Art Matters
Art Matters is an outreach program dedicated to designing creative experiences for youth ages 13 and up. These 20–30 minute videos invite you to experiment with a variety of media. Make art on your own or with others—wherever you are, whenever you want!
Get Inspired. Be Creative.
Landis: Narrative Drawing
Landis: We Are Water
Shelly: Flora and Fauna Drawings
Shelly: Daydreaming Clouds
Jade: Life Mosaics
Jade: Emotion Color Wheel
Artist Zines
These zines were created by the Art Matters teaching artists to share their art, thoughts and words with a teen audience. Topics include mental health, gratitude, climate and social justice, creative play, and Albuquerque Faves among others. Browse the pages of the zines below and discover something that interests you!
Art Matters Teaching Artists and Zine Contributors
Jade Cruz (they/them) is a queer, non binary Chicanx visual artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They primarily work with painting, digital illustration and murals. Their work delves into a range of themes that are informed by their personal life experiences, their communities, relationship to animals and the natural world. Their works aims to depict the beauty and complexities of their culture, sexuality, gender, spirituality, nature and the psyche. As a painter,muralist, art educator and youth worker, they believe art can be used to connect, educate, activate, disrupt, heal pasts and envision futures together.
Landis Pulido is an artist, educator, and healing justice practitioner who believes in co-creating a learning environment which strives to meet each community member where they are. Through the lens of Popular Education, she works towards co-creating an inclusive and safe environment. She believes in bringing in the breath, movement and healing into the arts and creative space to invite wholeness and imagination.
Shelly Korte, MFA, is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and community arts practitioner exploring connections among land, spirit, self, story, and symbolic language. Her practice spans painting, printmaking, drawing, mixed media, murals, and community-engaged arts. She is also an adjunct instruction in Art Education at the University of New Mexico, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate students through studio-based, inclusive, and culturally responsive approaches to art education. Shelly has worked as an teaching artist at Albuquerque Museum for more than seven years, developing creative experiences for multigenerational communities through Art Matters and other programs.
MISSION
The Art Matters youth arts project is a group of teaching artists who bring authentic, engaging arts experiences to Albuquerque youth. Our content is designed to engage participants in art making, with a focus on social justice, whole-person health, community, joy, and creative engagement at the core of our process.
Art Matters Workshops
Interested in having a workshop for youth at your site? Complete this form to make a request.