October 6, 2023

The Albuquerque Public Art Program and Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque Balloon Museum partnered to commission four interactive temporary art installations that will be activated October 7-15. Learn more about the Annular Eclipse Temporary Public Art Installations.

Meet the artists and interact with their installations during Balloon Museum’s S.T.E.A.M. Night on October 12 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. as well as during the Annular Eclipse on October 14 from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m.

View the activated projections during pre-dawn events and evening events. Pre-dawn events will take place October 7-15 from 5 to 7 a.m. Evening events will take place October 7-8 and October 12-14 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Please note there will be no evening events on October 9, 10, 11, or 15.

Museum admission and special event parking (not included) is required for all pre-dawn and evening events. 

Resiliency Residency Round Two Application is Now Open!

The 2024 UETF Resiliency Residency is now accepting applications from Greater Albuquerque area based artists for self-paced "at-home" residencies.

The UETF Resiliency Residency Program encourages artists of all mediums and disciplines to play, experiment, research, and create. Projects are encouraged, but not required, to be completed at the end of the Residency period, and artists are invited to use the funds as part of a larger grant, as leverage to get more funding, as intermediary funding between larger project phases, or as they see fit to further their artistic practice.

The 2024 Resiliency Residency will include two new nonprofit organizations acting as Fiscal Sponsors: Working Classroom and Katharsis Media. You can learn more about them HERE.

Twenty artists, working in the Greater Albuquerque area, will be awarded $5,000 each. Artists who received a 2022 Residency are eligible for this next round of funding.

The second iteration of the UETF Resiliency Residency Program will focus on building the Residency community more deeply with studio visits and regular face-to-face check-ins. The RR II will emphasize connecting smaller groups for potential collaborations, stirred conversation, and cross-disciplinary exposure. The 2024 cycle will also include Roundtables and Workshops from experts in the arts and arts administration fields to encourage connection and conversation between the awarded artists and other members of the Albuquerque arts community.

Deadline: Friday, October 27, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.



Application Assistance

UETF staff will be hosting open office hours on Zoom to answer questions and assist with the application. Open Zoom office hours are:

• Friday, October 20th 1-3 p.m.
• Saturday, October 21st 2-4 p.m.

You are also encouraged to reach out to Madrone Matishak with any questions about the program and/or application.

Nortesur / Luis Fitch

Nortesur takes its name from the Spanish words for "north" and "south," representing the bidirectional influence flow between two countries divided by an ever-shifting border. International Artist and Graphic Designer, Luis Fitch explores the spaces in between, where identities remain in flux, shaped by cross-border migration, economic integration, and shared environmental challenges.

The exhibit also highlights an exhibition of fine art prints designed and created at the Tamarind Institute, featuring works by Fitch as well as local artists Dora Chavarria, Julianna Kirwin, and Lena Kassicieh. The exhibit is on view through October 14 and is free to the public.

Learn more about the South Broadway Cultural Center Gallery Exhibitions.

Keshet Makers Space Experience

Applications are now open for the 2024 Keshet Makers Space Experience!

The Keshet Makers Space Experience (MSE) is a cohort-based residency program in which choreographers/dancemakers have access to rehearsal space, peer movement classes, arts business workshops, and the New Mexico skies, as they explore their art form and their projects at whatever stage they might be!

Each MSE Cohort provides a unique opportunity for artists from across the country and world to gather at Keshet for a 10-day residency as they explore, move, share, and create.



Applications are open for both cohorts!

Cohort 1: February 28-March 9, 2024

Cohort 2: April 5-15, 2024

Deadline: October 31, 2023, 5:00 p.m. MST

Call to Artists: City of Hillsboro Seeks Artist or Artist Team to Create a New Artwork

The City of Hillsboro, Oregon, located 18 miles west of Portland, seeks an artist or artist team to create a new interactive and engaging public artwork for Shute Park, Hillsboro’s oldest and most active park.

The community desires an artwork that will celebrate the diversity of Hillsboro, the natural environment, or both through an artwork that is sculptural or site-integrated, will serve as a central gathering place within the park, and that will be interactive or engaging for park users of all backgrounds and abilities.

The call is open to artists over the age of 18 living in the United States. The project budget is $245,000.

Deadline: November 6, 2023

City of Albuquerque Public Art Urban Enhancement Division | cabq.gov/publicart