Public Art Census™

 In 2023, the City of Albuquerque Public Art Urban Enhancement Division, in partnership with Bernalillo County Public Art Program and Rokh, launched the Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, NM Public Art Census - the second such initiative of its kind ever conducted in the United States.

Throughout 2024, a dedicated team of local artists, creatives, and arts professionals spent countless hours traveling across the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County to document works of public art or representations of creative expression visible from the public right of way.

The Public Art Census team also reached out to Land grants and Pueblo and Navajo territories within the Bernalillo county borders to establish a relationship and request permission to extend the Public Art Census into Canon de Carnuel, Chilili, To'Hajiilee, and Isleta Pueblo.

In 2024 and 2025, the team analyzed the data to create a report that can be used to help arts administrators, local governments, planners, non-profits, and the creative community create a pathway towards more arts equity.

Learn more about Rokh and the Public Art Census at www.rokh.co/publicartforall.

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