Playwrights of Color Meetup
Brought to you by The Artist Blend, this is a chance for playwrights of color to meet others in a casual space! Marya Errin Jones will guide participants with prompts to write their own short scene. The event will end with a few playwrights (maybe you?) reading what they created. Sign up HERE.
Artist Blend Crafters Meet-Up
The Artist Blend is here to help creatives network and get to know each other! Join local crafters for a meetup at Novel Point Coffee. OFF Center will be there to help out if you don’t bring along your own supplies and tools or want to try something new. Register HERE.
Artist Blend Launch
Creatives! Have you ever wondered where to meet other artists and creatives in Albuquerque? The Artist Blend is here with an answer! Head on over to Curious Toast Cafe to meet local creatives, work on your own project, and learn about upcoming events. Free coffee and pastries for those who register in advance! (You can […]
Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM
Enjoy the exciting culmination of a collaboration between the Hiland Company dancers, Hiland Artistic Director Layla Amis, and Urban Verbs founders Hakim Bellamy, Colin Diles, and Carlos Contreras. The performance uses poetry, music, art and dance to reflect on our inner and outer worlds: As we become more deeply ourselves coupled and learn respect […]
Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM
Enjoy the exciting culmination of a collaboration between the Hiland Company dancers, Hiland Artistic Director Layla Amis, and Urban Verbs founders Hakim Bellamy, Colin Diles, and Carlos Contreras. The performance uses poetry, music, art and dance to reflect on our inner and outer worlds: As we become more deeply ourselves coupled and learn respect […]
Discussion with Muralist Noé Barnett
Get to know Albuquerque muralist and spraypaint artist Noé Barnett at Gallery One at City Hall! Barnett is known for amazing murals around Albuquerque, most notably “Mountain Top” on Tijeras and First streets downtown honoring Black heroes of the civil Rights movement.
Afro-Centrism and American Kinship: A Visual Exploration
Check out this special Encore Presentation of an artist talk reflecting on the inaugural exhibition “Afro-centrism and American Kinship: A Visual Exploration.” See it HERE. From ASALH: ‘The exhibit “Afro-centrism and American Kinship…” featured six distinctive locally-based artists: John Brown (photography); Julee Dickerson-Thompson (sculpture); Jourdan Hamilton (Anime); Wayson Jones (abstract art); Greg Scott […]
Meditation with the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Explore meditation as a practice in liberation. This 40-minute mindfulness meditation features the soundscape of the “Spirit in the Dark” exhibition (more information HERE) and contemplation of the journey of Black Americans toward liberation. Register here (FREE!) for access via Zoom.
Application Deadline: True NM Youth Artists
Calling all AAPINH and Black youth artists! Would you like to share your story and your commitment to anti-racism through your art? Artist Requirements: * AAPINH and African American/Black youth * Ages 16-24 years of age * Desire to share your culture and express your story through art Apply HERE to be part of […]
Paper Bead Workshop
Tara Trudell (Santee Sioux/Raramuri/Mexican/Spanish) will guide you in a beautiful process that cultivates healing, expression, and belonging: Your personal writings will be cut into strips and rolled into beads.