The Downtown Albuquerque Murals and Public Art Walking Tour is a great way to explore downtown Albuquerque. The tour features 44 pieces of art and murals that are a diverse as the people in this community. The website link has more information about the art in the MainStreet and Arts & Cultural District.
Lomas St., Gold St., Railroad tracks Albuquerque, NM 87102
Constructed 1990. Born in Saguache, Colorado, artist and muralist George Chacon inherited his fathers and grandfathers good hands, as he says in a YouTube interview.Since childhood, those hands have gripped crayons, held paintbrushes, and cut Read more…
Constructed 2005. As an educator and publisher, Padre Martinez established the first co-educational primary school in Taos in 1826, and in 1833 he established a college preparatory Latin school for prospective native New Mexican seminarians. Read more…
The area’s rural agricultural heritage and its connection to the historic Camino Real (17th to 19th centuries) provide it with the potential for noteworthy cultural landscapes. This cultural byway has significance not only for the Read more…