New Mexico School for the Arts, Art Institute and Charter School, assists passionate young artists in developing their full potential through a rigorous mastery arts and academic education.
NMSA is a public/private partnership comprised of the NMSA-Art Institute, a nonprofit art educational institution, and the NMSA-Charter School, a New Mexico state charter high school.
Special Notice:
NMSA will be holding an audition day for the 2013-2014 school year. We are currently only auditioning Dance Department students entering into the 9th, 10th, and 11th grade. In order to audition an Inquiry Form and Application with Essay must be completed and hand-delivered or faxed to Chriss O’Neill, Admissions Coordinator, at 275 E. Alameda, Santa Fe, NM (fax:505-982-9012) no later than 10am on Tuesday May 28th. The auditions will be held on Saturday June 1st, in Santa Fe. Please direct any questions to apply@nmschoolforthearts.org
Click here for a printable application or apply online
Special Events
Final Coffee House!
Friday, May 31, 2013 7-9 p.m.
Large Rehearsal Hall, NMSA
The final Coffee House of the 2012-2013 school year will be held on Friday, May 31 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Set-up will begin at 5:30 pm. Acts will arrive at 6:15 pm to set the line-up. Students will be showing films, singing, dancing, doing stand-up and so much more. Come make this event the best one yet! If you’d like to help, please contact Roxanne Seagraves atrseagraves@nmschoolforthearts.org or Chriss O’Neill atconeill@nmschoolforthearts.org.
Help Grow NMSA! CLICK HERE to make a tax deductible contribution.
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New Mexico School for the Arts Charter School and Art Institute received an A for the 2011-2012 school year from the New Mexico Public Education Department.
For more information on NMSA’s 2011-2012 final grade please click here.
Congratulations to NMSA’s First Graduating Class!
Students from NMSA’s first graduating class have been accepted to and awarded scholarships and financial assistance to over 32 educational institutions across the country. For more information on NMSA’s Inaugural Graduation click here to read Robert Nott’s article “NMSA Sends of Inaugural Class” from the Sunday, June 3, 2012 Santa Fe New Mexican.
Note to Parents
- Dear Parents and Guardians: We invite your input into our budget process for the 2013-14 school year. Our budget is our primary tool for planning and operating each school year, whose effectiveness is improved with your feedback. A meeting will be held at school on Saturday, April 13th, at 1pm
- Please go to the Student & Parents page for weekly lunch menus, registration information, school supply lists, summer reading lists and periodic updates.
- If your child will be absent from school their absence needs to be reported to the front office by 12:00 p.m. in order to be excused. Please call (505) 310-4194 ext. 102 or e-mail KRodriguez@NMSchoolForTheArts.org.
- Please click here to be re-directed to the New Mexico Sunshine Portal. The Sunshine Portal is the official transparency and accountability portal for New Mexico state government. This is your window into government spending, budgets, revenues, employees, contracts and more.
NMSA is a public/private partnership comprised of the New Mexico School for the Arts, a state charter high school and the School for the Arts – NM, a nonprofit art education institution.