OPEN CALL FOR
ABSTRACT ART

TAAC invites artists living and working across Northern New Mexico to participate in its 4th Annual Group Exhibitions, which will be held at the Stables Gallery at the Taos Center for the Arts from November 1st – 9th, 2025 and May 8th - 16th, 2026. Abstract works across disciplines are encouraged. The board will choose one (1) work per applicant to enter into the exhibition. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO APPLY!

TAAC Spring Exhibition

honoring our intersecting identities. 4.25.25 - 5.3.25

View the exhibition catalog here.

FEATURING THE DIVERSE WORK OF 74 ARTISTS FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Artists: Kristin Anchors, Chandon Banning, DJ Barrett, Sidney Barrett, Brad Bealmear, Alice Bedard-Voorhees, Beedallo, Elizabeth Beier, Ria Burnett, Pam Caidin, Woody Castrodale, Jeanette Cook, Lisbeth Cort, Claire Coté, Jessie Dean, Dora Dillistone, Virginia Dodier, Donna Dufresnse, Molly Elkind, Brenda Euwer, Susan Faust, Michael Forte, Sofia Garcia, Rosario Glezmir, Gail Goodwin, Carolyn Grady, Marianne Hall, Terrie Hall, Lucy Herrman, Jonathan Hertzel, Meg Jarrett, Bill Jehle 
William Sleigh Kerr, Nancy Kirk, Nancy Kozikowski, Betsy Kuhn, Randall LaGro, David Larson, Amanda D.W. Lawson, Robin Lesher, Elle MacLaren, Theodora Lynn, Jacqueline Mallegni, Marjorie Malone, Maruska, Monte McBride, Justin McCarthy, Desiree McGee, Brian McPartlon, Dorothea Ney, Richard Nicholas, Robert Oblon, Laura Peters, Debora Ratliff, Neexch Yanagut Yeil Rinehart, Jenna Ritter, Robert Ross, Jill Rounds, Abby Sapien, Lana Scholtz, J.D. Scott, Jan Marie Sessler, Laura Speer, Ciela Stillings, John St Peter, Clark Stoeckley, James C Stoner, Ethan Strickland, Paula Sussman, Daisy Trudell-Mills, Juniper Vaughn, Paula Verona, Anja Wulf, Barbara Zaring

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THANKS! We want to share a big thank you to our community, to the VIEWPOINT artists, the @taoscenterforthearts and our curator @hilinelson for helping to pull off this wonderful exhibition! We appreciate all of your support from near and far and look
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From @instituteofamericanindianarts 5/12 Tonight in Santa Fe: "Join the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Friday, May 12, 2023, at the opening receptions for the 2023 IAIA MFA in Studio Arts Thesis Exhibition, Beyond Mastery. The rec
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Thanks to everyone who attended our free Psychology of Art Materials Workshop yesterday! We had a wonderful time exploring our relationship to specific materials in artmaking! Hosted by TAAC Co-founder @laurendanasmithart @integrativeartspsychothera
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Did you miss our most recent TAAC TALK with Robert Hoerlein, in conversation with Jamie Brunson? You can watch it on our YouTube channel or website! Visit the link in our bio or go to www.taosabstractartistcollective.com @roberthoerlein @jamiebruns

TAAC promotes abstract artists working in or near Taos, New Mexico, toward the exchange of ideas, new aesthetics and creative concepts. Taos is synonymous with abstract thinking, with origins in indigenous geometries, transcendental and modernist movements, and conceptual and land art installation. Once the nexus for westward bound artists, Taos unleashes expansive, abstract thinkers.