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Don’t miss the opening reception for the exhibit “Nuclear Past Present and Future: Art in Action”! Free to the public, the reception will be held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on April 10th from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. Featuring 30+ artists including the recent Fulcrum Fund award recipient Shayla Blatchford (Diné), the show examines the individual and societal impact of nuclear radiation. It will run from April 2026 through the end of January 2027. ⁠Click the link in our bio for more information.
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Shayla Blatchford received the Fulcrum Fund for her Anti-Uranium Mapping Project, which further explores themes of environmental contamination and community storytelling. As an interdisciplinary art initiative, it uses counter-mapping to challenge how land, contamination, and environmental risk are visually represented. ⁠
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This Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 516 ARTS! 🎨🖌️⁠
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Join Tucson-based artist Alejandro Macías for a hands-on workshop exploring self-portraiture, identity, and place. Working through drawing, pattern, and personal symbolism, participants will generate work that reflects lived experience, memory, and geography. ⁠
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Registration fee: $15 for non-members | $10 for members⁠.⁠
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The workshop follows an artist talk on Saturday afternoon, where Macías will be in conversation with Olivia Amaya Ortiz, Curator at 516 ARTS, discussing the ideas and processes behind his work currently on view in "The Armor We Wear"⁠.⁠
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🗓 Talk: Fri, Jan 17 | Workshop: Sat, Jan 18⁠
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🔗 RSVP + registration via the link in our bio

🖌️🎨Workshop with Alejandro Macías! Sunday, January 18 at 11am. This is your opportunity to engage more deeply with the ideas that shape his work on view in The Armor We Wear!⁠
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Sign up by clicking the link in our bio. VERY limited spots available, secure your seat today!⁠
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Students in this workshop will explore mixed-media painting and drawing techniques through the format of portraiture. Working with acrylic and graphite on paper, they will develop their traditional drawing and observational skills while simultaneously exploring abstraction. The result will be a series of “split portraits” presenting a range of materials and artistic executions. All levels.⁠
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516 ARTS is pleased to host an artist talk with Alejandro Macías on Saturday January 17 at 3pm.⁠ Online + InPerson
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Alejandro Macias' multidisciplinary practice moves across painting, drawing, and video to examine questions of identity, migration, and belonging. ⁠
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This conversation offers an opportunity to engage more deeply with the ideas and lived experiences that shape his work on view in "The Armor We Wear", and to hear directly from the artist about the processes—both material and conceptual—behind his practice. The talk will be facilitated by 516 ARTS Curator Olivia Amaya Ortiz, who has worked closely with the artist throughout the development of the exhibition. ⁠
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RSVP at by clicking the link in our bio.⁠
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