The South Broadway Cultural Center is proud to showcase these works of public art.
More Public Art
In addition to an art gallery, performing arts theater and library, South Broadway Cultural Center also houses some of Albuquerque's finest public art. Stop by and enjoy these artistic and cultural treasures.
'Shared Traditions'
Title: "Shared Traditions: Mind, Body and Spirit, Native American Perspective," 1993.
Artists: Norman Pacheco, with collaborators Arnold Puentes, Francis Rivera and Margaret Bagshaw-Tindel, and area youth.
Materials: Gesso primer, acrylic paint and matte medium, anti-graffiti coating on masonite, with wood surround
Description: The overarching theme of the mural is of the importance of cultural survival for sustaining future generations. The circles in the composition represent various aspects of daily life, including the family unit, higher learning and technology, the traditional arts, government, earth-bound traditions, and future ingenuity. Also represented are the planets and the solar system, day and night, and the seasons.
A sister piece, "Shared Traditions: Mind, Body and Spirit, Hispanic Perspective," is at John Marshall Senior Center.
© Norman Pacheco, Arnold Puentes, Francis Rivera and Margaret Bagshaw-Tinde, 1993. On Loan to the City of Albuquerque’s Public Art Program from the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
'Mestuzahe'
Title: "Mestizaje," 1996
Artists: Design, Emanuel Martinez (Denver, Colorado); Muralist, Leopoldo Romero (Albuquerque); Muralist Coordinator, Rudy Miera (Albuquerque); with students Roxanna Haynes, Victoria Chavez Sparks, Andrew Barrios, and McRae Heard
Materials: Gesso primer, acrylic paint and matte medium, anti-graffiti coating on masonite, with wood surround
Description: Commissioned as part of the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival, 1996. Temporary/portable mural.
Recreated mural installed December 2007.
'Oneness of Dance'
Title: Oneness of Dance, 1995
Artist: Bernadette Vigil
Materials: Buon fresco
Description: "Illustrates the rich and distinct folk dance traditions of residents of the South Broadway communities," and the midnight blue sky unites all cultures, like the "oneness of dance."
Includes an Aztec dancer (center), Eagle Dancer (lower left), Flamenco dancer (center left), African dancers (top left), Ballet Folklorico, blended Indigenous and Spanish bailadores (upper right), Apache dancer (center right), and Asian dance (bottom right).
Cultural Center's Marquee
Title: "Marquee," 1994
Artist: Robert Woltman
Tile Artist: Maria Baca, with neighborhood children
Materials: Steel and ceramic tiles
Description: Artist intended the benches to be "street furniture" and corrugated roofing reflects "vernacular" building materials common in the community.
