The issue: Northern New Mexico is a culturally vibrant region with thriving arts traditions, histories and economies, yet not all students attending the public schools in this region have access to equitable, high-quality, and culturally responsive visual arts education.

Impact

Short-term

  • Visiting Artists introduce teachers and students to new skills, media, concepts diverse cultures, and aesthetic frameworks.

  • Students construct artworks illustrating connections between their ideas and experiences with themes and skills shared by Visiting Artists.

Intermediate

  • Students develop confidence and self-discovery by expressing their voices and insights through their artworks, which are celebrated at community events and exhibits.

  • Students gain knowledge of varied career paths in the visual arts and are included in our region’s arts economies and arts communities.

Long-term

  • Young adults who are confident, culturally literate, and expressive, and participate in their region’s vibrant arts economies and arts communities.

What we invest in

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  • Diverse Local Artists who are motivated to make a difference in young peoples’ lives 

  • Staff with expertise in visual arts education 

  • Evaluate our programs to ensure impact and continuous improvement

  • Community volunteers 

  • Fundraising through annual community events and grants

  • Art materials 

  • Student Exhibitions at local galleries and community venues. 

  • Community partnerships with public school systems, nonprofits, cultural institutions, galleries and arts collectives.

“Its always good to have an outside opinion, to see that there's different ways to do art. It's great to have this extra boost in our art education.”

- Santa Fe High student