Tortuga Gallery
Wells Park · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tortuga Gallery is an alternative art space in Albuquerque's Wells Park neighborhood known for experimental and outsider art, zine culture, and a fiercely independent DIY spirit that has made it an institution for the city's underground creative scene. The gallery's programming embraces work that exists outside the mainstream art market — self-taught artists, printmakers, illustrators, muralists, and makers whose practices defy easy categorization — creating a presentation of creative life in Albuquerque that is more diverse and more honest than any conventional gallery could provide. Tortuga is the beating heart of Albuquerque's alternative arts community, and essential for understanding the full range of creative activity in this complex and underestimated city.
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