In partnership with Albuquerque’s Creative Startups, the New Mexico History Museum proudly debuts a New Mexico chapter of the international CreativeMornings program. Each month, alternating between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, we’ll offer casual talks for graphic designers, authors, artists and other creative professionals, focused on various themes. For the kickoff, enjoy pastries and coffee from the Santa Fe Baking Co., and light music by Santa Fe’s Laser Cats. Do a little creative networking and hear a talk on this month’s global theme, Humility, from Robert Martin, executive and artistic director of the Lensic Performing Arts Center. These events are free and open to the public.
Next month’s event will be hosted in the Duke City by Albuquerque’s Creative Startups. Speaker, site and date TBA. Check back here for details.
CreativeMornings is a network of 106 host cities around the world. Talks are recorded and posted online. Learn more at www.creativemornings.com and watch the Santa Fe and Albuquerque application videos at https://vimeo.com/118654489 and https://vimeo.com/120385415.
Robert Martin has been executive and artistic director of the nonprofit Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, since it opened in 2001 after a $10 million renovation. The 821-seat theater, built in 1931, now presents and hosts more than 200 events each year. Martin is responsible for all artistic programming and oversees fundraising, marketing, community outreach, education programs, and theater operations. He developed the Lensic Presents series, which features more than 45 theater, dance, music, and film events each year. Lensic Presents reflects the cultural diversity of Santa Fe and supports local, national, and international artists.
Before moving to Santa Fe, Martin lived in San Francisco, where he managed and directed programming for the Cowell and Bayfront Theaters at Fort Mason Center. He has worked with AMS Planning and Research as a consultant on the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, Z Space Studio in San Francisco, and the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles. In New York, Martin was an online producer for the Statue of Liberty Celebration’s Harbor Festival. He has served as an evaluator and consultant for Creative Capital and on panels for the NEA Theater Program, the Lila Wallace Arts Partners Program, and Arts International.
Martin was an associate producer for “Body Tjak,” a collaborative performance piece that toured in Indonesia and the United States, and for many years he was producing director of the People’s Theater Festival in San Francisco. As an actor, he has performed with the Berkeley Stage Company, Asian American Theater, Z Space Collective, and Theatersports, all in the San Francisco Bay area.
Martin earned a bachelor of arts with highest honors in political sociology at the University of California-Berkeley and pursued graduate work in the History of Consciousness Program at University of California-Santa Cruz, where he taught a course on the history of political theater in America.
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