Artists will have a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of Albuquerque's historic rail corridor by taking part in the Rail Trail Time Travel project.

Offered under the Albuquerque Public Art's InSight Temporary Art program, the time travel strategy aims to engage artists with local community members. Together, they will envision artistic enhancements to the proposed trail along the railroad tracks and First Street in downtown Albuquerque by reflecting on the past, present and future of the space.

Ten local artists will be selected to create: 1) an imaginary “time travel engagement station” (low tech/low touch, Covid Safe), and attend two half-day, site-specific community events with their station; and 2) use the community feedback to develop a final rendering, proposal, recommendations list, or other artistic expression of ideas or themes suitable for future artistic enhancements and/or cultural programming along the Innovation Rail Trail.

What is a time travel station? In short, it is an activity that can prompt people to think about a place in deep time, past and future. Artists will be guided on how to engage participants in a fun and spontaneous way by artist, landscape designer, and creative place making expert Tara Mei Smith.

Curious? Check out the full prospectus with link to application.

The City of Albuquerque wishes to acknowledge, remember, and honor those New Mexicans who we have lost to the pandemic by creating a city-wide opportunity for grieving and healing in public plazas and in homes across the city.

While the impact of the pandemic continues, Summer 2021 will start a unique series of ways to share in the acknowledgement of our collective loss.

The activities will begin with an installation of artist-designed strings of cut paper installed at one or more public plazas. Residents will also have the opportunity to print artists’ designs from home, creating their own cut paper installation, similar to papel picado.

Throughout the summer, additional cut paper installations will arise, hopefully throughout New Mexico, as symbols of unity and connection in our diverse but collective resilience through the pandemic.

Additional artistic expressions--through dance, music and other creative forms--will be sourced in safe ways for additional content for virtual distribution among other platforms throughout the state and throughout the summer.

View and apply to the call here.