A film about the fight to expand voting rights to all people in Alabama during the 1960s—including the sacrifices that were made, the lives that were lost, and the need to continue the fight today, at a time when voting rights are again under assault.

The Sovereign Lens Film Festival is a one-day community-centered short film festival uplifting stories that reclaim, reframe, and celebrate historically excluded and self-determined storytellers.

Our featured readers include Manuel González, the current New Mexico State Poet Laureate, and the Native American Community Academy (NACA) Spoken Word Poetry Team, including poets Keira Farias, Marissa Victorino, Luciano Lingnau, Luc Gutierrez, Violet Begay, and Summer Cruz-Haskey.

Author and journalist T.J. English is coming to FUSION on Friday, October 9, at 6 PM as part of the Rising High Arts Festival. English is the author of Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld, and is currently on tour for his latest book, Blood in the Desert: The T. J. English Reader. Bringing another dimension of storytelling, Blood in the Desert spans subjects as varied as jazz, boxing, police corruption, and violence in the desert Southwest.

The Albuquerque Art Business Association (AABA) is proud to present the 2026 AABA Full Members Exhibition at FUSION, as an official part of Rising High Arts Festival, celebrating the remarkable diversity, creativity, and talent of Albuquerque's artist community.

The Poetry of Flowers Collaborative developed organically—perhaps even a little haphazardly. Each artist brought a personal connection, a particular talent, or a completely unexpected way of seeing a flower.  Maggie Seeley, the poet, initiated or responded to that vision with words, and then the artwork and poem began to speak to one another.

We are happy to introduce Victoriano Cárdenas for a workshop on “Exercises in Courage.”  Everyone is afraid of something. How do we exercise our courage by grappling with our fears on the page? How do we confront the anxieties of writing anything at all? 

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, September 6, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | The Cell. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Is race merely a social construction?”

The event kicks off with an artist panel at 4 PM and features a pop-up market, a car show, and a vinyl set by DJ Souliva. Celebrating the culture, creativity, and community that inspired it.

Let's keep the momentum going! Our past two workshops have thrived in powerful conversations and creativity.  For our third workshop, we are excited to welcome Bianca A. Lucero. Bianca will be leading the workshop “Roots-through-roots: culture, nature, and her inhabitants.”

Editor of El Palacio, Emily Withnall, and summer issue contributors Estevan Rael-Gálvez, Myrriah Gómez, Lazarus Letcher, and Oliver Horn will discuss New Mexico history—from Indigenous enslavement to Black and queer experiences on Route 66 to the loss of communal land grant land to the state’s nuclear legacy—and the nature of the archive.

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, August 2, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | The Cell. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “If God does not exist, is everything permitted?”

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, July 5, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | The Cell. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Are we determined by our circumstances?”

N4Arts invites you to the opening for In This Space—a mixed-media collection of works by participants in their program for adults with developmental disabilities. This exhibition is centered around a ceramic “town” made of small and large glazed works by our adult participants.

Join Sanctuary Cinema, in collaboration with the City of Albuquerque, and High Desert Playback for a community film screening of HUMMINGBIRDS and WHO I AM NOT on Thursday, June 18, at 5:30 PM.

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 7, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | 708. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Is art about beauty?”

Join Sanctuary Cinema, in collaboration with W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Expora, and Xstudio, at FUSION on Thursday, May 28, at 5:30 PM, for a community screening of GATHER

Marchuleta Productions is bringing a screening of the The Cost of Creating to FUSION | 708 on Saturday, May 16, at 6 PM. The Cost of Creating is a documentary exploring the sacrifices, struggles, and personal realities behind the work of artists. 

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, May 3, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | 708. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Is social media good for democracy?”

Join Sanctuary Cinema, in collaboration with PBS, POV PBS, and NMPBS, for a community screening of segments from two films streaming on the PBS App—Emergent City and Henry David Thoreau—plus a special screening of the short film UNIDOS '26.

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, March 29, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | 708. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Is equality a good standard for the economy?”

Sanctuary Cinema, International District Library, NMPBS & FUSION present THE INQUISITOR by Angela Lynn Tucker at FUSION on Wednesday, Tuesday, March 17, starting at 5:30 PM! The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, March 1, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | 708. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Is there a male and female way of thinking?”

Sanctuary Cinema, Explora, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, X Studio & FUSION Celebrate Black History with a Screeningof IGUALADA: REFUSING TO KNOW YOUR PLACE; UNAPOLOGETIC;  and DARK & TENDER: THE BIG ISLAND at FUSION on Wednesday, February 18, starting at 5:30 PM!

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 1, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | 708. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Are new technologies always progress?”

The Albuquerque Philosophy Collective hosts their monthly meetings on the FUSION campus. This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 4, from 2–3:30 PM at FUSION | 708. All are welcome to come discuss the question, “Is everyone entitled to their own truth?”