NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART

FY2020-2021 VIRTUAL AND PERSONAL

Rendering of the future Vladem Contemporary by DNCA Architects and StudioGP.

Groundbreaking, in more ways than one | In spring 2021, Bradbury Stamm Construction broke ground at the Vladem Contemporary site in Santa Fe’s Railyard Arts District. Work continued through the fiscal year, readying the building for its truly groundbreaking opening as a hub of contemporary art in summer 2022.

There’s still time to receive permanent recognition at the Vladem Contemporary. For $250, your name will be inscribed on a brick placed in the museum’s courtyard. Permanent recognition in the museum lobby is $1,000. To reserve your recognition opportunity by December 31, 2021, contact Kristin Graham at 505.216.1199 or kristin@museumfoundation.org.

“We’ve been pretty active. We’ve been creating virtual programs and we’ve had something at least once a month.”

—Shaun Gilmore, Chair, Friends of Contemporary Art and Photography, Spring 2021

time like the spring of 2021 to mount an exhibition focused on the act and concept of breathing. Breath Taking assembled several artists to tackle the subject, ranging from personal to political perspectives.

A guiding light | Will Shuster arrived in the Land of Enchantment in 1920, sparking his half-century of organizing and leading Santa Fe’s artistic community. A Fiery Light: Will Shuster’s New Mexico explored the artist’s legacy following the centennial of his arrival, just in time for the 97th burning of Zozobra, Shuster’s most enduring creation.

Left: Stuart Allen, Bubble No. 10, 2015. Pigment print. Photo courtesy of the artist and PDNB Gallery, Dallas. Below: A young artist finds inspiration in an education program at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Photo © Cheron Bayna.

Online all the time | A slew of curator-inspired virtual initiatives and exhibitions had successful fiscal year runs. #NMTwinning, a social media-based art competition, awarded prizes for reinterpretations of artworks from the collections. Digital exhibitions What’s Inside and The Solitary Figure focused on up-to-the-minute art produced during quarantine. “We want to stay on people’s radars however we can,” says Merry Scully, the museum’s curator of contemporary art.

6 new exhibitions 26 virtual programs attended by 502 children 19 online programs with 1,300 viewers $92,000 exhibitions and education support $15,000 Vladem Contemporary programming $281,000 total private support