DECADE: Ten Years of Albuquerque’s 516 ARTS

516 Central Ave. SW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo by Clarke Condé.
This Saturday, 516 ARTS marks the beginning of its second decade with an opening featuring new work chosen from the 1000+ artists shown over the past 10 years in Albuquerque’s downtown contemporary arts space. I visited this week to take a look at the process of installing 516’s 10th anniversary exhibit DECADE, and the artists and staff that make it possible.

Tom Joyce installs his large-scale work in the two-story entrance at 516 Arts. Photo by Clarke Condé.

The view from within Laticia Bajuyo‘s piece making use of cast-off CDs. Photo by Clarke Condé.

Jessica Angel speaks with local high school students about the non-Euclidean geometry that influences her work. Photo by Clarke Condé.