Partners in Art

Out of all the organizations we've profiled in our Partners in Art series, Littleglobe is perhaps the most multifaceted. The nonprofit's lithe structure allows it to support local, national and international art projects simultaneously, with the overarching goal of bridging disparate individuals and communities. 

Read our interview with Executive Director Chris Jonas.

The Santa Fe Artists’ Medical Fund (SFAMF) was founded in 1996 by a group of artists—including longtime Zane Bennett and form & concept artist Armond Lara—who were concerned about  the problems faced by professional artists lacking medical insurance. 

Read our interview with SFAMF head Joseph Riggs.

New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA), based in Santa Fe, is the only four-year, statewide, public high school serving artist-scholars across New Mexico with a rigorous, award-winning pre-professional arts and academics program. 

Read our interview with NMSA Visual Art Department Chair Karina Hean.

Founded in 2010 by Santa Fe-based artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman, Axle Contemporary is more than a contemporary gallery on wheels. The mobile vehicle, in addition to exhibiting installation art, painting, photography and drawing, also organizes performance art and independent book publishing.

Read our interview with Matthew Chase-Daniel & Jerry Wellman.

Founded in 1993, ARTsmart provides visual arts opportunities and education to more than 7,750 youth annually in Northern New Mexico. In addition to offering year-round visual arts learning by accredited instructors to northern New Mexico public schools and charter schools such as New Mexico School for the Arts, the nonprofit raises funds for life-changing scholarships for graduating high school seniors to pursue a degree in visual arts. Read on for statements from some of New Mexico's most promising future stars in the arts.

Read our interview with Sarah Mandala & Cristina González.

Famed printmaking workshop Tamarind Institute, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has continually advanced and revitalized the field of fine art of lithography since 1960. First formed in Los Angeles, the nonprofit has remained true to its founding principles: to stimulate innovation among artists of the medium through education, collaboration and diversity of artistic backgrounds; to train master printers, whose recognition must include the printer's individual chop (a now-standard practice); and to create an extraordinary collection of fine art prints.

Read our interview with Diana Gaston of Tamarind.

Printmaking power couple Steven Campbell and Christina Ziegler Campbell continue the storied legacy of Landfall Press with Black Rock Editions. Since being handed the reins earlier this year, the veteran employees of Landfall founder Jack Lemon have transformed the independent publisher into the swiftly-embraced community hub it is today. “Our job is to see the holes, to patch those up and make things better," says Ziegler Campbell.

Read our interview with Black Rock Editions.