The New Mexico Arts Commission and the New Mexico Arts Division call for nominations for the 2025 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Each year, the Governor recognizes the extraordinary contributions that individuals and organizations make to the arts in New Mexico.
The Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts were established in 1974 by then Governor Bruce King and First Lady Alice King to celebrate the significance of the arts to the State of New Mexico. For five decades a prominent and diverse group of painters, weavers, sculptors, dancers, musicians, storytellers, poets, actors, playwrights, potters, and supporters of the arts have been honored.
Nominations for the awards are invited each year from interested New Mexicans and arts groups statewide. Nominations are reviewed by the New Mexico Arts Commission and the Governor.
This year’s awardees will be honored at a ceremony on October 16, 2025, in the historic St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.
Click here to complete the 2025 nomination form.
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