Events & Workshops

Polaroid Emulsion Lift Workshop
March 11, 2025
Date: 2025-05-03 11:00:00 – 2025-05-03 14:00:00 Sign up Participants will learn about this experimental process in this hands-on, guided workshop. Participants will provide their digital images to be transfered to a Polaroid print, which will then be used in a series of experimental applications. A brief history of Polaroid experimentation will be discussed, placing this […]
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The Physical Image: Stefan Jennings Batista, Derrell Lopez, and Emily Margarit Mason in Conversation
March 10, 2025
Date: 2025-05-29 18:00:00 – 2025-05-29 19:00:00 Sign up In a current moment of rapid media consumerism, New Tableau: Experiments in Photography critiques related trends of data collection and user privacy, the rise of idealized influencer culture and creator-driven content, the illusion of self in the digital age and a society of immediacy. Exhibiting artists Stefan […]
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Curator Tour with Daniel Ulibarri
March 10, 2025
Date: 2025-04-12 14:00:00 – 2025-04-12 16:00:00 Sign up In this group exhibition curated by Daniel Ulibarri, New Tableau: Experiments in Photography explores how contemporary artists are returning to the photographic medium’s experimental beginnings within the context of modernity. Join us for a guided tour through 516 ARTS as Ulibarri shares insight on the works and […]
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Live Performance by Ryan Dennison
March 10, 2025
Date: 2025-04-04 19:00:00 – 2025-04-04 19:30:00 Presented with The Albuquerque Art Walk Register here. Join us for a special live performance by Ryan Dennison. (Light to be Noise, Noise to be Light) presents a relationship with u201clightu201d as a conduit of memory and dream meaning through cyanotype and art performance. Weaving multi-media works with analog […]
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Dead Pioneers: Live at 606 Studio
December 19, 2024
Date: 2025-01-17 19:00:00 – 2025-01-17 22:30:00 Get your tickets here Dead Pioneers, emerged as a dynamic extension of his performance art, seamlessly blending music with critical cultural commentary. Rooted in the same themes of identity and resistance that define his visual work, the bandu2019s sound acts as a powerful platform for addressing the complexities of […]
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CAESURA: Raven Chacon & Guillermo Galindo Live
October 21, 2024
Date: 2025-02-01 15:00:00 – 2025-02-01 16:00:00 Location: Albuquerque Rail Yards, 777 1st St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 Tickets Available Here Caesura is a collaborative and graphic music score that examines the sonic history of the railway and to be performed live by Raven Chacon, Guillermo Galindo, and guest percussionist Alan Zimmerman, utilizing railway fragments and […]
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CURATOR TOUR: Jorge Rojas Walkthrough
October 21, 2024
Date: 2025-01-31 14:00:00 – 2025-01-31 16:00:00 Get Tickets Jorge Rojas, guest curator of The Other Side of the Tracks, will guide audiences through the gallery discussing insights on process, themes, and more in an open discussion. The Other Side of the Tracks features national and regional artists Tania Candiani, Raven Chacon, Gregg Deal, Guillermo Galindo, […]
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2 DAY ABQ Herstory Makers: Street Style Portrait Prints Workshop
October 21, 2024
Date: 2025-01-09 17:30:00 – 2025-01-09 20:30:00 Sold out! Email us to join a waitlist. 516 ARTS and Herstory Printmaking present a two-day street-style portrait printmaking workshop led by Herstory Printmaking members Shelly Korte and Lena Weiss. Participants are invited to bring an image of an unsung New Mexican woman who has uplifted and inspired lives, […]
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516 WORDS: Reexamining the West with Paisley Rekdal
October 21, 2024
Date: 2024-12-05 18:00:00 – 2024-12-05 19:30:00 Sign up here Event Location: FUSION | 708, 708 1st St. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 Delve into the history of the American West through the lens of Chinese and other railroad workersu2019 histories, and through the railroadu2019s impact on America with a dynamic, inter-media live reading from poet and […]
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Rebel Responsibly with Caroline Liu & Inspire Nation Skateboard Co
October 18, 2024
Date: 2024-11-16 15:00:00 – 2024-11-16 17:30:00 ONLY 20 SPOTS AVAILABLE Sign up here! Artist Caroline Liu will lead a hands-on workshop for skate-enthusiasts, youth, and anyone looking to expand their creative skillset to paint their own skateboard with a focus on mental health awareness. Inspire Nation, a local youth-centered mental health nonprofit, will provide their […]
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Know Your Rights: 2SLGBTQ+ Activism in New Mexico
July 2, 2024
Date: 2024-09-12 18:00:00 – 2024-09-12 20:00:00 Free & Open to the Public – RSVP here! Sign up for the livestream here. Learn about the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ identifying individuals within the state of New Mexico with artist Szu-Han Ho, ACLU New Mexico Interim Policy Director Lena Weber-Salazar, independent trans activist Lazarus Letcher, and drag performer […]
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Exhibition Tour with Nancy Zastudil and Jennifer Nehrbass
June 19, 2024
Date: 2024-07-13 14:00:00 – 2024-07-13 15:00:00 Join Nancy Zastudil, curator of New Worlds: New Mexico Women to Watch 2024, as she guides you through the exhibition offering insight into her curatorial process, the Women to Watch exhibition series, and the work on view. She will be joined by exhibiting artist Jennifer Nehrbass, who will speak […]
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