ART EVENTS & MEMBER UPDATES
April 2022
OLD TOWN & SAWMILL
ALBUQUERQUE PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY
328 B San Felipe St - 505.244.9195
abqphotographersgallery.com - map
Meet the Artists: Sunday, April 1oth (2-5pm)
The Albuquerque Photographers’ Gallery is proud to announce our newest members Bonnie Beck and Frank and Karen Shope. Join us for a reception for them on Sunday April 10th from 2-5pm.
BLUE PORTAL
2107 Church St NW - 505.243.6005
assistanceleagueabq.org/the-blue-portal-gift-shop/ - map
Wednesday-Saturday 11-4 and Sundays 1-4
BLUE PORTAL – new inventory every week, diversity is our hallmark – support your
Community creative seniors! Check us out on Facebook and online https://blue-portal.myresaleweb.com/
GALLERY HOZHO
2000 Bellamah Ave NW - 505.318.3992
galleryhozho.com - map
Gallery Hózhó at Hotel Chaco features Nostalgic Places: New Works by Julia Lambright. Her egg tempera paintings and pastels consider the connection between places and memory, the layers of plants and faces that linger in the mind. These brightly colored images demonstrate the artist’s skills and imagination.
We will be open until 7:00 pm for First Fridays.
GHOSTWOLF GALLERY
206-1/2 San Felipe St. NW STE 3 - 505.246.9653
ghostwolf.gallery - map
First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, April 1st, 2022 (5-8pm)
Show runs until May 3rd
Ghostwolf welcomes artist Beth Waldron Yuhas to the fold! Beth's animal paintings are a colorful mix of nature and intuitive abstract painting. She likes to joke that she colors with all the crayons in the box, and we know you're going to love her work! Come get to know her!
YUCCA ART GALLERY
206 1/2 San Felipe NW STE 1 (Patio Market) - 505.247.8931
yuccaartgallery.com - map
Don Curry, guitarist, will join our gala for our Featured Artists, Tatulli, Liz Huffman, and Penne Roberts, for First Friday, April 1st from 5:30 to 8:30. Let’s hope for good weather to celebrate spring!
HEIGHTS
THE GALLERY ABQ

Hoffmantown, 8210 Menaul Blvd. NE - 292.9333 - thegalleryabq.com - map
First Friday ARTScrawl, Friday, April 1st (5-8pm)
Regular hours: 11:00am-4:00 pm Tuesday-Saturday
The Gallery ABQ presents the April 2022 Salon Show “Rainbow Artists Celebrate 32 Years,” an award-winning women’s collective bonded by friendship and cooperation. In the main gallery, the April Featured Artist is Carla Forrest (acrylic and oil). For more information, see the gallery website at www.thegalleryabq.com or Facebook@TheGalleryAbq.
WEEMS GALLERY & FRAMING
5935 Wyoming Blvd NE - 505.293.6133- weemsgallery.com - map
Weems Gallery & Framing present April Guest Artist Jennifer LeBron; Come see Jennifer’s beautiful mixed media artwork. We are also opening the Artisan Yard Art Show; unique artisan art, handmade for your garden, yard, patio, and home. From whimsical to recycled, contemporary to southwest we feature sculpture, hanging outdoor art, fountains, garden stakes, windchimes, metal works, woodworks and recycled art. Both shows open Friday, April 1st and run through the month of April.
NORTH VALLEY
NTH 4TH

4904 Fourth Street NW - 345.2872
northfourthnm.org - map
First Friday ARTScrawl, April 1st (5-7pm)
10am-4pm Monday –Friday
On view through May 29th
Indigenous Brilliance is exhibiting for the first time in the U.S. in N4th Gallery and is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first IB exhibit in London in 2012. The show offers a unique exhibition of contemporary Indigenous artwork by 15 Indigenous American artists in a range of styles and media, all demonstrating the theme of "Culture without Compromise" in conveying their cultures on their own terms.
DOWNTOWN & MOUNTAIN ROAD
FREESTYLE GALLERY

1114 Central Ave. SW - 505.948.3840
Freestylegallery.com - map
First Friday ARTScrawl
April 1st, 2022 (5-8pm)
Regular Gallery Hours: Thursdays and Fridays (11:30-4) Saturdays (10-2)
Or, call for an appointment anytime: 505-948-3840
i stick around (for nights like this) by Nora Vanesky
Freestyle presents an Honors Thesis Exhibition of the work of graduating UNM BFA student Nora Vanesky, this exhibition explores community, memory, and attachment through the use of documentary and multiple lens based medias.
LITTLE BIRD DE PAPEL
1222 Mountain Rd NW - 505.710.7524
littlebirddepapel.com - map
Little Bird de Papel is featuring the two New Mexico book arts groups in her shop during the month of April. The exhibit includes collaborative books by members of Santa Fe Book Arts Group and the Libros New Mexico Book Arts Guild. The event will also include Holly Wilson, drumming and poetry, and Gary Costley, singer/songwriter on ukulele.
RICOCHET GALLERY
1102 Mountain Road NW - 704.345.5029
ricochetgallery.com - map
First Friday ARTScrawl, April 1st, 2022 (5-8pm)
Gallery I - Laura Balombini and Victoria Mlady - "Dogs R Us". A percentage of sales will be donated to lap dog rescue of NM. Gallery II - Race Dillon - Asleep in Wildflowers, an MFA Thesis show for UNM. Two floors of great art, music and fun along with our friends from MRWM Landscape Architects
THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE
1315 Mountain Rd NW - 505.433.3204
beingthereabq.com - map

First Friday ARTScrawl, April 1st, 2022 (5-8pm)
Featuring the ceramic works of Jilliam Maresco. Jillian's work includes ceramic pieces attached to wood to hang on the wall, tiny houses and light houses and ceramic pieces for many other uses. Show runs through May.
516 ARTS
516 Central Ave. SW- 505.242.1445
516arts.org - map
Thursday, April 28, 2022 6pm – 7:15pm
516 ARTS presents How Do We History a panel discussion featuring Many Worlds Are Born co-curator Ric Kasini Kadour in conversation with historian Rob Martinez and artists Joanna Keane Lopez, Margarita Paz-Pedro & Marlena Robbins. The conversation will look at our complicated relationship with history in the 2020's. The event will be held online and in person at 516 ARTS at 6pm.
Also happening April 9-11: 516 ARTS presents the Desierto Mountain Time Field Trip, a 516-led bus trip from Albuquerque to Las Cruces, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez featuring private tours of NMSU Art Museum, The Rubin Center for the Visual Arts and Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, a guided visit to Casa De Adobe and a variety of activities with our partners León De la Rosa Carrillo and Christian Diego Diego.
April 9-11. Visit 516arts.org/desiertotrip for info.
CORRALES
CORRALES MAINSTREET

Sunday in the Vilage
Sunday, April 3rd
Every first Sunday, Corrales features local galleries and guest vendors! Look for signs, balloons, and pop-up tents showcasing artists, makers, and creators throughout the district. Don’t forget the Corrales Grower’s Market will run from 11am-1pm!
GLIMMER GLASS ARTWORKS
4686 Corrales Road - 505.249.4592
glimmerglassartworks.com - map
Sunday in the Village, Sunday, April 3rd (10-4pm)
Regular hours: 11am-4pm Saturdays and Sundays
Glimmerglass Art is small gallery in Corrales, NM that features fused glass by Gail Grambling Harrison, ceramics and fiber art by Cherrymae Golston. In addition, this first Sunday we feature four other artists: Doreen Garten (jewelry), Paige Smith Wyatt, Beth Walden-Yuhas, and Kelley Roberts (all painters).
NOB HILL
MATRIX FINE ART

3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 A - 505.917.8054
matrixfineartabq.com - map
First Friday ARTScrawl, Friday, April 1st (5-8pm)
Regular Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1-5 pm
Parking in the back at Silver and Solano
Mother & Daugher Show: Eliza M Schmid & Monah Li
Monah Li is a European trained fashion designer. She escaped Los Angeles and now lives happily in Santa Fe, where she sells her fashions at the mercado each weekend. Eliza M Schmid is a latecomer to art, now making up for lost time by painting daily with great enthusiasm. She paints in oils and in egg tempura producing images that are both realistic and abstract.



