Community Calendar

The NMSU Art Museum is excited to announce the opening of Mapping Spaces: Selections from the Lannan Art Collection at NMSU. This exhibition will showcase selections from the generous gift of 63 works of art from the Lannan Art Collection to the NMSU Permanent Art Collection in 2024. Mapping Spaces will open in the Contemporary Gallery on Thursday, June 11th, and run until September 5th, 2026.

After almost 65 years, with 27 of those spent in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Lannan Foundation closed in 2024. As part of Lannan’s closure, the Foundation gifted its remaining collection of more than 1,600 objects to 55 institutions, including the NMSU Art Museum. By adding these pieces to the UAM’s collection, this gift deepens the significance of the works by placing them into an academic context, where teaching, research, and public engagement further activate each of them. The NMSU Permanent Art Collection continues to evolve and grow not only as a repository of contemporary art objects, but also as a living resource that invites ongoing dialogue about the role of artists in shaping how the NMSU and Las Cruces communities understand our dynamic border region.

Featuring artists such as Claudia Andujar, Subhankar Banerjee, Max Cole, Pard Morrison, Victoria Sambunaris, and James Turrell, Mapping Spaces brings together a dynamic range of artists whose works explore landscapes and the environment, documentary photography, abstraction, and traditional art historical references. Together, this exhibition features artists at the center of the UAM’s mission, emphasizing the importance of continued support for art, research, and community-engaged practices in cultivating a creative ecosystem across New Mexico.

Join us for the opening reception on June 11th from 4:30-6:30 PM. UAM is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm, at 1308 E. University Ave., Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003. Admission to all programming is free and open to the public. For more information and a detailed calendar with associated programs and dates please visit uam.nmsu.edu.

JOHN BEECH | Across the Surface
May 29 – June 27, 2026
Opening Reception with the Artist
Friday, May 29, 2026, from 5-7 p.m.
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art
“A Conversation with John Beech and David Chickey”
Saturday, May 30, 2026, from 2-4 p.m. at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

They are not just black and white photos. The subject matter is urban: city streets, industrial sites, alleyways, warehouse facades. Within them is the accumulated flotsam and jetsam of human life in a city: dumpsters, random pieces of abandoned furniture, bits construction equipment. But each photo is also ground for the artist's intervention: blobs and washes of paint, ink marks, strips of tape.

We humans take things for granted: a street, a chair, the passage of time. How long since you really saw that alley, that tree? The Photo-Paintings and Monotypes of John Beech do just this. They challenge our preconceptions, providing the jolt, the pause, that invites us to pay closer attention. These works confound our sense of what a photo is, what a painting is, and how we see art and the world. Across the Surface provides a survey of Beech's Photo-Paintings and Monotypes from across the decades and dovetails with the announcement of a new book about this particular body of work forthcoming from Radius Books in spring 2027.

Beech's art brings together expected and unexpected in ways that allow the viewer to see anew and to experience a whole beyond the sum of these disparate parts.

Meet Artist Ronald Rael and see his original work, Liminal, in-progress on the Harwood Museum of Art front plaza. Blending tradition and technology, Rael will construct Liminal from 3D printed adobe using his custom-built machine. This program will take place while the museum is closed for the installation of Unearthing Futures / Desenterrando Futuros.

Join us for the Opening Celebration and After Party on Saturday, June 27 from 4-10pm featuring music by Lone Piñon and DJ Sonny Goodnight.

Image: Ronald Rael, Adobe Oasis, 2025, 3D printed adobe. Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, CA, March 8–May 11. Photo by Lance Gerber.

Join us for Bold Futures' Family Pride on June 13, 2026, at Morningside Park, as we celebrate 15 years of community with a vibrant quinceañera-style celebration! 💃🏽✨

For the last fifteen years, Bold Futures has created a space where families can come together in joy, love, and community. We are deeply grateful to our partners who have helped bring this celebration to life for our community.

This family-friendly and substance-free event is all about joy, culture, and connection.

Hope to see you there!

The Next Generation Dance Group (Pueblo of Acoma) will be dancing on June 12 at 2PM and June 13 and 14 at 11AM and 2PM.
Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.
They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.
Free for museum members, or with admission.
Dance groups and times subject to change.

Foxy Festival is a community celebration of arts, music, wellness, and culture at the historic Albuquerque Rail Yards. The event features live performances, local vendors, healing practitioners, food trucks, family activities, and programming that highlights New Mexico creativity and community pride.

An Evening of Sharp Satire & Comedy
Join Kyle Mann, Editor-in-Chief of the Babylon Bee, for a live comedy event that blends humor and cultural satire.
Saturday, June 13th
The Light @ Mission Viejo 4601 Mission Bend, Santa Fe
Doors Open at 3:15 P.M. Event Runs 4 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
EVENT FEATURES:
Satirical Comedy by Kyle Mann
Engaging Speakers
Refreshments - Support youth raising money for camp
Silent Auction

Come check out the Southwest’s biggest and baddest true street car drag race.

On 3 Dyno & Performance presents, 2025 All Out Call Out!
The Southwest’s largest “true” streetcar drag racing event! There is a class for everyone. From 14 second slowpokes to the 7-8 second Let it Eat guys.

You don’t want to miss this event, as the fastest street cars from the Southwest come out to battle for the title in a single-elimination call-out-style race.
LIMITED TICKET SALES, AND IT WILL SELL OUT! NO GATE SALES!

$70 for racers (includes track fee)
$25 for spectators (Purchase at On 3 Performance and Yearwood )
$30 for online spectator tickets
Kids 10 and under FREE

Heights Summerfest
Saturday, June 13, 2026
5-10 p.m.
North Domingo Baca Park
7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113
More Info: https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/things-to-do/annual-events/summerfest/heights-summerfest

Celebrate warm weather and outdoor fun at the first Albuquerque Summerfest of 2026—a free community event you won’t want to miss! Enjoy browsing handmade goods in The Shops, savor freshly made cuisine from local food trucks in the Food Court, and cool off with local libations in The Cantina. There’s something for everyone, with free kids’ activities and live performances from local bands Abbaquerque, Keeping Up With the Joneses, and The Fabulous Martini Tones. Then, stick around for an electrifying headlining set by Doctor Nativo, bringing the vibrant rhythms of Central America to life with a dynamic blend of reggae, cumbia, and hip-hop. It’s the perfect soundtrack for dancing the evening away under the summer sky!
Contact:
eventvendors@cabq.gov
(505) 768-3556

CURRENTS Art & Technology Festival returns to Santa Fe June 12–21, 2026 for its 17th edition at El Museo Cultural in the Railyard Arts District. This ten-day festival features 53 works by 71 international artists across interactive installation, VR/AR/XR, robotics, Artist/AI collaborations, kinetic sculpture, multimedia performance, and experimental video. Extending beyond the main exhibition, CURRENTS activates venues across Santa Fe through performances, workshops, screenings, and offsite exhibitions. This year’s symposium, “Emergence of Other: the Numinous, Technology, and Our Future Selves,” brings together artists and scholars to explore art, technology, consciousness, and the evolving idea of what it means to be human.

Join us this June and experience one of the Southwest’s leading festivals for contemporary art and emerging technology.