Vladem Contemporary

Fees and registration are REQUIRED to attend this event:  https://my.nmculture.org/47797/48753 Frederick Hammersley Artist-in-Residence Thu Kim Vu will lead this workshop based on principles that she explores in her artistic practice. Participants will build a lampshade using different techniques of wire frame construction, paper cutting, drawing, folding and interacting with lighting. The workshop is not just...

Registration is required. Please reserve your tickets here: https://my.nmculture.org/47797/48652  Frederick Hammersley Artist-in-Residence at the Vladem Contemporary Thu Kim Vu works with the intersection of line drawing, paper sculpture and light. The artist, who is based in Hanoi, Vietnam, has used travel as a major source of inspiration, shaping her works into many different directions. By...

Our docents lead exciting, informative and interactive tours every day that cover all of our exhibitions on view, but which art work is their current favorite? Join us for Art Chats and find out! In two 45-minute tours starting at 5pm and 6pm, a docent will take you on an in-depth exploration of one or...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in August, we will create collage accordion books inspired by Art Nouveau and...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in July, we will create symbolic self portraits inspired by the work of...

Join us for a talk with Artist-in-Residence, Jessica Segall. Segall’s residency examines climate care through the lens of queer ecology, engaging with New Mexico’s women-led back-to-the-land communities. Her interdisciplinary art practice highlights vulnerable landscapes, blending research, collaboration, and activism.  Jessica Segall is the Frederick Hammersely artist-in-residence at the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary from...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends.  Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in June, we will create geometric gelli prints inspired by the work of...

Join us at the Vladem Contemporary for the opening Community Day of Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line. Explore the impact of Alphonse Mucha on Art Nouveau and beyond from the Grateful Dead, to comic books, to Japanese manga.  Free Admission! image: Alphonse Mucha, The Arts: Dance (detail), 1898, Color lithograph, 60 x 38 in., The Mucha Foundation

It’s Friday night and what better way to kick off the weekend than coming down to make a some art at the Vladem Contemporary! Visit the exhibition Off Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000 and get inspired to create a small mixed media piece in our classroom. Materials will be provided. FREE!

Join us for a talk by Apolo Gomez on this Window Box project Departures that Brought Us Here. Gomez’s installation will highlight queer movements and celebrate the history of LGBTQ+ advocacy. Apolo will also discuss his work on Tracing Queer Chicano Histories, a zine that documents the history of the LGBTQ+ community in the Southwest. ...