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Virtual Live Poetry Series

In an initiative made possible by The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, CCA is hosting live poetry readings via Instagram Live. Having started early 2020, CCA’s Poetry Series has moved to an online platform utilizing Instagram Live streams.
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Don’t have Instagram? You can watch the archived sessions linked below.

Boderra Joe

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Boderra Joe is from Bááhazł’ah (Twin Lakes), New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation. She is Diné of the Bit’ahnii (Folded Arms…
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Emma Gomis

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Emma Gomis is a Catalan American poet, essayist, editor and researcher. She is the cofounder of Manifold Press. Her texts have been published…
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Manny Loley

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Manny Loley is ‘Áshįįhi born for Tó Baazhní’ázhí; his maternal grandparents are the Tódích’íi’nii and his paternal grandparents are the…
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Natalie Earnhart

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Natalie Earnhart is a queer writer from Southern California currently residing in Denver, CO. She is a co-founder of Tart Parlor,…
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Rosie Stockton

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Rosie Stockton is a poet from Los Alamos, New Mexico, and currently based in Los Angeles. Their first book, Permanent Volta,…
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Mallika Singh

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Mallika Singh is a poet, cook, and facilitator who writes about environment, surveillance, and intimacies. They are from many places and…
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Ryan Dennison

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Ryan Dennison is a transdisiplinary Diné Artist and Musician from Tohatchi, NM. Dennison’s influence in performance art and music composition has…
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mai c. doan

Virtual Live Poetry Series
mai c. doan is a queer, mixed-race poet and writer from Southern California. She has published and performed her work through…
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Stacy Szymaszek

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Stacy Szymaszek‘s most recent book is A Year From Today (2018). Her next book, Famous Hermits, will be published in 2021. She directed…
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Daisy Atterbury

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Daisy Atterbury is a writer based in Albuquerque and NYC. Raised in Santa Fe, she has been a Lost & Found…
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Naima Yael Tokunow

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Naima Yael Tokunow is an educator, writer, editor, & artist currently living in New Mexico. She is the author of three…
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Tori Cárdenas

Virtual Live Poetry Series
Tori Cárdenas is a trans poet of genízaro/boriquen descent, and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2014 with Bachelors…
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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.