This Is Us was intentionally unjuried, so we accepted everyone. We wanted artists to submit work that they were happy with. The result is an exhibition filled with beauty, surprise, and vibrance: 148 New Mexico arts submitted a staggering 350 artworks.

Collective Glass, a pop-up exhibition featuring 30 glass artists, will be on view April 9 through April 23 in the Dean’s Lobby at the Fine Arts Building. The show features functional and sculptural work including bowls, platters, vessels, and jewelry. An opening reception will be held April 9 from 2 – 4 p.m.

This exhibition examines what can emerge from the most unlikely places: what is driven by nature's persistence through environmental collapse; the will to exist by way of generosity in times of turmoil; seeing beauty in what seems ugly; and finding hope in despair.

Santa Fe Indian Market (SFIM) is the largest and most prestigious Indigenous art market in the world. Presented by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA), #SFIM25 will take place August 16–17 in the heart of downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.

This exhibition explores grief as a layered and ongoing experience. Grief is not a single emotion—it is a combination of memory, absence, and continued connection. Each sculpture reflects aspects of mourning and the effort to keep going. Rather than offering resolution, the work holds space for both sorrow and resilience.

Big Happy, est. 2024 in Santa Fe, NM, showcases emerging, mid-career and veteran artists.

This highly anticipated event showcases a wide range of traditional and contemporary Native American art, including jewelry, pottery, textiles, paintings, and sculptures. Featuring over 1,000 artists from over 200 tribes, this market is the largest and most prestigious Native arts show in the world.

The IPCC is honored to celebrate the opening of Desert Stories: The Art of Kelly Frye & Jazmin Novak, an artist-led exhibition on view in the Artists Circle Gallery from July 19, 2024 through October 27, 2024. Collaboratively curated by Kelly Frye (Tesuque Pueblo/Mescalero Apache descent) and Jazmin Novak (Diné) of the Santa Fe, New Mexico area, Desert Stories interweaves visual narratives of the Southwest in paintings, glass, clay, and bronze artworks.

This highly anticipated event showcases a wide range of traditional and contemporary Native American art, including jewelry, pottery, textiles, paintings, and sculptures. Featuring over 1,000 artists from over 200 tribes, this market is the largest and most prestigious Native arts show in the world.

SITE Santa Fe is pleased to present an exhibition of 23 artists and 34 artworks curated by our 2023 cohort of Young Curators exploring growth, healing, and intergenerational trauma.

516 ARTS announces our first exhibition of 2023, Artists as Knowledge Carriers, which features the work of New Mexico artists who are mentors of a new generation of artists. As art professors in higher education – including New Mexico State University (NMSU), the University of New Mexico (UNM), Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), and Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) – these artists are guiding emerging artists into the future.