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CELEBRATION: Fulcrum Fund Bash

September 7, 2023

Date: 2023-12-09 18:00:00 – 2023-12-09 20:00:00 RSVP here Come to 516 ARTS to celebrate nine years of grant making from the Fulcrum Fund and a new program catalog release. This is an opportunity for artists to meet each other and for the public to meet awardees, learn about their contemporary practices, and celebrate New Mexico […]

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WORKSHOP: TNET’s #101 Transgender Cultural Fluency Training

September 7, 2023

Date: 2023-11-04 10:00:00 – 2023-11-04 12:00:00 Free. Register here. TNETu2019s #101: Transgender Cultural Fluency Training is the tried-and-true workhorse of trans education. Dynamically co-presented by Stacy Fatemi (they/them) and Charlie Alexander (they/them), this presentation is one from which even old pros can learn a thing or two. Weu2019ll cover everything you need to know from […]

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516 WORDS: Queer in Color

September 7, 2023

Date: 2023-10-26 18:00:00 – 2023-10-26 19:30:00 Free. Online registrationu00a0In-Person registration 516 ARTS, in partnership with The Syndicate ABQ and UNM African American Student Services, presents a poetry reading spotlighting diverse voices and celebrating the kaleidoscope of the queer experience. Curated by acclaimed poet J. Gourdin, the evening provides a platform for identities to converge and […]

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PUBLIC FORUM: Shapeshift: Assimilating as Self Preservation

September 7, 2023

Date: 2023-10-21 15:00:00 – 2023-10-21 16:00:00 Free. In-person & livestreamed.u00a0Online RegistrationIn-Person Registration 516 ARTS welcomes guest speakers Alexis Salas , PhD, Endowed Professor of Arts of the Americas, Art History, University of Arkansas; Estevan Rael-Gu00e1lvez, PhD, Executive Director, Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Americans Enslaved project; and Fluid Gaze artist Lehuauakea (mu0101hu016b mixed-Native Hawaiian). […]

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Who They Are: Queer Short Cinema

September 7, 2023

Date: 2023-10-07 18:30:00 – 2023-10-07 20:30:00 Co-presented by Way OUT West Film Fest at The Guild Cinema. Saturday, October 7th, 2023 Total Running Time u2013 83 minutes Way OUT West Film Fest and 516 ARTS co-present a special evening of short films co-curated by Roberto Appicciafoco and JC Gonzu00e1lez that explore a spectrum of gender […]

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OPENING RECEPTION: Fluid Gaze

September 7, 2023

Date: 2023-09-30 18:00:00 – 2023-09-30 20:00:00 Member Preview 5-6pm (Join atu00a0516arts.org/join) Public Reception 6-8pm 6:30pm: Performance by Josu00e9 Villalobos Live music with DJ Anjo King & cash bar from Brew Lab 101 El Paso based artist Josu00e9 Villalobos will perform Deeply Rooted, Cultured and Silenced, a bilingual performance addressing the silencing amongst queer individuals in […]

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