NEWS + PRESS
Albuquerque, NM – New Mexico artists join the national Fall of Freedom initiative with a major public art event on Saturday, November 22, 5–7 PM featuring a HUGE banner drop from the GIZMO Arts building in downtown Albuquerque including performances by High Desert Playback, calling for solidarity, resistance, and creative defiance.
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to artists and institutions across the country to unite against rising authoritarianism and the erosion of free expression. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, theaters, and community spaces nationwide will activate exhibitions and performances that channel the urgency of this political moment and celebrate the cultures, identities, and voices that shape democracy.
Fall of Freedom continues with a public event on Saturday, November 22, 5–7 PM at Gizmo Arts, 410 Central SW.
Participating Artists: Ellen Babcock, hazel batrezchavez, Karsten Creightney, sheri crider, Amanda Curreri, Eric J. Garcia, Apolo Gomez, Haley Greenfeather, Szu-Han Ho, Adelaide Theriault, billy von raven
Performance by: High Desert Playback
September 11, 2025 - November 1, 2025
Santa Fe Community Gallery
Santa Fe has long been a haven for queer and trans artists. Queer Magnetism brings this legacy into the present, uniting forty artists connected to Santa Fe and New Mexico in a groundbreaking group exhibition.
Co-curated by Carmen Selam (Yakama Nation) and Southwest Contemporary editorial director Jordan Eddy, the show creates a vibrant space of celebration and creative exchange, linking generations of artists past and present. Historical works by visionaries including We’wha (Zuni Pueblo), Hastíín Klah (Diné), and Agnes Martin appear alongside contemporary works spanning figuration, abstraction, ecologies, and histories.
March 28, 2025 – June 29, 2025
Vladem Contemporary
Montezuma Ave.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Departures that Brought Us Here merges research in LGBTQ+ archives with the kinetic movement of a split-flap display board.Traditionally used in airports and train stations to signal movement and transition, Gomez has transformed the display board into a storytelling platform containing messages, memories, and resistance from the LGBTQ+ community. Shifting letters combine with archival ephemera, echoing the fluctuating, fleeting nature of queer histories, highlighting the precarity of queer existence.
December 04, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
New Mexico Museum of Art
Plaza Building
107 West Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Mexico is known for its rich photographic history and has a thriving contemporary photographic community. With the generous support of the Chicago Woodman Foundation, The New Mexico Museum of Art has paired select emerging photographers with Gallup Arts and the University of New Mexico- Gallup, San Juan College, and New Mexico State University for “Master Class” sessions. In these visits the photographers have shared their work with current students and community members and shared their observations about what it takes to make a career in photography.