On The Boards

On Wednesday, December 10, 2025 the City of Santa Fe City Council approved an ENA agreement with Integral Studios, LLC and Blue Mesa Center for the Arts for a 73,000 square foot Center for the Arts on a 1.55 acre site located at the entrance to Midtown which is to include:

43 Live/Work Artist Units (Total), including: 12 Flex Artist L/W and/or Retail 7 Affordable Artist L/W Lofts (16%) 24 Townhouse style Artist lofts 27 Work-Only Artist Studios 5,000 SF Artist Print Shop & Classrooms 4,500 SF Commercial Gallery 3,500 SF Community Galleries (w/tenant involvement & short-term rentals) 2,400 SF Coffee House 35 parking stalls with EV Hookups

Blue Mesa Center for the Arts will be a central hub for National and International Workshops, Residencies, & Retreats in Santa Fe through the availability of its artist lofts, work studios, galleries, artist print workshops and classrooms and its incredibly bikeable, walkable Neighborhood for Artists, second to none in the country:

0.6 Mile Artisan, Northern NM & Santa Fe’s premier Artist Supplies Store
0.2 Mile MADA, Midtown’s Visual Arts Center w/10 non-profit arts related organizations
0.5 Mile Aspect Media Village, Film and High Tech Center
0.3 Mile Office Depot for FedEx shipping, typical office supplies, scanning and copying
0.2 Mile 2 Hardware Stores: Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight
0.3 Mile 2 Supermarkets: Smiths and Food King, w/Pharmacy & Liquor
150 Feet UMB Bank, plus 4 other banks within 0.5 mile
0.1 Mile Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Truck Rentals
0.6 Mile 20 Restaurants & Fast-Food Outlets

Santa Fe’s Art Community’s benefits include:
International recognition as a world capital for the Arts and Culture
Over a dozen major institutions focused on Art, Culture and History
The highest per capita concentration of artists in the country
The 2nd to 5th largest Art Sales figures of any city in the country, depending
on year and sales criteria, competing against far larger cities
More than 200 Art Galleries

Architect/Developer Glenn Robert Erikson, PhD, AIA’s background includes having designed and developed the first new construction artist live/work loft project in the Western US, he also developed numerous multifamily, loft and retail projects across the country, and for 10 years he served on the board of the largest artist live/work project in the US: the 384-unit Westbeth Center for the Arts in NYC. In addition he has participated on teams that have won numerous design awards, including a National AIA Design Award, and for 15 years he taught graduate level Urban Economics at Baruch College, City University of New York.