Mural Restoration
We are kicking off the year with another restoration!

The latest is by Erin de Rosa of Color Finds Inc, a mural restoration service. Erin is an artist herself, and you can find work of hers in Albuquerque and across the US, as well as her restoration on beloved murals like Honey in the Heart by Mark Horst.

Click through the link to see our spotlight of her work and process on "Mestizaje" by Leopoldo Romero and Emanual Martinez.
Erin in front of ColorSphere on Gold after restoration
Resiliency Residency Artists are Announced
90 artists accepted in ground-breaking new project
The UETF Resiliency Residency has accepted ninety artists to complete at-home and in-studio residencies over the next year and a half. Partnering with Afromundo/Dellsly Group, FUSION, Keshet Dance Co, National Institute of Flamenco, and Puha Hubiya, these artists will be the first group in this innovative program that is expected to produce some amazing projects.
We are proud to present this group of multidisciplinary, multigenerational, and diverse artists and are looking forward to the imagination, collaboration, and ingenuity they all bring to Albuquerque.

Click the link to read the list of artists and background information on the program.

And click HERE to view the press release and aerial image of the artists.
International District Library and Public Art

Coming Soon: Request for Interest in the International District Library’s Percent for Arts Project

The Albuquerque Arts Board and Albuquerque Public Library are now accepting Letters of Interest for the 2022 design, fabrication and installation of artwork at the City of Albuquerque Public Library, located at the International District Library in District 6 along historic Route 66. The intent of the program is to provide an individual or collective-affiliated Albuquerque-based visual artists up to $100,000 to fund opportunities to advance their artistic career.
 
The selected artist will also gain valuable professional experience working with world-famous international artist workshop Mayer of Munich. The 175-year-old German-based company is one of the world’s foremost studios for the development and production of mosaics and stained-glass projects.
 
The IDL Project also supports the Department of Arts and Culture’s Tipping Point program, which helps artist reach the next step in their creative career by providing resources and partners that advance their business efforts or artistic fulfillment.  
Artists must be 18 years of age and live and do their primary creative work in the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area.
 
We will be accepting Letters of Interest in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more details and a link coming soon.
Open Call for Artists
The exhibition Along the Colorado is seeking artists from New Mexico whose work explores issues around the Colorado river-its scarcity, use, commodification, conservation, legality, and politics.

The exhibition is scheduled for August 2022 at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in LAs Vegas, NV. Space is limited, smaller works are encouraged.

For any questions contact curator Sapira Cheuk: sappycheuk@gmail.com
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