516 ARTS Facade

516 Central Ave SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

t. 505-242-1445

516 ARTS is located
Downtown on Central Avenue
between 5th & 6th Streets

open Tue - Sat, 12-5pm

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516 ARTS is an independent, nonprofit arts and education organization, with a museum-style gallery in the center of Downtown Albuquerque.


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  • Heart of the City logo created by Studio Hill Design
  • Quantum Bridge (detail), mural on Warehouse 508, copyright Aaron Noble, Artist & The City of Abq
  • Gabe Jaureguiberry, ACE Barbershop (detail)
  • Axle Contemporary (Jerry Wellman & Matthew Chase Daniel), E Pluribus Unum, Santa Fe (detail)
  • Student Taelyn Reid working on Atrapado y Retoricido led by Amber Cobb, mixed media sculpture
  • Alf Simon, Katya Crawford & Susan Frye, Solids and Voids: Spaces in the Heart, Video installation
  • Larry Bob Phillips & CNM students, Signs of the Times (detail), mural on Century Downtown Theater
  • Carlos Contreras & Diahndra Grill, Upon Release, writing & art by inmates in JustWrite program
  • Lee Montgomery, ICAP & Dennis Kolokol, Constellations of the City, drone light painting of VLA Data
  • Zoe Patterson, Bicycle Plow from the series Cycles of Expression, led by Randall Wilson
  • Vecinos Artist Collective, A Brief Case for Making: Flores Vecinos
  • Celia Alvarez Munoz, Postales Postcards (detail), mixed media installation
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Exhibitions

Heart of the City
Heart of the City

February 1 – May 3, 2014
Digital Latin America
Digital Latin America

June 7 – August 30, 2014
Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop
Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop

September 27 - December 19, 2014

Events

OPEN HOUSES: First Fridays
OPEN HOUSES: First Fridays

Fridays, March 7 & April 4, 5-8pm
SCREENING: Sign Painters
SCREENING: Sign Painters

Saturday & Sunday, March 15 & 16, 1pm
WOMEN & CREATIVITY: Performance
WOMEN & CREATIVITY: Performance

Sunday, March 23, 2pm
516 WORDS: 505 Heart Murmur
516 WORDS: 505 Heart Murmur

Thursday, March 27, 7pm

WOMEN & CREATIVITY: Presentation
WOMEN & CREATIVITY: Presentation

Saturday, March 29, 2pm
WORKSHOP: Introduction to Sign Painting
WORKSHOP: Introduction to Sign Painting
Saturday, April 12, 2:30-5pm
SYMPOSIUM: Digital Latin America
SYMPOSIUM: Digital Latin America

Saturday & Sunday, June 7 & 8, 2014
BLOCK PARTY: Digital Latin America
BLOCK PARTY: Digital Latin America

Saturday, June 7, 5-9pm

Special Projects

Digital Latin America Collaboration
Digital Latin America Collaboration

June 7 – August 30, 2014
"Quantum Bridge": new mural by Aaron Noble

New Mural on View
Wells Park Rail Corridor Mural Project
Wells Park Rail Corridor Mural Project

New Murals on View
ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness
ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness

Fall 2012

516 ARTS is currently made possible in part by major support from McCune Charitable Foundation, The FUNd at Albuquerque Community Foundation, New Mexico Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque and its Public Art & Urban Enhancement Program. ©2006–2013 516 ARTS; all rights reserved.