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November 3, 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 2 pm | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required Experience The Armor We Wear through the eyes of curator, Olivia Amaya Ortiz, who will share curatorial insights and stories behind the works. Explore the artists’ perspectives on how clothing and adornment become acts of defiance, pride, and […]

October 25, 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 1 pm | Free | Virtual | RSVP Required Join 516 ARTS for an online info session about applying for a Fulcrum Fund grant. The session will prioritize the application process itself and any questions regarding how to navigate the Submittable platform. Topics also covered include: how to structure your […]

October 25, 2025

Saturday, November 15, 2025 | 11 am | Free | 516 Arts | No RSVP Required Join 516 ARTS for an in-person info session about applying for a Fulcrum Fund grant, held at 516 Arts. The session will prioritize the application process itself and any questions regarding how to navigate the Submittable platform. Topics also […]

October 25, 2025

Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 1 pm | Free | Virtual | RSVP Required Join 516 ARTS for an online info session about applying for a Fulcrum Fund grant. The session will prioritize the application process itself and any questions regarding how to navigate the Submittable platform. Topics also covered include: how to structure your […]

October 25, 2025

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 5:30 pm | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Recommended For November, we’re excited to start the 516 ARTS Book Club with The Force of Such Beauty: A Novel by Barbara Bourland. “A fascinating novel about bodies, the way we use them, and the way we break them. […]

October 25, 2025

Saturday, November 8, 2025 | Public: 6 pm | Free | Member Preview: 5 pm | RSVP Required Join us for the opening of two powerful new exhibitions—The Armor We Wear and SPIRIT HOUSE—that explore resilience, identity, and creative defiance through the lens of contemporary art. The evening will include music by Burque Sol and […]

October 3, 2025

On September 5, 2025, composer and musician Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) presented a newly commissioned performance developed in response to Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts. Known for creating layered and dynamic soundscapes, Ortman draws on violin, voice, and experimental instrumentation. Her performance reflected the exhibition’s guiding questions around scores as calls for decolonization, […]

September 26, 2025

On July 12, 2025, 516 ARTS held an opening reception for “Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts”. To complete the exhibition installation process, we publicly mounted the final piece, Do’-gah by Greg Staats, followed by a poetry recitation by our staff curator Olivia Amaya Ortiz. The guest curator of the exhibition, Candice Hopkins, also provided […]

September 26, 2025

On August 7, 2025, 516 ARTS welcomed New Mexico-based multi-media artist Ehren Kee Natay to perform an interpretation of artist Peter Morin‘s NDN Long Songs as part of Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts.  NDN Love Songs presents seven short videos that can be read as ‘drum portraits.’ The drums featured are from the Royal […]

August 26, 2025

Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 5 pm | 516 Arts | Free Bands of Enchantment returns for its fifth season with it’s own music festival on September 20, 2025! The outdoor music festival will unfold alongside the show’s last filming day, bringing fans up close to the energy and artistry defining the Emmy-winning series. Attendees […]

August 20, 2025

Friday, September 5, 2025 | 6:30 pm | 516 Arts | Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required Composer and musician Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache) will present a newly commissioned performance developed in response to Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts. Known for creating layered and dynamic soundscapes, Ortman draws on violin, voice, and experimental […]

July 11, 2025

Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 11 am | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required Step inside Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts with 516 Arts Curator, Olivia Amaya Ortiz, as your guide. This in-depth walkthrough offers insight into the layered themes of sound, language, and identity that shape the exhibition. Explore how […]