Our mission is to foster cross-cultural understanding through cultivation, promotion, presentation and preservaion of culturally significant artists and their works from around the globe.

To provide & promote open and equal access to our resources and services in order to meet the informational, educational, technological and cultural needs of our diverse community in a welcoming, convenient and responsive manner.

Teaching cross cultural understanding and media literacy to middle school students nation wide through an integrated program based on quality films.

To provide leadership for the advancement of education and research in visual communication for the health sciences.

To provide educational courses and advance the skills of the ocularist profession.

The mission of the placitas artists series is to promote and encourage public interest in and support of the performing and visual arts in southern sandoval county, nm by providing high quality performances and exhibits in a stimulating environment; and to provide outreach programs to our community.