Community Calendar

Blackout Theatre is proud to present a free community screening of "Nite School: Up, Up, and Away!” on October 15 at Tractor - Wells Park. Nite School is a “comeducational” web series blending Blackout’s signature sketch comedy with lessons in New Mexico history. The landmark 10th episode delves into the history of hot air ballooning in New Mexico, with visits to the Balloon Museum and the iconic annual Balloon Fiesta.

“Nite School: Up, Up, and Away!” premieres Wednesday, October 15 at 7PM, Tractor Brewing - Wells Park. Admission is free to the public. Individuals under 21 must be accompanied in the taproom by a parent or guardian. Nite School is proudly supported by the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund.

UNM Wind Symphony chamber ensembles, directed by Dr. Emily Moss and conducted by UNM graduate conducting students.

Serenade in c minor, K. 288, Mozart
Sinfonietta, Howard Blake (Brass Choir), Movement 1
Passacaglia, Lauren Bernofsky (Brass Choir)
Mare Tranquillitatis, Roger Zare
Toccata for Percussion Instruments, Carlos Chávez
Arabesque No. 1, Claude Debussy/arr. by Toshinari Iijima (Saxophone Quintet)

Plus pieces by a woodwind quintet, clarinet quintet, and flute choir!

The ALBUQUERQUE ABSTRACT ARTISTS ALLIANCE is pleased to announce our inaugural exhibition, FORAY, running from October 3 through November 2, 2025, at Fusion | 708.

Juried by Michael Ottersen

• OPENING RECEPTION: 5:30 - 8 p.m., Fri., Oct. 3, 2025
• EXHIBIT HOURS: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesdays through Sundays, Oct. 3 - Nov. 2
• LOCATION:
Fusion | 708
708 1st St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Artists in FORAY:

Marca Dickie
Carolyn Grady
Benita Grunseth
Larry Guy
Ginna Heiden
Nancy JonesFrancis
Nicole Kurland
Karen Macek
Dana Millen
Bill Sabatini
Gail Sacharczuk
Catalina Salinas
Jan Tras

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.

“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.

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.

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Harwood Art Center is pleased to present Encountering Masculinity by 2025 Artist in Residence, Jocelyn Salaz. Encountering Masculinity explores masculinity through the lens of the performative theory of gender. Jocelyn examines men’s clothing, beginning with her own family for a generational perspective and then men from different world ethnicities and geographies. She grounds her exploration in clothing because of her interest in how textiles create a boundary between intimate space and the outside world, creating a space of resistance.

Join us for an Exhibition Reception & Artist Talk at Harwood on Saturday, October 18 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.

The Same Place at the Same Time is a series of three exhibition rotations that trace how art lives within, emerges from, and connects Taos’ creative communities. By gathering a varied array of arts—wood-fired ceramics, volunteer radio, and Pueblo foodways—into the rotating gallery space, the exhibition highlights the many interconnected maker groups within our larger Taos community. The inclusion of visual art, music, and food emphasizes the diversity of creativity that constructs thriving cultures and communities.

The exhibition is process-focused and collectively developed, documenting how these groups operate and co-curated by the groups themselves. It explores the wide-ranging organizational structures of these collectives, in turn allowing us to consider how these frameworks influence art making, relationships, and the rich culture of Taos. It asks how we might further nurture this expansive web of connections, both inside and outside of the gallery space.

Harwood Museum of Art is honored to collaborate with local artists, makers, and cultural leaders who shape and define Taos’s remarkable artistic landscape.

Curated by Kate Miller, Curatorial Assistant, Harwood Museum of Art.

Image Credit: KNCE Studio. Courtesy of True Taos Radio, KNCE 93.5 FM

Pursuit of Happiness: Gi Bill in Taos refocuses the story of post-World War II artistic movements by highlighting those artists working, communing, and connecting in Taos from 1945 onward. These artists founded the next great wave of abstraction that took root in the region, bringing their vast creativity and international connections to the community. Highlighting works from Harwood Museum of Art’s permanent collection and sourcing significant loans regionally and nationally, this exhibition tells the story of how Taos contributed to conversations and explorations in the national art scene during the post-World War II period.