Community Calendar

“Sentient Structures: The Art of Skye Tafoya + SABA,” on view through November 2, 2025, showcases the work of two artists creating architecturally-inspired expressions in materials that respond to the senses. Skye Tafoya (Eastern Band Cherokee/Santa Clara Pueblo) weaves paper structures and embeds knowledge in them through her printmaking processes. SABA (Diné/Jemez Pueblo) makes paintings and prints that anchor Pueblo architecture as evolving sites of home. This exhibition offers innovative approaches to printmaking, painting, and book arts and blurs the lines between two and three-dimensional mediums.

Free for museum members, or with admission.

Arrowsoul Art Collective’s mural installation fuses concepts of the beginning, present, and future of Indigenous pictographic arts. Based in the Southwest region, Arrowsoul Art Collective creates graffiti walls and mural paintings inspired by the evolving meanings of “Future Old School” and “Indigenous Freeways.” The artists create new visions of the Southwest landscape through blending letter structures, illustrative architecture, and textured palettes of places of home. Arrowsoul Art Collective’s projects reunite communities along the Rio Grande through creative participation. Located in the Art Through Struggle Gallery, their newest mural will be on display through June 28, 2026.

Free for museum members, or with admission.

Curated by the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute at The University of New Mexico, “Restorying Our HeartPlaces: Contemporary Pueblo Architecture” showcases a near-present history of the architectural sovereignty that emerged after the 1975 Indian Self-Determination Act. This exhibition focuses on the work of Pueblo architects while representing design concepts from regional ancestral sites that continue to influence 20th and 21st century Pueblo architecture. It will be on view in the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s South Gallery from March 25 through December 7, 2025

Free for museum members, or with admission.

Free Admission to the Balloon Museum every Sunday morning between 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Excludes the first 2 Sundays in October.)

Every Sunday May-Oct 10am to 2pm. The Rail Yards Market is focused on building a resilient, sustainable local economy that we all love to work and play in. Through food, art, and music, we hope to bring our community together in an atmosphere of fun, learning, and creativity. Rail Yards Market is a community organization and a certified 501(c)(3)

Art lovers, collectors, and the creatively curious are invited to meet 43 local artists in 14 home studios during the 22nd Annual Sandia Heights Artists Studio Art Tour on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7. The free, self-guided art crawl will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Sandia Heights neighborhood near the intersection of Paseo Del Norte and Tramway Blvd.

“Wandering through art studios in the foothills is a great way to spend a weekend,” said Mara Malnekoff, SHA president. “We hope it will cultivate an appreciation for the diverse array of art created right here in Sandia Heights.”

Each stop on the tour features at least three artists who work in diverse mediums, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts, glass, photography, jewelry, woodworking, mixed media, and even art created using computer code. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists, learn about their techniques and inspiration, and purchase original artwork directly from the creators.

For information about the tour, a brochure, and an interactive map, visit www.sandiaheightsartists.com.

The Sandia Heights artists proudly support La Mesa Arts Academy, a free after-school program for students at La Mesa Elementary School.
Visit www.sandiaheightsartists.com for more information.

Exhibition Runs: August 7 - September 13, 2025
Reception & Artist Panel Talks: Saturday, August 23, 4:30p - 6:30p
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 10a - 3p

PRACTICE // PORTAL
Featuring Aziza Murray, MB Ramos, Natalie Voelker and Chelsea Wrightson, past and present Harwood Studio Artists, with installations that investigate memory, explore elemental nature, and offer meditation.

Exhibition Runs: August 7 - September 13, 2025
Reception & Artist Panel Talks: Saturday, August 23, 4:30p - 6:30p
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 10a - 3p

WINDOWS INTO THE FUTURE: SHARED.FUTURES
Shared.Futures is an ArtScience collaborative, bringing together local scientists and artists to co-create work that imagines possible futures based in ongoing scientific research. This collaborative was formed in 2022 under an NSF- funded grant called the Intermountain West Transformation Network (Award # 2115169), which supports the growth of the Shared.Futures program, participants, and its organizers. The 2022 inaugural event held at the Explora Children’s Science Museum marked the beginning of a collaborative effort towards bringing to life an annual exhibition of interactive ArtScience with Explora partners. Since its inception, the program has evolved into an annual spring fellowship program that mentors five pairs of Artists and Scientists teams through a four-to-five-month workshop. During this transformative experience, participants are guided to collaborate and learn across disciplinary boundaries, fostering the creation of work that envisions pathways toward more sustainable and resilient futures.

This exhibition showcases the final work that has emerged from the Shared.Futures program (2022-2025) and celebrates the hard work from the organizing team who work diligently from behind the scenes to bring each event to life. Each piece in this collection can be seen as its own window looking into the future, giving us glimpses of possible pathways moving forward through an ArtScience lens. Alongside this, the exhibit presents a documentary series of interviews which present the process behind the work created by the participating teams. Then a time capsule for each year is carefully curated to showcase the program’s growth and key milestones that brought each event to life. Ultimately, this exhibition is a celebration of the program’s growth from a simple idea of collaborating across art and science to an annual program that builds intentional capacity for collaborating across disciplinary boundaries and imagining solutions towards our collective future.

The Rail Yards Market of Albuquerque operates on Sundays from 10am-2pm during the months of May-October. A non-profit run growers' market, originally established in 2014 by volunteers and neighborhood residents, celebrating all things local and at the heart of New Mexican culture. We are much more than your typical farmer's or grower's market; every Sunday you can peruse 100's of New Mexico's finest food, farm, artisan, and healing vendors, hear live musicians, and come away enriched from our educational and demonstration zones for kids and adults! Every Sunday is a different theme with different activities and vendors you wont want to miss. All located at The Rail Yards in the historic Barelas neighborhood in the heart of our City!