Events & Exhibitions
Held in-person, online, or on the air, we thank you for joining us at our public facing programs! View all of our upcoming programs here.
Portrait Session & Reception with Tim Keane
WHEN • Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 4:00 - 7:00 PM
WHERE • CENTER – 1570 Pacheco St. Unit B1, Santa Fe, NM 87504
HOW • Sign up here for your portrait
Image © Tim Keane
Artist Talk & Reception with Shayla Blatchford
WHEN • Thursday, August 14, 2025, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM
WHERE • CENTER – 1570 Pacheco St. Unit B1, Santa Fe, NM 87504
HOW • Free and Public
Portrait of Shayla Blatchford (Diné)
The Anti-Uranium Mapping Project: Church Rock Spill of 1979
WHEN • August 1 - 29, 2025
WHERE • CENTER – 1570 Pacheco St. Unit B1, Santa Fe, NM 87504
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Shayla Blatchford
Coffee & Culture Podcast with Mary Anne Redding & Meridel Rubenstein
WHEN • Saturday, May 24, 2025
WHERE • Coffee & Culture Podcast hosted by Matthew Chase-Daniel
Nuclear Legacy Panel Discussion
WHEN • Saturday, May 31, from 1:30 - 2:30 PM MT
WHERE • CENTER – 1570 Pacheco St. Unit B1, Santa Fe, NM 87504
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Sofie Hecht
From the Field: Nuclear Legacy
WHEN • May 30 - July 18, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION • Friday, May 30, from 5 - 7 PM MT
WHERE • CENTER – 1570 Pacheco St. Unit B1, Santa Fe, NM 87504
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Will Wilson
Webs of Significance: CENTER Award & Grant Winners
WHEN• May 2, 2025 – October 4, 2025
WHERE • Turchin Center for Visual Arts, Boone, NC
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Anna Reed
Imaging as Activism: A Democratic Lens Lecture
WHEN • Thursday, November 16, 2023, from 6:00 - 7:00 PM MT
WHERE • Lumpkins Ballroom, La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel - 100 E San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
HOW • Free and Public – now available as a recording
Image - Palestinian Saber al-Ashkar, 29, hurls rocks during a protest at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on May 11, 2018, as Palestinians demonstrate for the right to return to their historic homelands in what is now Israel © Wissam Nassar
Circular Solutions: CENTER Award + Grant Recipients 2021 & 2022
WHEN • Saturday, May 24, 2025
WHERE • Turchin Center for Visual Arts, Boone, NC
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Ella Morton
2019 CENTER Santa Fe Award Winners Exhibition
WHEN• December 6, 2019 – February 1, 2020
WHERE • Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Dylan Hausthor & Paul Guilmoth
Critical Business Practices for Photographers in Publishing & Editorial
WHERE • Hosted online through Zoom - now available as a recording
WHEN• October 14, 2021, from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM MT
HOW • Free and Public
PANELISTS • Alyssa Coppelman, Deputy Art Director at Harper’s Magazine and Art Researcher for the Oxford American Magazine, Whitney Johnson, VP of Visuals and Immersive Experiences at National Geographic, and Thomas Maddrey, General Counsel and Head of National Content and Education for ASMP
Full Circle: 2018 CENTER Award Winners
WHEN• December 7, 2018 – May 27, 2019
WHERE • Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Jerry Takigawa
Climate Truth in the Anthropocene
WHEN • October 16 – 18, 2019
WHERE • Outdoor Installation, Santa Fe Railyard, NM
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Cody Cobb
A Box of Ten Photographs: Scholar Presentation
WHEN • October 20, 2019, at 11:00 AM MT
WHERE • Drury Plaza Hotel Ballroom – 828 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Stephen A. Frank
Splendor & Misery: Photographs by Joel-Peter Witkin
WHEN• October 5 - November 4, 2018
WHERE • El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe Gallery, NM
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Joel-Peter Witkin
An Evening with Joel-Peter Witkin
WHEN• Saturday, October 20, 2018, from 7:30 - 9:30 PM MT
WHERE • The Drury Plaza Hotel – 828 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM
HOW • Reserve your seat or purchase a table
© Self-portrait of Joel-Peter Witkin
WHEN• June 14 - 15, 2018
WHERE • Santa Fe Railyard, NM - Hosted in conjunction with the Currents New Media Festival
HOW • Free and Public
Image © Sarah Knobel
WHEN • June 7 - 8, 2018
WHERE • Santa Fe Railyard, NM - Hosted in conjunction with the Currents New Media Festival
HOW • Free and Public
Featured image © Jeffrey Heyne
Zenith: 2017 CENTER Winner Exhibition
WHEN • October 20 – December 15, 2017
WHERE • Marion Center, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, NM
HOW • Free and Public
Featured image © R. J. Kern
Activism Through Photography: Professional Development Workshop
WHEN • June 9 - 10, 2017, from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MT
WHERE • Marion Center of Photographic Arts, Santa Fe University of Art & Design – 1600 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM
HOW • Space is limited. Pre-Registration is required
Image - Workshop Instructor Dorie Hagler
Global Perspectives: CENTER’s International Photographic Award Winners Exhibition
WHEN • February 23 – April 7, 2017
WHERE • Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Marion Center for Photographic Arts - 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, Santa Fe, NM
HOW • Free and Public
Images © Judy Gelles
WHAT • A one-month residency offering artists - Erika Diettes, Romy Eijckmans, Vidisha Saini, and Sophia Wallace - a place to experiment with new methods of engaging audiences.
WHEN • October 18 - 24, 2013
WHERE • IHM Chapel - Santa Fe University of Art & Design - Various locations in Santa Fe & Albuquerque
HOW • Free and Public
October 18 • Sudarios Exhibition, 5 - 8:30 PM
October 18 • Artist Talk with Erika Diettes, 7:30 PM
October 19 • Indian-American Bread, Vidisha-Fadesha performance, 2 - 4 PM Santa Fe Plaza
October 23 • Artists Labs Presentations & Discussion: Engaging Audiences. Part of the National Arts & Humanities Month Creative Conversations. The (4) residents and advisors will discuss their practice. Doors open at 6 PM, Presentation 6:30 - 8:00 PM.
Images © Sudarios installation by Erika Diettes and Cliteracy installation by Sophia Wallace