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February 27, 2026

On January 17, 516 ARTS was pleased to host an artist talk with Alejandro Macías, whose multidisciplinary practice moves across painting, drawing, and video to examine questions of identity, migration, and belonging. This conversation offered an opportunity to engage more deeply with the ideas and lived experiences that shape his work on view in The […]

February 3, 2026

Multidisciplinary artist Chaz John (Mississippi Band Choctaw, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and European) presents a gathered collection of Mississippian iconography, dream narratives, and personal archetypes. His work explores the visual language of the numinous, with forms shaped by ancestral connections to the Choctaw and French alliance at the mouth of the Mississippi, where dreaming in […]

February 3, 2026

In imagining a world free from overfunding and the militarization of ICE, what might that world look like? ⁠ Eric J. Garcia engaged twenty young adult artists from the Albuquerque community, who organized themselves as the Loose Threads Colectivo, to respond collaboratively, with each commentary visually connected by the thread that unfurls from the top-right […]

January 6, 2026

Friday, January 9, 2026 | 5–7 PM | Little Bear Coffee (Uptown) | Free Join us for the opening reception of the 516 BRIDGES Spring 2025 Exhibition, showcasing collaborative student work created throughout the Spring 2025 semester. Developed through partnerships with Amy Biehl High School, Lew Wallace Elementary School, Valley High School, and Alvarado Elementary […]

January 2, 2026

Sunday, January 18, 2026 | 11 am | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required Image credit: Alejandro Macías 516 ARTS is pleased to host an artist-led workshop with Alejandro Macías, whose multidisciplinary practice moves across painting, drawing, and video to examine questions of identity, migration, and belonging. This is your opportunity to […]

December 18, 2025

Saturday, January 17, 2026 | 3 pm | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required Image credit: Alejandro Macías, Man Drowning, 2025 516 ARTS is pleased to host an artist talk with Alejandro Macías, whose multidisciplinary practice moves across painting, drawing, and video to examine questions of identity, migration, and belonging. This conversation […]

December 18, 2025

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 | 5:30 pm | 516 Arts | RSVP Recommended We’re excited to feature From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant: A Novel by Alex Gilvarry for our 516 ARTS Book Club. Boyet Hernandez is a small man with a big American dream when he arrives in New York in 2002, fresh […]

November 3, 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 2 pm | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required Experience The Armor We Wear through the eyes of curator, Olivia Amaya Ortiz, who will share curatorial insights and stories behind the works. Explore the artists’ perspectives on how clothing and adornment become acts of defiance, pride, and […]

October 25, 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 1 pm | Free | Virtual | RSVP Required Join 516 ARTS for an online info session about applying for a Fulcrum Fund grant. The session will prioritize the application process itself and any questions regarding how to navigate the Submittable platform. Topics also covered include: how to structure your […]

October 25, 2025

Saturday, November 15, 2025 | 11 am | Free | 516 Arts | No RSVP Required Join 516 ARTS for an in-person info session about applying for a Fulcrum Fund grant, held at 516 Arts. The session will prioritize the application process itself and any questions regarding how to navigate the Submittable platform. Topics also […]

October 25, 2025

Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 1 pm | Free | Virtual | RSVP Required Join 516 ARTS for an online info session about applying for a Fulcrum Fund grant. The session will prioritize the application process itself and any questions regarding how to navigate the Submittable platform. Topics also covered include: how to structure your […]

October 25, 2025

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 5:30 pm | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Recommended For November, we’re excited to start the 516 ARTS Book Club with The Force of Such Beauty: A Novel by Barbara Bourland. “A fascinating novel about bodies, the way we use them, and the way we break them. […]