516 Arts

In 2022, 516 ARTS presented visual art exhibitions, performances, arts events,educational programs, workshops and public forums, in addition to arts activities with a regional collaboration of like-minded organizations. Educational outreach programs continued to flourish including school tours, artist residencies in schools, workshops, and art education curriculum for teachers. Exhibits and programming reached a total direct audience of over 10,000 individuals and an indirect audience of over 100,000 who participated in social media or were exposed to murals, radio and TV interviews and media coverage of 516 ARTS.Our 2022 audience mirrored the unique ethnic, socio-economic and cultural mix of NewMexico and we actively reached out to these populations through varied programthemes, partnerships with arts and community organizations, targeted marketing, freeadmission and outreach programs around each exhibition.

Fulcrum Fund516 ARTS' Fulcrum Fund grant program, part of the Regional Regranting Program of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, provides grants to individual, unincorporated, local artists for their own independent art projects. 516 ARTS administers an annual process that includes a call for proposals and selection by guest jurors. This program aims serve as springboards for artistic processes that are adventurous, experimental and forward thinking, while celebrating projects that do not fit into the traditional museum and gallery systems.