The Cultural Arts Center of the Turquoise Trail will be a venue for a variety of performing artists including theatre, dance, music, and film. It will also provide a diverse environment where education in the performing, cinematic and visual arts is offered to people of all ages within the Albuquerque/Santa Fe metro area.

The center will provide a theatre space and additional classrooms for the East Mountain Charter High School that will enable them to develop and expand their arts program.