Are You a Part of the Public Art Family?
The Public Art Program is turning 35 this year and we are celebrating with a month long exhibition and one evening party at the KiMo Theatre.
But first, we want all past Public Art Board Members, Staff Members and Artists who are represented in the collection to contact us for a family portrait! If you served as a Board Member, worked as a Staff Member, or created an artwork for the Public Art Collection you are invited to be in a group photo that will take place on Sunday, July 28th at 9am.
Please let us know if you will be there by emailing us at publicart@cabq.gov at your earliest convenience.
Thank You!
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The City of Albuquerque Cultural Services Department has Received a National Endowment for the Arts Grant
The City of Albuquerque has been recommended for a grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program. The City of Albuquerque Cultural Services Department partnered with several local organizations on a project to design a community garden/plaza space along historic Route 66 in Albuquerque's International District. The partnership includes: the University of New Mexico School of Architecture & Planning, the ABQ UNM CityLab, Bernalillo County, the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority (AMAFCA) and two non-profit organizations instrumental to the project-Littleglobe and Story of Place Institute.
The City of Albuquerque Partnership design will include elements of the district's history, future and its relationship to land and water. Littleglobe and Story of Place Institute will work with district residents of all ages to share their stories and perspectives, create preliminary works of art and performance as well as advise where the plaza should be located and what they want from such a space. Professors and students at the ABQ UNM CityLab will incorporate this information into a site design. The finished design may include a community garden, permanent seating and performance spaces, public art and more. AMAFCA will be instrumental in providing stormwater for a community garden. The space will also include information from AMAFCA about the community's interrelationship to rainfall and stormwater quality.
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