Vladem Contemporary

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Museum. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. These events are FREE for all New Mexico residents.

While the sun is still setting early visit the Vladem Contemporary to view the exhibition Shadow and Light, and then stay to paint with shadow and light! Join museum staff to learn about photographic light painting around the outside of the Museum. Bring your own digital camera. Flashlights will be provided, but bring your own...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Museum. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. These events are FREE for all New Mexico residents.

This workshop is an introduction to the Open Source software Blender. Morgan Barnard will discuss how he uses Blender for pre-visualization, concept development and as a primary tool for digital art creation. During this workshop participants will explore how to use Blender for image manipulation, 2D animation and video editing. Participants will leave the workshop...

Get to know the exhibition Shadow and Light a little better with artist Susan York and Lisa Le Feuvre, Executive Director of the Holt Smithson Foundation. Together they will explore Susan’s work in the exhibition and the work of Nancy Holt. This is a FREE event The Vladem Contemporary inaugural lecture series is made possible...

In “Encountering the Unseen,” presented by Sci Art Santa Fe, join a LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) a conversation between Morgan Barnard and Mira Barack that delves into the uncharted territories of consciousness, perception, and our relationship to the environment through art. The artists will discuss their immersive installations – Reflection Point by Morgan Barnard and Sacred Bouquet by Mira Burack –...

Enjoy the final  Friday of 2023 at the Vladem Contemporary with a gallery wide scavenger hunt that will help you see the exhibition Shadow and Light in new ways. Answer all of the questions and redeem your scavenger hunt for a small prize! FREE! Image: Helen Pashgian, Untitled, 2018, industrial epoxy and acrylic. Tia Collection, Santa...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Museum. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. These events are FREE for all New Mexico residents.

Beginning with what we think we know about archives, history and the digital turn, this provocative talk (with photos and archival clips) takes us on a contrarian and speculative journey through archives and memory keeping. It argues that we need to think beyond simple binaries like “analog” and “digital,” and proposes archives with permeable walls,...

Visit the inaugural show at the Vladem Contemporary, Shadow and Light, and test your observation skills with a scavenger hunt that will ask you to look closely and think deeply! FREE!