The Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe (CCA) is a community-supported arts center featuring the best in cinema, contemporary chamber music, immersive theater, contemporary art, poetry and more. We offer a year-round schedule of activities and host many events each and every week.  

Whether you live in Santa Fe, or you’re visiting from out of town, there’s always something for everyone here. 

Our broad spectrum of artistic offerings, some made possible through the collaboration of several non-profits who make CCA their Santa Fe home. Current programs include:

CCA Cinema

The CCA Cinema is Santa Fe’s only independent, nonprofit cinema, and one of the most popular theaters in Santa Fe. 

CCA Cinema curates exceptional, first run independent and foreign films, as well as documentaries, featured on 2 screens (109-seat cinema and 49-seat cinema). 

We also curate several regular film series, including: 

  • Closer Looks (an examination of arthouse classics with pre-screening discussions)
  • Amplified (a series that showcases music films and documentaries, often with live music pre-show)
  • Cult Films (a series of visionary film works (with rabid followers) that exists on the margins of the industry)
  • Indigenous Film Series
  • Black Cinema Film Series

For a complete list of films Now Showing or Coming Soon, visit the Films page on our website.

CCA participates in the annual Santa Fe International Film Festival, hosts the Jewish Film Festival, and screens films for many Santa Fe nonprofits and local school children throughout the year. CCA offers discounted tickets to students and low income individuals for regular film screenings. Members of CCA receive discounts to all regular screenings and invites to special Cinema events.

CCA Poetry

CCA celebrates the creativity of our community, through our cinema and arts, generating transformative experiences designed to ignite minds and connect people.

In line with this mission, CCA is pleased to partner with Elizabeth Jacobson, the fifth Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, for poetry workshops and readings.

For the latest in our poetry offerings, visit the Poetry page on our website.

Chatter

Every Saturday morning at CCA, Chatter presents a concert of contemporary chamber music at 10:30 am in the CCA Muñoz Waxman Gallery. The program includes 1 hour of music curated by Chatter Artistic staff, and spoken word presented by a guest poet or writer. It’s the perfect way to begin your weekend. For more information on the weekly Chatter concerts at CCA (Chatter North), click here.

The Exodus Ensemble

The Exodus Ensemble presents contemporary, immersive theatre productions in the CCA Spector-Ripps Gallery. Exodus creates explosive, original adaptations of classics where live theatre, cinema and audience interaction collide and is led by Executive Director April Cleveland. Exodus Experiences are rated Theatre-MA and are appropriate for audiences 18+. Exodus includes a company of 13+ professional actors and we’re thrilled to have them based at CCA. For more information on current productions at CCA, click here.

Visual Arts

The CCA Cinema Gallery, adjacent to our Cinema and Studio theaters, showcases emerging Santa Fe artists and is entirely free. Our Cinema Gallery is open during regular screening hours: between 11am – 8pm

Additionally, guests to events in the Waxman Gallery can take in exhibitions while enjoying other events happening in that space.

ColLAB (The Colaboration Lab)

CCA is partnering with ArtBridge/ArtStorming to convene arts leaders from around Santa Fe and Northern NM to address the critical need for community mobilization, partnerships and collaboration in these extremely challenging and tumultuous times. Through a series of activities starting in 2025 (such as panel discussions, brainstorming sessions, and team building exercises) CCA and ArtBridge will identify needs in the community, resource opportunities, community partners and work to literally connect and match our participants for community-based initiatives, performances and other artistic collaborations. 

Help Support CCA

CCA is funded solely through the generosity of its donors and the Santa Fe community. To Donate, click here.

Location and Hours

CCA is conveniently located at 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe and offers free parking for all events hosted at our facility. Doors open half an hour before the first showtime of the day. With the exception of special events, CCA is open seven days a week.