Belly Dance Technique and Form

Learn the basics, then the layers, of this most ancient feminine art form. Join Naamah Hara and Dushara Dance Company every Friday at 5:30 pm. Check out the YouTube channel for current...

Photo Collage & Mixed Media Workshop with Gail Buono

Transform your Santa Fe experience into a work on paper that you can cherish for years to come. Would you like to commemorate your Santa Fe trip, making a unique art piece using your own photos? We will discuss layout of your images, black and white high contrast conversion of your photos, application to paper, and working with pastel and watercolor to complete the collage.   All art materials will be provided. Call for details regarding photos. No experience necessary. Perfect for a...

Splash Ink with Watercolor with Ming Franz

Ming will give explanation and demonstration of the unique features of Splash Ink with Watercolor, and the materials, mixing of Asian ink and primary watercolors, random and controlled pouring. Students will experience splashing ink on rice paper, drying and separation of the sheets, the resulting abstract, and listen to the color. She will also explain finishing touch and students will have a discussion of various ways to finish the painting, special effects, such as salt, alcohol,...

Team Building Through Art with Julianna Poldi

Small paintings on paper workshop for larger groups at my studio or your hotel. The experience of creating individual works of art and sharing the results in a group show, fosters team building. Participants gain confidence in creative problem solving and learn new skills enhanced by the group...

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DIY Santa Fe: A Creative Tourism Journey – March 2014

DIY Santa Fe: A Creative Tourism Journey is a project of Santa Fe Creative Tourism and the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission, taking place in March 2014. A month-long showcase of the rich arts heritage and culture of Santa Fe, New Mexico, DIY Santa Fe is an opportunity to spend your spring break realizing your creative potential with one of more than 200 of Santa Fe’s finest artists and artisans. For more information, please contact Brent E. Hanifl, B.E.Hanifl & Associates, (608)...

BODY Events

BODY of Santa Fe offers a variety of interactive and instructional classes and workshops to support your healthy lifestyle. Founded by Lorin Parrish in 2004, BODY is a yoga and dance studio, café, spa, fitness center and boutique as well as a childcare center and yoga teacher training facility located in downtown Santa Fe. Built on the premise of functioning as a community center that inspires and encourages wellness, BODY is known for its commitment to sustainable, organic and fair-trade...

Santa Fe Creative Tourism: Year of Sweepstakes, Contests, and Giveaways

SANTA FE, NM — September 2013. Santa Fe Creative Tourism announces a year of workshop giveaways in partnership with Heritage Hotels. This exciting new series of contests and sweepstakes invites participants to share their best ideas, talents, and creations in an effort to win a free workshop with one of Santa Fe’s finest artists. Five giveaways are planned through April 2014, with three already underway: Facebook Fiber Arts Contest: Are you handy with a needle and thread? Does a ball of...

Stepping into Your Divinity: Mastering New-Earth Energies with Ancient Wisdom

In her popular memoir, Sojourns of the Soul: One Woman’s Journey around the World and into Her Truth (Quest Books), award-winning author Dana Micucci takes you to seven of the world’s most exotic, sacred destinations—from the Australian Outback to Angkor in Cambodia, Egypt, Tibet, the Yucatan, New Mexico and Peru—to explore their ancient mysteries and esoteric wisdom.In this dynamic workshop, Dana shares transformational tools and teachings from these wisdom traditions that will lead to a...

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Beyond Paint and Paper with Julia Cairns

In this fun workshop, we will explore the use of different materials to create a painting on board. Using acrylic paints, papers, fabric, block prints, reverse transfers and just about anything that is not glued down that should be. Bring your imagination and a willingness to break free from your ‘comfort zone’. Julia uses many different mediums in some of her paintings and although this may seem intimidating to many, it is actually suprisingly spontaneous and fun. We all possess an inner...

Caption Contest

Call for Artists

Energy Heals: Private workshop with energy healing, healing art and healing movements

Energy Healing with Maury is an awakening journey of your mind body and soul cleansing emotional/body memories to facilitate re-balancing and healing. Qigong Energy Healing is the ancient Chinese art and science of re-balancing your subtle energy body, rejuvenating your physical body and healing emotional issues by releasing disease/energy obstructions, which are often trauma based. Energy is the medium which connects the Mind, Emotions, Body and Spirit. Exploring Energy as a gateway to true...

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Mixed Media Collage Workshops with Sandra Duran Wilson

Mixed Media Collage is the art of incorporating paint, pastel, drawing, textures and found materials by gluing and layering onto canvas or paper. You will also learn transfer techniques using your own photographs or found imagery. We work with color and composition to assist you in the creative process. Capture and translate your Santa Fe experience visually. Mixed Media Collage workshops are designed to meet all levels of experience; from curious creative amateurs to professional artists. You...

Digital Filmmaking

LEARN THE SECRETS & SHORTCUTS OF FILM EDITING NAVIGATE WITH EASE THROUGH THE DIGITAL VIDEO PROGRAMS An extensive two-day workshop exploring digital filmmaking processes designed for the novice & experienced. On completion of the workshop you will have a short film of your own to take home or put on YouTube!! Each person will explore their own creative visions while solving artistic and technical...

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Painting with Texture with Andrea Cermanski

Spend a few hours painting with me! I teach a variety of painting courses in either encaustic or acrylic in my large, sunny studio in Santa Fe county. All materials are provided and the classes are open to all levels. I have a Masters in Art Education and have been painting for over 15 years. Visit the William and Joseph Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe to see my work, or go to my website. Texture adds contrast, beauty and interest to art works. In this workshop students will learn how to...

Miniature Painting With Margot Guerrera

We all have ideas for recreating magical shapes of color that has meaning and significance, that especially speaks to our hearts of endearing memories. This is a playshop of exploring the same materials used by artists in previous centuries to paint in miniature. You will be guided through eco-friendly watercolors and water soluble oil pigments that are also non toxic. Whether you choose to draw or paint abstract, stylistically or in realism, is all up to you. All skill levels are welcome....

Private Clay Classes with Adel

Private Clay Classes with Adel of Hand Star Designs. No experience necessary. 20 Yrs experience working in clay and over 10 Yrs teaching. Handbuilding or Wheelthrowing...

Bobbie Goodrich Photo Workshops

Photo workshops & international tours by award winning photographer bobbie goodrich. Santa fe based workshops include photo shoots and digital darkroom...

Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Stoneware with Green River Pottery

An experienced teacher & full-time studio potter, Theo teaches on an individualized basis in his studio. Often, students have some experience with clay already – but beginners are welcome too. A two-hour session at the studio usually starts with a discussion of what you’d like to explore – the wheel? hand-building? throwing & altering? Arrangements can be made to glaze, fire, & ship work you produce during the session. Related:  Five Questions with Theo...

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3-day Intuitive Painting Workshop / July 19-21, 2013

Join a 3-day workshop in process painting/intuitive painting. Over a 3-day period, participants connect to a deeper joy of creative flow. We notice, how and when we allow creative blocks, using a process of open-ended questioning to release these blocks, accessing more and more fluid creative energy to enter our lives. Attention is placed on the moment-to-moment act of painting, not on technique, skill or end result. Cost: $305 / $285 if you mention Santa Fe Creative Tourism When: July 19-21,...

Santa Fe 5-Day HDR Field Photography Workshop & Digital Darkroom Boot-Camp – September 27-October 1, 2013

Santa Fe 5-Day HDR Field Photography Workshop & Digital Darkroom Boot-Camp 2013 September 27-October 1, 2013 Spend five days in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico with Matt Suess and Christine Hauber photographing in and around Santa Fe as well as spending valuable classroom time learning how to process and enhance your photos using Photoshop & Elements, Camera Raw & Lightroom, and extremely powerful plugins from Nik Software such as Viveza 2 & HDR Efex Pro 2 during our 3rd Annual...

Artist Talk: Narcissus Quagliata – Archetypes and Visions in Light and Glass / July 17, 2013

Artist Talk: Narcissus Quagliata – Archetypes and Visions in Light and Glass / July 17, 2013 Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata pioneered the methods that have broken the boundaries of glass as an art medium. He has created large-scale projects on three continents, including Divinity in Light installed on a Michelangelo basilica in the artist’s native Rome. Quagliata will use this and other projects as a lens through which to discuss the significance of light as a relevant medium in the...

Monotype Printmaking: Mixed Media / Chine Colle’/ Collage & Private Classes / June 29-30, 2013

Monotype Printmaking: Mixed Media / Chine Colle’/ Collage & Private Classes / June 29-30, 2013 An extensive two day monotype printmaking workshop exploring the monotype and other processes designed for the novice & experienced. On completion of the workshop you will have four finished art pieces of your own to take home! The workshop will cover the following techniques: multiple plate monotypes, stencils, calligraphs, viscosity monotypes, chine colle’, and mixed media. The class...

One Day Intuitive Painting Workshop / July 13, 2013

One Day Painting Experience in process painting/intuitive painting. Participants connect with a deepening joy and creative freedom. Attention is placed on a moment to moment flow, not technique or content. Thus this workshop is for novice or experienced painter. Materials are provided. Witness the magic of painting for process not product. Experience the power of brush and paint. Free the creative flow within. Learn the joy of painting for process. Release judgement and expectation. Experience...

Ghost Ranch Family Week / July, 1 2013

Ghost Ranch Family Week / July, 1 2013 Family Week provides rich opportunities for families of all shapes and sizes to enjoy time together in study, creative arts, play and adventure. Activities include campfires, games, hikes, yoga, waterfront activities, an arts center for creativity, a musical concert, outdoor movie nights and Coffee House, the Ghost Ranch version of a talent show. To celebrate independence day there will be a parade and July 4th celebration with fireworks (weather...

Monotype Printmaking: Mixed Media / Chine Colle’/ Collage & Private Classes / June 15-16, 2013

Monotype Printmaking: Mixed Media / Chine Colle’/ Collage & Private Classes / June 15-16, 2013 An extensive two day monotype printmaking workshop exploring the monotype and other processes designed for the novice & experienced. On completion of the workshop you will have four finished art pieces of your own to take home! The workshop will cover the following techniques: multiple plate monotypes, stencils, calligraphs, viscosity monotypes, chine colle’, and mixed media. The class...

Digital Filmmaking / June 15-16, 2013

  Digital Filmmaking- Produce a unique memorable vacation or marketing video LEARN THE SECRETS & SHORTCUTS OF FILM EDITING NAVIGATE WITH EASE THROUGH THE DIGITAL VIDEO PROGRAMS An extensive two-day workshop exploring digital filmmaking processes designed for the novice & experienced. On completion of the workshop you will have a short film of your own to take home or put on YouTube!! Each person will explore their own creative visions while solving artistic and technical problems. The...

Arduino Workshop with Steven M. Miller / June 22-23 2013

Arduino Workshop with Steven M. Miller / June 22-23 2013 Day 1: Introduction to the Arduino micro-controller board and software programming interface (IDE) Programming basics: data structures, programming syntax, conditional branching, etc. Interfacing Arduino with various input & output devices (sensors/controls and actuators/displays), such as: LEDs, switches, buttons, potentiometers & pressure sensors (variable resistors), piezos, etc. Day 2: Arduino & Max (interactive sound)...

Soul Art Workshops

Life is brighter when you express yourself! Fun, creative, transformative, joyful, quiet, exuberant… Soul Art is a deep natural process of writing, painting, and collage, transforming you as only art can do… A sacred space to connect with your inner wisdom and birth the new ideas, projects, and transformations that your heart is calling for. And just plain have fun. Soul Art is for you if… You would love to have a big, juicy, creative experience in a safe and loving atmosphere....

Digital Filmmaking / June 22-23, 2013

Digital Filmmaking- Produce a unique memorable vacation or marketing video LEARN THE SECRETS & SHORTCUTS OF FILM EDITING NAVIGATE WITH EASE THROUGH THE DIGITAL VIDEO PROGRAMS An extensive two-day workshop exploring digital filmmaking processes designed for the novice & experienced. On completion of the workshop you will have a short film of your own to take home or put on YouTube!! Each person will explore their own creative visions while solving artistic and technical problems. The...

Digital Filmmaking / June 29-30, 2013

Digital Filmmaking- Produce a unique memorable vacation or marketing video LEARN THE SECRETS & SHORTCUTS OF FILM EDITING NAVIGATE WITH EASE THROUGH THE DIGITAL VIDEO PROGRAMS An extensive two-day workshop exploring digital filmmaking processes designed for the novice & experienced. On completion of the workshop you will have a short film of your own to take home or put on YouTube!! Each person will explore their own creative visions while solving artistic and technical problems. The...

Digital Filmmaking / June 1-2, 2013

Digital Filmmaking- Produce a unique memorable vacation or marketing video LEARN THE SECRETS & SHORTCUTS OF FILM EDITING NAVIGATE WITH EASE THROUGH THE DIGITAL VIDEO PROGRAMS An extensive two-day workshop exploring digital filmmaking processes designed for the novice & experienced. On completion of the workshop you will have a short film of your own to take home or put on YouTube!! Each person will explore their own creative visions while solving artistic and technical problems. The...

Mastering Light & Creative Seeing for Outdoor Photographers / June 3-7, 2013

Mastering Light & Creative Seeing for Outdoor Photographers / June 3-7, 2013 Mastering Light & Creative Seeing is what elevates and defines you as a photographer and takes you beyond technical competency. In this 5 day outdoor and landscape based workshop we learn to pre-visualize, design,and compose outdoor images that convey emotion or a strong sense of place, that are colorful, tonally balanced and beautifully lit. During Mastering Light & Creative Seeing our time will be...

Mountains, Canyons, and Adobe – Landscapes of Northern New Mexico / May 20-24, 2013

Mountains, Canyons, and Adobe – Landscapes of Northern New Mexico / May 20-24, 2013 The focus of this workshop will be capturing the  Landscapes of Northern New Mexico and understanding the beautiful enchanted light of the Southwest. Prime locations we visit include sweeping views of the Sangre de Cristo range, the deep canyon of the Rio Grande Gorge as well as the historic and unique adobe architecture. Depending upon snowpack, we will venture up to a private ranch in Taos Ski Valley...