✦ who we are ✦
A New Mexican art house, built from the space in between.
An interdisciplinary agency building New Mexico productions and mentorship productions, strengthening New Mexico’s creative workforce across fashion, film, dance, music, poetry, museums and public art.
✦ why we created nepantla ✦
Time and again we’ve seen our people asked to be smaller, or told no. Nepantla Corazones is an undeniable yes to those who feel lost or too much, and to anyone stuck between binaries, cultures, time and borders.
We felt the burnout of working in systems not made by or for us, so we built our own: one with room to grow as independent artists, paid and believed in.
✦ the founders ✦
A Genízaro New Mexican artist, choreographer and producer who calls the South Valley home. Gabriel began dancing at age seven and has led arts residencies across 30+ New Mexico communities. He co-created CAMP, and his movement and fashion work has appeared in V Magazine and Vogue Poland.
My dream for Nepantla is to create a home where people can be fully themselves, supported by community, culture and resources.
A New Mexico–based artist working across music, dance, poetry and film, Angel makes electronic music as Jupiter’s Baby. His music has accompanied Indigenous New York Fashion Week, his film FANTASMA screened at BAFTA- and Oscar-qualifying festivals, and he co-created CAMP.
My dream for Nepantla is to make dope art.
✦ our roots ✦
Co-director talk · International Museum of Dance – New Mexico and Zozobra 101, 2025 · Watch on Vimeo ↗ · with gratitude
Before Nepantla had its name, we co-directed community research and development at IMOD-NM, where we first built CAMP. IMOD-NM, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, still backs our work today.
Our roots run through festival and art curation as much as education: Zozobra 101 before 50,000 people, Threading the Rift in Taos, runway production with SWAIA, Indigenous New York Fashion Week, museum collaborations, gallery shows and films made with New Mexico artists.
✦ the communities that shaped us ✦