Albuquerque Abstract Artists Alliance
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Albuquerque Abstract Artists Alliance
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Albuquerque Abstract Artists Alliance applauds abstraction in its many forms through the exploration of message and medium, along with the promotion of public awareness of abstract art via education.
Join 4A's Informal Abstract Critique Group

1-3p, Nov. 14
Juan Tabo Library
Meeting Room
3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE,
Albuquerque

• For adults
• No actual painting, just discussion

What to bring:
• 2-3 In-progress works, new techniques, or materials you wish to discuss
• Portable easels are helpful
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Our FORAY exhibit closes today, so stop by for our Closing Reception and help us celebrate a great first show, 4-6 p.m., at FUSION | 708, 708 1st St. NW, Albuquerque, NM.

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November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Join us for the 4A's Closing Reception, featuring the artists behind our FORAY Exhibit, 4-6 p.m., this Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at FUSION | 708, 708 1st St. NW, Albuquerque, NM.

If you can't make it, our exhibit hours are 11a to 3p today and tomorrow, Sat., Nov. 1.

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October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We're in the final days of our FORAY exhibit. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 1.

• CLOSING RECEPTION: 4-6 p.m., Sun., Nov. 2.

• LOCATION:
FUSION | 708
708 1st St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

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October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
HOURS: 11a-3p Wed-Sun, thru Nov. 2
CLOSING RECEPTION: 4-6p Sun., Nov. 2

FUSION | 708
708 1st St. NW
Albuquerque

Artwork: Jan Tras, Catalina Salinas, Gail Sacharczuk, Dana Millen, Karen Macek, Nicole Kurland, Nancy JonesFrancis, Ginna Heiden, Larry Guy, Benita Grunseth, Carolyn Grady, Marca Dickie
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Help us close out 4A's FORAY Exhibit with a bang. Meet the artists 4-6 p.m. this Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at FUSION | 708, 708 1st St. NW, Albuquerque, NM.

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October 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
03 Check out Jan’s work at ALBUQUERQUE ABSTRACT ARTISTS ALLIANCE’s FORAY Exhibition running through Sun., Nov. 2, 2025, at FUSION | 708

EXHIBIT HOURS: 11a to 3p, Wednesdays through Sundays, through November 2

CLOSING RECEPTION: 4-6p, Sun., Nov. 2

FUSION | 708
708 1st St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
02 Jan has studied painting at the New York Art Students’ League and with several New Mexico artists. She paints traditional subjects in oil and now abstracts in acrylic. 

Joy and dance are exemplified in her work.
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
01 Jan Tras has been a professional dancer, actress, and model before settling in ABQ 48 years ago and becoming a mental health counselor.
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
03 You can find Catalina’s art at facebook.com/catalinasalinas.art/.
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
02 Her artwork creates optical illusions, and the composition orientation allows the observer to keep looking deeper, discovering textures and shapes like we do once we discover the beauty of design in nature. Her paintings are exhibited in Bolivia, Mexico, and the United States.
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Catalina Salinas Gamarra is an oil painter who exhibits internationally and is a full member of the Amapola Gallery and The Groove Art Space in Old Town Albuquerque. She grew fond of the indigenous cultures that surrounded her birthplace of La Paz, Bolivia. Continued ...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
04 In October 2021, retirement brought her to the Land of Enchantment, embracing this vibrant, creative community as the inspiration for her life as a full-time artist.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
03 Traveling the world for business and pleasure, she found New Mexico a frequent destination, drawn in by its spectacular beauty and earthy soulfulness.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
02 With that came a fulfilling career as an apparel designer and developer in the active wear industry, with a strong emphasis on color, shapes, and texture.
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gail Sacharczuk has been creating art since she could hold a crayon and has always aspired to make creativity her career. Having won two scholarships to attend Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, PA, she pursued painting as a college major before pivoting to fashion design. Continued...
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
04 She is an observer of the world around her and the beauty and mystery of existence. Dana describes her work as impressionistic and fauvist, while embracing _bold colors with a fresh Zen-like mind.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
03 She works with acrylic and oil paint – using brush, scrapers, palette knives, and markers to place paint on canvas.  Most recently, Dana has been enjoying mixed media and collage.
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
02 An artist since childhood, and while living abroad with her
parents in West Africa, Colombia, and continued travel as an
adult to Mexico and parts of Europe, Dana embraces the same discovery and adventure in her art.
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
01 Dana Millen, MPH, PhD, a public health community organizer and social psychologist in her former professional life, has lived in New Mexico for over 30 years. 

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October 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM