About Claude Smith

Claude Smith is an arts administrator based in Albuquerque where he is the Education & Exhibitions Manager at 516 ARTS. As a nonprofit arts organization, 516 ARTS offers adventurous programs that address current issues in world culture, presenting innovative and interdisciplinary exhibitions, events and educational activities in a variety of art forms, including visual and literary arts, film/video and music.

Claude also currently serves as Curator at the Inpost Artspace and is a featured contributor to New American Paintings online.

Posts by Claude Smith

Burning Questions for Curator Billy Joe Miller Billy shares his curatorial approach to "You Are the Doorway," in collaboration with OneBeat

By Claude Smith | October 27, 2014 |

Billy Joe shares insights on curating, working with local and worldly artists, and his fascination with the ghostly space he’s transforming.

Burning Questions for Rick Lowe, Founder of Project Row Houses How the project morphed from art to community revitalization

By Claude Smith | April 14, 2014 |

Rick Lowe’s Project Row Houses began as 22 abandoned shotgun-style houses in Houston’s Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American communities.