INTERLINEAR SYMBOLS & SIGNS: The Creative Processes of Godfrey Reggio is an exhibition of pre-production materials and concept boards, drawings, photographs, and related ephemera that contextualize and offer insight into the artist’s process of creation. The exhibition will be on display in the CCA Cinema Gallery (near the box office) from November 10 through November 16, in association with CCA’s retrospective of Godfrey Reggio’s film. In the words of Godfrey Reggio: “The language, the signs, the symbols of our day, no longer describe the world that we inhabit.  It is an ef ..read more

Santa Fe, New Mexico – November 3, 2023 The Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce that in conjunction with the theatrical debut of Godfrey Reggio’s new film Once Within a Time, it is mounting a full retrospective of all of Reggio’s film works (including a short film program never before exhibited in theaters), along with a visual art exhibition titled Interlinear Symbols & Signs: The Creative Processes of Godfrey Reggio. This cinema celebration also offers the public two opportunities to meet and hear directly from Santa Fe-based filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and his co ..read more

Santa Fe, New Mexico – October 23, 2023 CCA is pleased to announce that Santa Fe poet Elizabeth Jacobson is returning to CCA to host another in her popular workshop series Intimate Immersion. During this four-week virtual intensive, participants will focus on generating new poems, critiquing each other’s work, revising their poems, and looking at elements of craft. Dates: Four Thursdays November 30, December 7, 14, and 21 Virtual class schedule: 4:30pm ­– 6:30pm (via Zoom) Each meeting, participants will be invited to bring a new poem (with copies for everyone) for a workshop discussi ..read more

Santa Fe, New Mexico – July 10, 2023 The Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce that in conjunction with its premiere of Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer in 35mm on July 21, CCA, CCA Cinema, and Chatter will present Photoworks from Meridel Rubenstein’s Critical Mass (1989-1993). This exhibition signals CCA’s renewed commitment to future visual arts programming at the Center for Contemporary Arts and collaborations with Chatter. Critical Mass will be on display for the full three weeks that CCA is showing Oppenheimer in 35mm, from July 21 through August 16.  C ..read more

Santa Fe, New Mexico – September 7, 2023 The Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is pleased to present a special screening of Powerlands, the acclaimed environmental documentary, on October 3 at 6pm, and to host an audience Q&A with the director, Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso of the Navajo Nation. This special event is sponsored by 350 Santa Fe, a grassroots organization dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with support from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and CCA. In Powerlands, Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso documents environmental-justice efforts by indigenous a ..read more

Santa Fe, New Mexico – June 14, 2023 The Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce that acclaimed Santa Fe Poet Laureate, Elizabeth Jacobson, is returning to CCA to offer her popular in-person Intimate Immersion poetry workshop series. The workshop will be an opportunity for poets to reinforce their writing practice and work in an intimate, focused, supportive environment to allow each person’s poetry to evolve. The series begins July 20 at CCA and will continue each Thursday from 4:30pm to 6:30pm through August 24. The six-week in-person intensive will limit class size to ..read more

July 23 – August 16, 2023 Critical Mass is a major multi-media artwork that Meridel Rubenstein created between 1989 and 1993 with her collaborators, Ellen Zweig and Steina and Woody Vasulka. Critical Mass a poetic, thought-provoking, and deeply moving work that examines the many ways the Manhattan Project affected the scientists who created it, the nearby Los Alamos residents, the nearby San Ildefonso pueblo residents, and humanity itself. Critical Mass was shown during the weeks that CCA presented Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Oppenheimer in two galleries – the large Munoz /Waxman Gall ..read more

Santa Fe, New Mexico – July 21, 2023 The Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is pleased to invite the public to its galleries to view photoworks from Meridel Rubenstein’s Critical Mass between July 25 and August 16 in association with CCA’s 35mm debut of Christopher Nolan’s hit film, Oppenheimer. This exhibition signals CCA’s renewed commitment to visual arts programming and collaborations with Chatter. Critical Mass is a major, poetic, thought-provoking multi-media artwork that examines the impact that the weapon developed by the Manhattan Project had upon the scientists who created it, t ..read more

As a thank-you to our generous donors and to the whole Santa Fe community, CCA Cinemas is having a full day of FREE films in both cinemas from morning to night on Sunday, May 21.  Check out the schedule! Come for free, or pay what you want! Bring your friends to this amazing all-day cinema celebration!  — Paul Barnes, General Manager, CCA Cinemas Descriptions of our FREE CINEMA DAY films: All of the films I have selected for the FREE Day were major hits at the CCA Cinemas over the years and are spoken of with love and admiration by numerous Santa Fe residents. They played the ..read more

Following the heartfelt, generous outpouring of support from the Santa Fe community, the CCA board is pleased and grateful to announce the reopening of the CCA Cinema. CCA will pursue a strategic partner, reopen the CCA cinema and collect donations from the many community pledges offered in the aftermath of CCA’s closing.  Several entities and groups are presenting plans to partner with CCA, and the board is actively evaluating options and performing the necessary due diligence. The board will meet with, interview, and evaluate the various candidates.  The board is also please ..read more