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2026 UETF Artist Resiliency Residency
Information about the 2026 - 2027 UETF Artist Resiliency Residency.
City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund
2026 UETF Resiliency Residency
Funding artists of all disciplines living and working in the Greater Albuquerque Area Award is $5,000 The Residency period is January 2026 – June 2027
Due to UETF legal requirements, funds must flow through a local Albuquerque nonprofit arts or cultural organization. FUSION and Working Classroom who will serve not only serve as the Fiscal Sponsor Organizations, but also as mentors and support systems for each artist.
These two organizations are committed to fostering arts at every level, encouraging trans and multidisciplinary arts, and providing resources and opportunities to those who receive a UETF Residency. Learn more about these partner organizations below.
FUSION, home to the FUSION Theatre Company, is a center for arts and culture in Downtown Albuquerque. Their multi-venue, 35,000 square foot campus hosts live music, dance, comedy, theater, and a myriad of special events. With three stages and both indoor and outdoor event spaces, FUSION is New Mexico's home for creative and cultural exploration.
Building on their dedication to community partnership, FUSION has an economic development project that provides co-operative office, meeting, culinary, rehearsal, and performance spaces. FUSION served as a partner organization for the 2022 Resiliency Residency cycle. FUSION also serves as fiscal sponsor to a variety of fledgling community organizations, sharing resources to nurture the growth of healthy arts and culture in Albuquerque.
Working Classroom is a 36 year old arts and social justice organization. Today, they are known for being a youth serving organization, but historically have been an intergenerational art space. Then and now, teaching artists have been working artists - local, national, and international - at all levels of career development and Working Classroom’s community of artists, both student/pre-professional, and professional, often learn from and collaborate with each other. Many artists Working Classroom has worked with are at the start of their career, and their experience with the organization has helped them to build their teaching and facilitation skills, project management skills, and built their portfolio such that larger institutions have been willing to support these emerging talents.
Working Classroom is always looking to grow their network of artists and support their development. They are interested in supporting artists who have not had the same access as others and facilitating cross pollination between their current network and the selected Residency artists. Working Classroom has professional development available to creatives, and will use this to expand their programming. Above all, Working Classroom is interested in building a stronger community together.
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