A gallery in the middle of nowhere obsessed with understanding optimal ways to use art in the transmission of lived emotions from one human being to another.
We started a publishing company entitled "Agile Meteor Press" which focuses on telling unlikely stories from our community.
These books and booklike objects support our art exhibitions and allow for a durable take home way to continue to experience the art we have on view.
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Agile Meteor Press reimagines book publishing in the 21st century by combining cutting printing technology to provide accessible art books to all while crafting books using age old wisdom for the discerning collector.
Autumn 2025
I sit gazing at a yellow cottonwood glowing in the dawn light as a flock of sandhill cranes flys overhead - their dinosaur sound echoing through the ancient rio grande rift canyon.
Fall is here and TorC is bustling with activity - openings, tours, performances, concerts, races, and mirth. Our little oasis community is alive and flourishing despite the chaos of the world. Art, here, persists in a continuation amidst adversity.
Past
June 9th, 2025: Smithsonian Magazine picks Truth or Consequences, New Mexico as one of the 15 best small towns in the USA. TorC Contemporary is highlighted in the article for the art we have on view and our community etching press.
July 12th: Mainstreet Truth or Consequences Second Saturday Art Hop - we will have the inaugural illumination of our new art signage installation at 8:45pm.
July 20th: Launch of Agile Meteor Press
present
November 7th, 2025: Pasatiempo article on Women of Consequences and Agile Meteor Press released.
November 8th, 2025: Art Hop
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November 14th, 2025: Women of Consequences release Party 6-8pm at the gallery main space 312 Main Ave, TorC NM.
December 13th, 2025: Art Hop
January 10th, 2025: Art Hop
February 20, 21, & 22nd 2026: MeTeORiC 2026 festival. Submissions are now open - use this form.
Art on view
Truth or Consequences Contemporary exhibits a wide variety of art from a diverse range of local, regional and national artists.
Below you will find a large selection of varied artworks from the wearable to the cerebral.
Handloom
Sculpture
Intaglio
Painting
Printmaking
Art Clothing
Adornment
Agile Meteor Press
Jeannie Ortiz
Kyle Parker Cunningham
Knives
Thomas Phillip Laidig
A moment in creation.
Our community etching press makes the equipment of printmaking and bookbinding available to artists of the southwest and beyond.
In celebration of the monsoon season which brings the desert to life and sustains it throughout the year we have installed this new art signage.
Historically our building is known as the Luchini Electric Building so we pay homage to this lineage.
Kyle was struck by lightning while Jeannie belayed him rock climbing - that dramatic and life changing moment is now memorialized on our facade.
This piece is a gift to our historic Main Street district - a welcome reminder that rebuilding our old buildings is the lighting helping to catalyze the formation of a strong and robust community.
This installation was made possible through funding from the National Main Street Backing Small Business Grant.