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  • Thematic Residency

    SFAI offers annual thematic residencies to artists and creative practitioners that are relevant first to the local Santa Fe and New Mexico communities — but that reverberate to national and global issues — and they are tuition-free.  The Santa Fe Art Institute accepts applications once a year for our international thematic residency, applications open in […]

  • Blog: The Paradox of Creativity

    It was unexpectedly fitting that on the last evening of my residency at SFAI, I met artist and historian Nell Painter and took part in a panel discussion with her and other residents about making art and maintaining resilience in the art world. Dr. Painter’s highly acclaimed book, Old in Art School, lifts this veil […]

At Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI), we are artists, innovative thinkers, and engaged citizens. We cultivate creative leadership and invest in community, culture, and place to reimagine a more equitable world.

We fulfill our mission through our thematic artist residencies and fellowship programs, workshops and trainings, community projects, and events. Our programming revolves around an annual theme, which focuses on social issues that are relevant to Santa Fe and New Mexico, but which have relevance nationally and internationally. Past themes include Food Justice, Immigration/Emigration, Water Rights, and Equal Justice. Our current 2018/2019 theme is Truth & Reconciliation.