Santa Fe Railyard District

The Santa Fe Railyard continues to be the City Different’s new hub of culture and activities. It includes the Farmers’ Market, a premium movie theater, shopping, restaurants, the museums and galleries of the Railyard Arts District, and a beautiful 20-acre urban park.

RAILYARD ARTS DISTRICT

Part of the Railyard Santa Fe, the Railyard Arts District is the city’s contemporary-art destination. With eight contemporary art galleries and two—soon to be three—museums, all within walking distance of each other, the Railyard Arts District is an art lover’s paradise. The final Friday of each month is the District’s Art Walk, with galleries open late with featured exhibitions. Visit santaferailyardartsdistrict.com for a complete list of galleries and events.

VLADEM CONTEMPORARY

The Railyard Arts District welcomes its newest neighbor, Vladem Contemporary, scheduled to open in late summer 2022 at the corner of S. Guadalupe Street and Montezuma Avenue. The new museum will bring cutting-edge technology and innovative new spaces for creating, learning, and appreciating contemporary art, and will further cement the District’s position as a contemporary-art destination.

The new building, currently under construction, complements the historic downtown location of the New Mexico Museum of Art on the Santa Fe Plaza to create “One Museum, Two Locations.” In addition to 10,000 square feet of new exhibition space in two galleries, Vladem Contemporary will include an education center that can accommodate up to 100 people for an array of programming; dynamic exterior video displays; a new artist-in-residence program; much-needed, state-of-the-art collections storage; and outdoor spaces for community gatherings.

To get up-to-date information about Vladem Contemporary, and to be included in the gala opening celebrations, become a member of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation at museumfoundation.org/join/.

404 Montezuma Avenue nmartmuseum.org/vladem-contemporary

EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS OF NOTE IN THE RAILYARD

SITE SANTA FE

The Railyard Arts District is anchored on the south end by SITE Santa Fe, a noncollecting museum of contemporary art.

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April 8–August 21, 2022 Nani Chacon: Spectrum

May 6–September 11, 2022 Jeffrey Gibson: The Body Electric

Thursday, June 23 off the rails: SITE Santa Fe’s Annual Benefit and Concert Kurt Vile and Terry Allen headline an outdoor concert on the Railyard lawn, a cocktail party, a contemporary art auction, and an artful dining experience, all to benefit SITE Santa Fe. Tickets and information at sitesantafe.org/event/ off-the-rails.

1606 Paseo de Peralta sitesantafe.org

THOMA FOUNDATION ART VAULT

PHOTO: THOMA FOUNDATION

This 3,500-square-foot gallery is the Southwest’s only collection of digital art open to the public, and one of very few in the United States.

May 24, 2022 – April 15,2023 All Art is Virtual Cutting-edge creative technologies are showcased in this year-long exhibition of video and LED sculpture, digital murals, interactive video and sculpture, internet-driven animation, and much more.

540 S. Guadalupe Street artvault.thomafoundation.org

EL MUSEO CULTURAL

El Museo produces and hosts exhibits, activities, and events that celebrate and promote local culture and traditions. In several gallery spaces they present works by individual artists, group showings, cultural-heritage exhibits such as Día de los Muertos altars, and commemorative events. In addition to its Mercado flea market, which runs from October through May, the Museo partners with other organizations to present other exhibits and events.

August 12–15, 2002 Objects of Art This show at El Museo offers paintings, sculpture, fine arts, textiles, and more in ethnographic, tribal, Asian, Native American, African, and folk art from more than 70 galleries and exhibitors.

555 Camino de la Familia objectsofartsantafe.com

SANTA FE FARMERS’ MARKET

One of our favorite experiences in Santa Fe is the Farmers’ Market, which runs year-round and features fruits and vegetables grown by local farmers within a 25-mile radius of Santa Fe, as well as local crafts. The growing season begins in earnest in May, so watch for an avalanche of produce that gets only more varied, colorful, and abundant as the seasons progress. Vendors of cherries in May, apricots in June, dazzling lettuces, local honey, vegetable and flower starts for your garden, composting advice, and dozens more make a stroll through the Market with a cup of coffee or a camera a breathtaking experience. Saturdays 8 AM–1 PM 1607 Paseo de Peralta santafefarmersmarket.com

PHOTO: MARA CHRISTIAN HARRIS

NEW ON THE SCENE

ALTAR SPIRITS

PHOTO: MARA CHRISTIAN HARRIS

This distillery and lounge serves up exhilarating new concoctions featuring their signature craft spirits and cocktails. Botanicals, specialty grains, new styles of distillation, and other techniques and materials make for interesting blends available by the bottle or the glass.

545 Camino de la Familia altarspirits.com

For a full list of the Railyard’s restaurants, galleries, businesses, and events, visit railyardsantafe.com.

Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life Well Lived

Photographs by Malcolm Varon

APRIL 7 – OCTOBER 31, 2022

Malcolm Varon. Georgia O’Keeffe Sitting in the Portal at Ghost Ranch, 1977(print date 2021). Archival pigment photograph. Loan, Malcolm Varon.