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

HOWSign 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

Color Cue

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

Conjured Futures

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

Artist Labs & Residences

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