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NEA Big Read: History of Western Film

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Join acclaimed western authors Johnny D. Boggs and David Morrell in this unique, online discussion on the far-reaching influence of…
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SWAIA presents One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

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The groundbreaking artist and filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk and producer Norman Cohn, creators of the essential film THE FAST RUNNER, share…
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Lost Classics Roundtable: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

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Join CCA’s Lost Classics Roundtable—Paul Barnes, Mara Fortes, and Joan Tewkesbury—in this webinar discussion of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum,…
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Collective: World Press Freedom Day

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Collective, the Oscar-nominated feature documentary, follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they uncover…
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Seeding Change

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Join us for a panel discussion with environmental educators and advocates on Seeding Change, an award-winning documentary focusing on “Triple Bottom…
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Lost Classics Roundtable: The Ascent

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CCA’s Lost Classics Roundtables presents an in-depth discussion on the final film of seminal director, Larisa Shepitko, The Ascent. Winner of…
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The Other Madisons

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CCA and Collected Works present this online conversation covering an essential part of American history. The short documentary, The Other Madisons, documents the…
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Guy Clark: Without Getting Killed or Caught

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Join us for a conversion with Tamara Saviano, the filmmaker behind the documentary Without Getting Killed or Caught that covers the true…
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Lost Classics Roundtable: High and Low

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In our Lost Classics Roundtable series, we feature Akira Kurosawa’s exemplary film noir, High and Low (1963). Filmmaker Joan Tewkesbury, editor-producer Paul…
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Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops

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“Moving in its humanity and forceful in its pragmatism, the documentary feels like essential viewing, especially for decision makers with…
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Feels Good Man

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Presented by The New Mexico Museum of Art (NMMOA) and the Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe (CCA)in collaboration with…
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Lost Classics Roundtable: Mon Oncle

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Notice of Closure

The Board of Directors for the Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe (CCA) has voted to close the organization after serving the Santa Fe and northern New Mexico community on its forty-fourth year of operation. The decision was reached after careful consideration of options presented during its current strategic planning initiative.

“Closing a cherished, community organization like CCA is one of the most difficult decisions a board can make,” said David Muck, CCA Board Chair. “However, we simply couldn’t secure the level of individual donations required to achieve the high quality of programming and exhibitions envisioned by CCA’s professional staff and board of directors,” he continued.

Many nonprofits in the U.S. were hit hard by Covid and CCA is a good example. The CCA Cinema closed during Covid, and attendance was slow to resume, reflecting national downward trends in moviegoing post-Covid as reported in multiple news outlets, such as IndieWire and others. In 2023, the organization forecast the cinema to perform at only 50% of pre-Covid levels, resulting in monthly losses. Though grants and individual donations to the organization were up significantly in 2022 and 2023, they simply weren’t enough to make up the difference in the annual budget and cover both current and planned exhibitions and operations.

“This tough decision did not come lightly,” said Danyelle Means, CCA Executive Director and Head Curator. “For a nonprofit institution that operates independently of state support, the annual donations needed to sustainably continue operating was not enough, especially in the wake of challenges from pandemic closures and reduced attendance,” Means continued.

CCA did have its share of recent successes: CCA Executive Director Danyelle Means had secured a three-year grant of $100,000 per year from the Ford Foundation, with an option to renew for another three-year period. The organization was also the recipient of a $50,000 inaugural grant from Ruth Arts Foundation, as well as other granting organizations. Self-Determined, a 2022 CCA exhibition, was listed as one of the world’s Top 50 Exhibitions of 2022 by Hyperallergic magazine and CCA’s new monthly Closer Looks cinema series was a hit with film enthusiasts.

The CCA board of directors considered closing the organization in December of 2021, but voted to remain open in 2022 in hopes of a recovery post-Covid. However, despite the hard work of CCA staff and the accomplishments like the ones mentioned above, the shuttered period during which the cinema was closed proved too challenging to overcome. CCA Cinema’s final day of public operations is Thursday, April 6, and all upcoming CCA gallery exhibitions and public programs are cancelled.