Light Art Space

Name

Light Art Space

Legal name

Light Art Space

Website

https://lightartspace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Light Art Space is a single-site community art gallery in Silver City, New Mexico, founded by Karen Hymer in 2017, offering rotating exhibitions, workshops, and membership programs to local residents, regional artists, and visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Gallery Services

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Pens, Pencils & Other Artists' Materials (3950)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Community art gallery
• Juried art exhibitions
• Art workshops classes
• Artist representation services
• Annual membership program

Headquarters

HQ city

Silver City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: The gallery sells artwork from represented regional artists and exhibition participants. Sales are secondary to the primary mission of providing creative discovery experiences.
2. Membership Fees: Annual membership program with four tiers: Collector ($1000), Patron ($500), Supporter ($100), and Art Appreciator ($25). Members receive benefits including early registration for workshops, quarterly previews, and collectors' open house tours.
3. Workshops and Classes: Educational programs including altered books, boat building, colored pencil workshops, printmaking, bookbinding, and photography workshops. Pricing ranges from $50-$400+ per workshop.
4. Donations and Fundraising: Building Maintenance Fund accepts donations for facility improvements (HVAC upgrades, roof repair, gallery lighting). Also holds annual silent auctions like the 7 Year Itch Auction.
5. Government Grants: Awarded $24,593 grant from New Mexico Creative Industries Division for HVAC installation to enable year-round programming.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Light Art Space is a community art gallery and creative-discovery venue in Silver City, New Mexico, that curates rotating exhibitions of regional and national artists, offers in-person art workshops and classes across multiple media, and represents 10 regional artists. The gallery supplements its core exhibition programming with a tiered annual membership program, juried exhibitions, fundraising auctions, and a building maintenance donation fund, serving art enthusiasts, collectors, artists, and students in southwestern New Mexico.

Product overview

Light Art Space is an inclusive art gallery and creative community center in Silver City, New Mexico, offering a unified platform centered on its main gallery venue (209 West Broadway) with rotating exhibitions and juried shows. The organization provides complementary educational workshops and classes (altered books, printmaking, bookbinding, sculpture), a tiered annual membership program, fundraising events (Seven Year Itch Silent Auction), a Building Maintenance Fund for facility improvements, and representation for 10 regional artists. The product portfolio is structured around the core gallery experience supplemented by educational programming and membership benefits, serving both the local Silver City community and regional artists through juried exhibitions, workshops, and community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Light Art Space Gallery A two-story art gallery in Silver City, NM featuring rotating exhibitions of visual art across photography, painting, ceramics, printmaking, and mixed media, with a main North Gallery and Flash Gallery, open to the public Thursday-Sunday and during First Fridays.
• Workshops and Classes Educational programs including altered books workshops, boat-building workshops, colored pencil workshops, bookbinding classes, wire sculpture workshops, printmaking workshops, cyanotype workshops, and photopolymer gravure workshops taught by resident and visiting artists, with per-workshop pricing from $50 to $425+.
• Annual Membership Program Tiered annual membership program with four levels: Collector ($1000/year), Patron ($500/year), Supporter ($100/year), and Art Appreciator ($25/year). Benefits include collectors' open house tours, quarterly exhibition previews, artist talks/Q&A, early workshop registration, and founding members recognition on website and print materials.
• Artist Representation Representation services for 10 regional artists working in diverse media including photography, painting, sculpture, jewelry, and mixed media. Represented artists include Joel Armstrong, Kathleen Koopman, Karen Hymer, Craig LeCroy, and Rhonda Munzinger.
• Juried Exhibitions

Quantifiable outcome

• Represents 10 regional artists across various media

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Silver City Clay FestivalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Light Art Space participates annually in the Silver City Clay Festival (June 15-21), hosting juried clay exhibitions (Convergence, Divergence) and related events. The festival brings clay artists from across the region and includes the CLAY Market at the Murray Hotel.
• Mimbres Arts CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional arts organization that Light Art Space links to and collaborates with for community arts programming.
• Silver City Art AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLight Art Space produces the Studio Tour Gala for the SCAA Red Dot Studio Tour exhibition annually, displaying work by participating tour artists at the gallery.
• Western New Mexico University (WNMU) Cultural AffairsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGallery interfaces with WNMU by exhibiting student work and providing access to professional art for university students.
• Freestyle Photographic SuppliesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor for exhibitions including Light Dreams juried photography exhibition. Provides promotional support for gallery events.
• Sitka Center for Art and EcologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaren Hymer teaches photopolymer gravure workshops at Sitka Center on the Oregon coast, expanding her teaching reach beyond the gallery.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Axle Contemporary: Santa Fe-based mobile art gallery presenting contemporary work in alternative formats. Comparable as a small-scale New Mexico gallery experimenting with unconventional exhibition models.
• Photo-eye Gallery: Photography-focused gallery and bookstore in Santa Fe, NM. Directly comparable on photography specialization, alternative process programming, and serving a regional Southwestern collector base.
• Mattress Factory: Pittsburgh museum of contemporary installation art. Comparable in its focus on installation and experimental media, though at significantly larger scale and geographic distance.
• Harwood Art Center: Community arts center in Albuquerque, NM offering exhibitions, workshops, and artist studios. Comparable as a New Mexico nonprofit-leaning community gallery with educational programming and artist support.
• CURRENTS New Media: Santa Fe-based organization presenting experimental, time-based, and new media art. Comparable in its focus on underrepresented media (installation, video, experimental) and curated exhibition programming.
• Elsewhere Studios: Artist residency and creative space in Paonia, Colorado. Comparable as a small rural community arts organization offering workshops, residencies, and exhibitions.
• 516 ARTS: Albuquerque-based contemporary art space focused on exhibitions and community programs. Comparable as a New Mexico nonprofit art space with rotating exhibitions and educational mission.

Broad incumbents

• SITE Santa Fe: Established contemporary art institution in Santa Fe presenting large-scale exhibitions. Broader and better-resourced than LAS, but operates in the same New Mexico ecosystem competing for the same regional artists and audience.
• Center for Creative Photography: University of Arizona photography archive, museum, and exhibition space. Comparable through its photography specialization and Karen Hymer's existing relationship (work in collection), though significantly larger and institutional.

Regional players

• LewAllen Gallery: Santa Fe gallery representing contemporary artists across media. Comparable as a New Mexico regional gallery, though focused on higher-end collector sales rather than community education.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Lightartspace

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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