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Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, AlbuquerqueConvergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest is an exhibition in the Art Museum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center that showcases the vibrancy and ingenuity of the street art scenes in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, and Northern Mexico presenting artworks by artists who identify as Chicano/a/x, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, and Native American. The artists whose work is featured in the exhibition use the street as their medium to create graffiti and/or murals. On the street, their work is widely accessible to passersby, yet also ephemeral. (more...)
Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, AlbuquerqueRendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México - Guest curated by Vicente Telles, the exhibition explores artworks by artists living and working throughout New Mexico. Many of the artworks are figurative and created on a scale that challenges limited understandings of New Mexican art. In their own way, each artist explores identity and the self, art history, and the expanse of Hispanic, Chicana/o/x, and Latina/o/x contemporary art. Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México - El curador invitado es Vicente Telles y la exhibición explora las obras de arte (more...)
NHCC Volunteer Clean Up Day
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, AlbuquerqueShift 1: 8:30 - 11:30 am Shift 2: 1:30 - 3:00 pm The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is proud to play our role in keeping New Mexico enchantingly clean as four of our museums and Historic Sites offer a volunteer clean-up day on Friday, October 18. Volunteers will meet at the NHCC Welcome Center at 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102. Those interested in volunteering can contact Philip Baca at Philip.Baca@dca.nm.gov or by phone at 505-895-0093.