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Support received from New Mexico PBS Great Southwestern Arts & Education Endowment Fund, and the Nellita E. Walker Fund for KNME-TV at the Albuquerque Community Foundation, McCune Charitable Foundation, New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, by the National Endowment for the Arts and Viewers Like You.

The Latest

Drawing on Ribbons of Green: The Rio Grande and the Making of Modern Albuquerque, coauthored with Robert Berrens, John Fleck explores twenty-first-century Albuquerque’s relationship with the Rio Grande. Honored with a 2025 New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, sculptor Kevin Box explores how a blank page can reveal the soul and inspire creative possibilities.

Episodes

Book titled Ribbons of Green: The Rio Grande and the Making of Modern Albuquerque by John Fleck and Robert P. Berrens, displayed on a stand.

Ribbons of Green: The Rio Grande and the Making of Modern Albuquerque

A fabric artwork shows two women near a large tree with colorful dresses hanging from its branches, set against a landscape with mountains and a blue sky.

Quilting History, Susan Hudson

A person wearing a vintage-style astronaut helmet sits on a chair, dressed in casual clothes, with a red circular background.

What Does an Astronaut See? George “Ofuskie” Alexander

A group of wooden flutes with various carvings and decorations are tied together and displayed upright against a dark blue background.

Autumn Dawn Gomez and Marlon Magdalena

A mural shows an Indigenous person, a farmer plowing a field, factories with smokestacks, and cars, all centered around an ear framed by blue rays.

Voces Del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano

Duke City Lowrider Bike Club

Musician plays electric guitar on stage while audience dances and claps in a dimly lit indoor venue.

Bands of Enchantment

A large, glowing puppet figure in a white robe with outstretched arms is illuminated against a dark background. Smaller figures with wings are at its base.

Zozobra, Kei and Molly Textiles and Yvonne Montoya

A person in a patterned skirt stands near two adobe ovens with fires inside, set on a stone base against a plain background.

How Adobe Holds Memory, Joanna Keane Lopez

Two black and white portraits side by side showing women with serious expressions, both wearing earrings and layered necklaces, photographed against simple backgrounds.

Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo

Artists

An older man in glasses and a blue button-down shirt sits in a chair and gestures while speaking.

Fleck, John

A person wearing a helmet and shorts rides a horse through a dry, grassy landscape with mountains and clouds in the background.

Alexander, George “Ofuskie”

A woman stands in a gallery with three large hanging sculptures made of pastel and neutral-toned, scale-like panels.

Lopez, Joanna Keane

A man with glasses sits in a black chair on stage, gesturing with both hands while speaking. He wears a black jacket, patterned tie, and jeans, with a blue curtain in the background.

Rovelo, Carlos

A man in glasses sitting in a chair.

Rael-Galvez, Dr. Estevan

A man carrying a suitcase and equipment walks past the storefront of "dick kent photography," which has large windows displaying photos and a poster.

Kent, Dick

Two people sit across from each other in a studio with blue lighting. A table with books and a screen displaying "¡COLORES!" are between them.

Vandever, Daniel

A person with pink hair in a blue jacket speaks into a microphone, gesturing with raised hands against a purple-lit brick wall background.

Guajardo, Gigi “Bella”

An older woman wearing glasses and turquoise jewelry speaks, gesturing with her hands. A colorful star quilt with horse designs hangs in the background.

Hudson, Susan

A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat tends to tall plants supported by wires in an outdoor garden with mountains in the background.

Armijo, Kenneth

Through His Eyes: WWII Photographer Dick Kent

From the beaches of D-Day to the liberation of Dachau, photographer Dick Kent captured some of the most dramatic moments of WWII before dedicating his career to documenting Albuquerque’s rapid post-war transformation. A COLORES special.

New Mexicans Connecting with Ukrainians

Stories and experiences from within Ukraine and support found close to home.

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Stories devoted to the creative spirit. ¡COLORES! airs on New Mexico PBS as a weekly art series, airing Saturdays at 4:00pm on Ch.5.1.

Using theatrical compositions and dramatic color,

Using theatrical compositions and dramatic color,

After photographing the dramatic events of World W

After photographing the dramatic events of World W

Indigenous children’s author Daniel Vandever uses

Indigenous children’s author Daniel Vandever uses

New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp transforms co

Jessica Helen López shares how a single pomegranat

With wit and humor, slam poet Gigi “Bella” Guajard

With wit and humor, slam poet Gigi “Bella” Guajard

Activist, storyteller, Diné quilter Susan Hudson t

Activist, storyteller, Diné quilter Susan Hudson t

Activist, storyteller, Diné quilter Susan Hudson t

Retiring after 27 years at New Mexico PBS, General

Retiring after 27 years at New Mexico PBS, General

Sculptor Karen Yank reflects on her mentor Agnes M

Reimagining the ancient artform, Joan Weissman ble

@abqschools Art Teacher of the Year, Lisa Gillett

From Star Trek the Next Generation TV series to th

From Star Trek the Next Generation TV series to th

Inspired by the past, creating for the future, Ken

Inspired by the past, creating for the future, Ken

¡COLORES! Producer Tara Walch shares details about

Actor, writer, and director Morningstar Angeline r

Actor, writer, and director Morningstar Angeline r

Through explorations of Afrofuturism and ancestral

Through explorations of Afrofuturism and ancestral

Jacob Gutierrez transforms time spent on New Mexic

Jacob Gutierrez transforms time spent on New Mexic

In his new book, “Hearts in Motion, Hearts in Plac

In his new book, “Hearts in Motion, Hearts in Plac

Learn more about the history of Black Homesteaders

Saturday on ¡COLORES! Rita Powdrell and Brenda Dab

Inspired by the Chicano movement and ancestral mem

Born with a creative fire, fascinated with pop cul

Music as resistance. An affirmation in a time of w

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