LAND/ART New Mexico

516 ARTS is an independent, nonprofit arts venue located in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico in a 5,500 square foot, two-story gallery is a unique, hybrid venue somewhere between a gallery and museum. 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. Their mission is to forge connections between art and audiences, and their vision is to be an active partner in developing the cultural landscape of Albuquerque and New Mexico. Their values are inquiry, diversity, collaboration and accessibility. Suzanne Sbarge currently serves as Executive Director of 516 ARTS, www.516arts.org, in Downtown Albuquerque, and previously directed Magnífico Arts Incorporated and the Harwood Art Center. She has lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1989. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Studio Arts from Barnard College in New York City and her Masters Degree in Art Education from the University of New Mexico. She has also studied studio arts at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse, France; Syracuse University in Florence, Italy; The Art Students' League in New York City; University of Connecticut; University of Massachusetts; as well as Anderson Ranch in Colorado, Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, and Vermont Studio Center. In addition to her own artwork, she is also a graphic designer, curator, writer, and arts organizer. During the summer and fall 2009, a group of New Mexico arts organizations joined together to present LAND/Art, which explored relationships of land, art, and community through exhibitions, site-specific art works, lectures, and a culminating book. Suzanne Sbarge, Executive Director of 516 Arts and Project Coordinator for LAND/Art, collected materials for the archive which include printed catalogs and ephemera and photocopies of national and regional press coverage.

516 ARTS is an independent, nonprofit arts venue located in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico in a 5,500 square foot, two-story gallery, and is a unique, hybrid venue somewhere between a gallery and museum. 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. Their mission is to forge connections between art and audiences, and their vision is to be an active partner in developing the cultural landscape of Albuquerque and New Mexico.

Suzanne Sbarge currently serves as Executive Director of 516 ARTS, www.516arts.org, in downtown Albuquerque, and previously directed Magnífico Arts Incorporated and the Harwood Art Center. She has lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1989. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Studio Arts from Barnard College in New York City and her Masters Degree in Art Education from the University of New Mexico. She has also studied studio arts at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse, France; Syracuse University in Florence, Italy; The Art Students' League in New York City; University of Connecticut; University of Massachusetts; as well as Anderson Ranch in Colorado, Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, and Vermont Studio Center. In addition to her own artwork, Sbarge is also a graphic designer, curator, writer, and arts organizer.

• Exhibition Ephemera: LAND/ART Regional Press, and LAND/ART National Press.
• The LAND/ART New Mexico archive is organized into three folder:

• CAE0901: The Deiro Collection
• CAE0902: Land arts of the American West
• CAE0909: Arcy Douglass: Land Arts Investigations and Writings
• CAE0910: Patricia Watts: Ecoartspace
• CAE1041: Center for Land Use Interpretation: Wendover Residencies
• CAE1114: The Land/an art site