History Timeline – Our Proven Record
May 2025
2025- HODGEPODGE SHORTS DEUX!
Saturday, May 17th, 2025 from 1:00-3:00 PM, Guild Cinema- Albuquerque, New Mexico
A Juried Film Festival featured short films by New Mexico Filmmakers.
March 2025
2025 - Photograph Strategies for Artists Using Cellphones. FREE WORKSHOP!
Sunday, March 9th at 2 PM, Orpheum Theater, 500 2nd St. SW- Albuquerque, New Mexico
This workshop provided hands-on tips for capturing professional-quality cellphone photos of art. Basic camera settings and distribution methods were included. The workshop was presented by the Tech Guy from the New Mexico Arts Imaginative Collective and a 3-D artist.
October 2024
2024 - Doorway to Imagination- A Multisensory Approach to Art
October 4, 2024 through November 1, 2024
Orpheum Community Hub, 500 2nd St. SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artists: Martha Anderson, Paul “bill” Beck, Anne Cole, Karen Cunningham, Nova DeNise, Stephanie Galloway, Jeff Hudson, Caroline LeBlanc, David Liggera, Danny Manweller, and Bonnie Rucobo.
This exhibit was unique by engaging a multisensory approach to art through innovative and interactive experiences that incorporated sight, touch, hearing, and smell.
May 2024
2024- HODGEPODGE SHORTS SPECTACULAR!-
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 from 1:00-3:00 PM, Guild Cinema- Albuquerque, NM
A Juried Film Festival featured short films by New Mexico Filmmakers.
April 2023
2023 – Gateway to Sense of Wonder - April 15, 2023 through July 8, 2023
Open Space Visitor Center- 6500 Coors Blvd NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico - East Gallery
Visual Artists:
Rebecca Bulgrin, Alexandra Dell’Amore, Bobby Jones, Rudy J. Miera, and Vance Sterling.
Visual Art, Storytelling, Puppets, Film, and Workshop Event participants:
Paul Beck, Anne Cole, Karen Cunningham, Alyssa Diaz, Jeff Hudson, Off Center Community Arts Project, Bonnie K. Rucobo, David Stelle, Linda Wilson and The Albuquerque Astronomical Society.
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This exhibit, presented by the New Mexico Arts Imaginative Collective (NMAIC), explored the intersection of nature and art. Five participating artists shared a common respect for and sense of wonder inspired by the mystique of the Southwest. Their work included nature-inspired paintings and multimedia projects. The Collective aimed to strike a balance between the needs of living within our environment and the necessity of preserving nature in its delicate state. They hoped to raise greater awareness of the irreplaceable gifts provided by our land, water, air, flora, and fauna.
In addition to the visual art exhibit, the NMAIC brought together a group of performing artists who presented a series of educational and interactive community events. These events accompanied the art exhibit during its three-month run from April 15 to July 8, 2023. New visual and performance art was specifically created for this project.
April 2022
The following projects were presented “Live.”
Surrealist Dreamers of New Mexico collaboration with Martinart Studios and FUSION with the following peripheral events in April/May:
1. Dreaming Out Loud - Opened on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
Sound Art a blend of music and narration.
2. A Surreal Film Night - Thursday, April 21, 2022.
A screening of films by Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel from the 1930’s.
3. A Surreal Poetry Night - Friday, May 6, 2022
Live performances by local poets including readings from the early Surrealist period as well as contemporary Surreal poetry.
4. A Contemporary Surreal Film Night - Thursday, May 19, 2022
Contemporary Surreal Films created by New Mexico filmmakers included occasional audience experiences.
Dec. 2021
City of Albuquerque-Virtual Visionaries “Day in the Life of…In Three Acts”
Featured Artists: Alexandra Dell’Amore, Nova DeNise and Carolyn Stapleton on December 14, 2021. Received $2,460 grant. Virtual Visionaries projects were aired on Albuquerque Public Access Channels 26 and 27. Also on YouTube.
August 2021
New Mexico Arts Imaginative Collective received Non-profit status on August 6, 2021
May 2021
City of Albuquerque-Virtual Visionaries Sense of Wonder Doc-u-“Moments”
Featured artists: Poet: Bonnie K. Rucobo, Filmmaker: Rudy J. Miera,
Artist: Martin Terry, Modeler: Bill Beck. May 28, 2021- Received $2,400 grant.
Dec. 2020
Due to Covid the following Sense of Wonder projects were produced virtually and live streamed via WESST, YouTube, and on Albuquerque Public Access Channel 26 and 27.
Sense of Wonder Experience Art Reveal- December 3, 2020
Sense of Wonder Music Experience – December 10, 2020
Sense of Wonder Film Experience – December 17, 2020
June 2020
City of Albuquerque -DYI Media Project Sense of Wonder “Moments”- On June 6, 2020. Received grant of $2,500. New Mexico Arts Imaginative Collective YouTube Channel:
April 2020
The New Mexico State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts:
Virtual collaboration celebrating National Poetry Month was presented on YouTube April/May 2020
2019
Fulcrum Fund application Sense of Wonder Experience- declined.
Undaunted, the group voted to continue on with the project.