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HeARTbeats: NMSA Alum Sarah Colvin

“NMSA is beautiful, silly, experimental, and serious… Everyone is working towards a common goal of artistic expression.” -Sarah Colvin, class of 2015 Sarah Colvin looks back on her NMSA audition as both “terrifying and wonderful.” A class of 2014...

HeARTbeats: NMSA Dance Dept Chair Adam McKinney

“My mission as an artist is to bring people together in hopes of creating more pathways towards communication and understanding.” -Adam McKinney, Chair, NMSA Dance Department New Mexico School for the Arts Dance Department chair Adam McKinney says that...

HeARTbeats: Gabby Ottersberg

“It is challenging to have so many things on my plate but exhilarating when I know I can achieve it and I can start to see what my teachers saw all along.” -Gabrielle Ottersberg Enriquez, NMSA Class of 2015 Gabrielle (Gabby), a senior vocalist at New...

HeARTbeats: Will Benson

Will Benson applied for NMSA’s Visual Arts program as an eighth grader, after his mother heard about the school from her friend (and current NMSA science teacher) Acacia McCombs. “I was raised in visual arts,” says Will. “My dad is a painter, so ever since I could...

HeARTbeats: Eric Crites

Originally from Eugene, Oregon, NMSA Instructional Support Specialist Eric Crites moved to Santa Fe from Portland four years ago. “My first year living in Santa Fe, I was driving downtown one day and realized there was an art school here. I thought, ‘Hmm, that may...

HeARTbeats: Opening Day Ceremony

Above: Governor Susana Martinez speaks to NMSA students, staff, and faculty at our 2015-16 School Year Opening Day Ceremony on August 10 Correction from original email: Hugo Pizano is a junior this year, not a senior.  Welcome back, everyone! Yesterday we had a...