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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 21, 2025

516 ARTS & Chatter presented American Ledger No. 1 as a narrative score for performance, telling the creation story of the founding of the United States of America. In chronological descending order, moments of contact, enactment of laws, events of violence, the building of cities, and erasure of land and worldview were mediated through graphic […]

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 […]

July 11, 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 6 pm | Albuquerque Museum | Free 516 ARTS & Chatter present American Ledger No. 1 is a narrative score for performance, telling the creation story of the founding of the United States of America. In chronological descending order, moments of contact, enactment of laws, events of violence, the building […]

July 11, 2025

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | 5:30 pm | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required Join us for our new monthly 516 Book Club! Explore literature that challenges, inspires, and connects to the themes of our current exhibition—including social justice, cultural identity, and artistic resistance, with a focus on banned or challenged books. […]

July 11, 2025

Thursday, August 7, 2025 | 7pm | 516 Arts | Free/Sliding Scale Ticketing | RSVP Required New Mexico-based multi-media artist Ehren Kee Natay performs an interpretation of the score to Tahltan 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 […]

July 8, 2025

Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts will see it’s Albuquerque grand opening with a special reception held at 516 ARTS. Join us on July 12 from 6–8pm, and see the unveiling of work from artists Raven Chacon and Cristóbal Martínez, Sebastian De Line, Camille Georgeson-Usher, Maggie Groat, Kite, Germaine Koh, Aaron Leon, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Tanya […]

July 2, 2025

With sic transit gloria mundi, Nick Tauro Jr exhibits a deep, emotional exploration of his relationship with his father.