ALEBRIJES at NIGHT

I took more photos of the ALEBRIJE Sculptures, lit up at night, during the June ABQ ARTWALK in downtown Albuquerque on June 5th, 2026:

This video courtesy of Adric

I have already made two posts about the ALEBRIJES previously:

• MORE ALEBRIJES -- Real and Fake
• May 22, 2026 -- ALEBRIJES

SECRET GALLERY

The SECRET GALLERY also had small ALEBRIJES for sale that night:

I bought the small black cat alebrije

in the center of the circle

ALEBRIJES on Instagram

JUNE 5, 2026 -- ARTWALK

The downtown ABQ ARWALK was on JUNE 5, 2026, and featured BEN HARRISON on the cover of the guide:

JUNE 2026 ARTWALK

in downtown Albuquerque

SECRET GALLERY

NOE BARNETT had a show at the SECRET GALLERY:

NOE BARNETT at his opening 

at the SECRET GALLERY

NOE BARNETT'S paintings

BEN HARRISON was featured on the cover of the JUNE 2026 guide:

BEN HARRISON'S Painting

OT CIRCUS

KARL DEUBLE was showing at OT CIRCUS:

Karl Deuble

4TH and CENTRAL

HOOP DANCING on 4th at Central:

EzGIF

Animation of the Hoop Dancing

I got an anti-AI T-shirt pulled by James Black at 111 T-Shirt Lab:

111 T-Shirt Lab

Adam Berman with the UNM Print Club made me another t-shirt with designs by Ana Maraziti:

Designs by Ana Maraziti

Katie Keaveny and Michael Shultze

MOTHERSHIP ALUMNI

The Mothership Alumni had a HALFTONES exhibition, with lots of work by Judah Kismetti:

Judah Kismetti

HALFTONES

Judah Kismetti

Judah Kismetti

Lynnette Haozous

ART MATTERS

ART MATTERS from the City of Albuquerque "is an outreach program dedicated to designing creative experiences for youth ages 13 and up."

ART MATTERS in front of the GIZMO

Ashely LeBlanc

moved her City Lights Roadrunner to a new location

Lady Wolf had a show inside the Red Brewing,

seen here with her artist boyfriend

Gabe spinning at Kukani

Mike Giant at Kukani

Ayurvedic Reading 

Ayurvedic Community Wellness Center

 505 FOOD COURT

DOWNSTAIRS

This clown told me to go downstairs at the 505 Central Food Hall,

where there was a whole new set of art vendors in the basement

DOWNSTAIRS

Part of the HAUNTED SCARECROW

REMARQUE RESIDENTS

REMARQUE PRINT WORKSHOP in Albuquerque finished their week with the 2026 Resident Printmakers:

• Lea Basile-Lazarus (Seattle)
• Stina Hals (Boston)
• Trevor Jackson (Las Cruces, NM)
• Eunkang Kah (Reno)
• Asenath Lizarraga (Olympia)
• Dana Zed (San Francisco)

Lea Basile-Lazarus and Eunkang Kah

with Jessica Krichels, co-owner of Remarque,

during the downtown ABQ Artwalk

Dana Zed at Remarque

Asenath Lizarraga at Remarque

Asenath Lizarraga's serigraph in process

There were two art conventions in Albuquerque recently, which I did not go to:

• Aftacon (Jun 2 - 5, 2026)
• New Mexico CreativeCon (events in Albuquerque on June 6, 2026)

AFTACON

Julianna Kirwin ran a Herstory printmaking workshop as part of the Aftacon conference:

FILM

Mark Archuleta screened his new film -- THE COST OF CREATING-- at the Guild Cinema on Sunday, June 7, 2026:

Mark Archuleta

Meet the Artist

• CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TOOL BOX -- New Mexico
• LEAD BRIDGE Design Call-to-Artists by the City of Albuquerque -- Deadline to apply, June 22, 2026