by DIY Editor
on February 19, 2013
in Abstract, Acrylic, Assemblage Collage & Book Arts, Basketry, Ceramics, Culinary Arts & Cooking Classes, Day & Road Trips, Design Voluntourism Science, Digital, DIY Santa Fe Art Month / March 2013, Drawing & Mixed Media, Elizabeth Mesh, Encaustic Painting & Plein Air, Events, Family Friendly & Cooking Classes, Glass & Jewelry, Green & Outdoors, Intuitive, Lace, Landscape, Literary Arts & Print Making, March Workshops, Metal, Mixed Media, monoprints, Monotype, oil, Painting, Pastel, Photography, Plein Air, Pottery & Sculpture, Print Making, Resort Specials & Vacation Packages, Spinning, Still Life, Stonecarving, The Daily Feed, Tin Arts, Traditional Arts, Visionary Painting, Watercolor, Weaving & Fiber Arts
DIY Santa Fe – A Creative Way to Discover Santa Fe Special workshops, classes and lodging offers in March, 2013 www.diysantafe.org Santa Fe is helping everyone help find their inner artist this spring by experiencing, first hand, what makes Santa Fe, New Mexico a nationally recognized center of creativity. Abundant visual arts fill the city with galleries, [...]
by DIY Editor
on March 27, 2012
in Artist Update, Elizabeth Mesh, Ongoing workshops, Traditional Arts
The art of pysanky, (or egg decorating using a wax resist method) began about 4,000 years ago in what is now Eastern Europe. The egg was a powerful mystery to the ancient people as something living could come from its shell. Decorated eggs were given to loved ones to ward off evil in life and in [...]
by DIY Editor
on January 13, 2012
in Elizabeth Mesh, March Workshops, Mixed Media, Resort Specials & Vacation Packages, Traditional Arts
Learn from one of the best egg painters in the country how to use those symbols to decorate a unique, Southwestern egg. With beeswax and candles, you will paint an egg using pysanky, a process that is 4,000 years old. In addition to having beautiful artwork you made, you will be educated about all the symbols you see in Santa Fe.
by DIY Editor
on January 10, 2012
in Elizabeth Mesh, Green & Outdoors, March Workshops, Resort Specials & Vacation Packages
Be prepared to learn about Santa Fe Art in a whole new and fun way! This 3-hour event will have you hopping all over Santa Fe; exploring galleries, historical sites, and museums. Before the race begins, partners will be given information on the art sites they may want to explore in Santa Fe.
by DIY Editor
on December 15, 2011
in Abstract, Acrylic, Assemblage Collage & Book Arts, Ceramics, Creative Tourism, A Global Conversation, Diane G. Rolncik, Drawing & Mixed Media, Elizabeth Mesh, Encaustic Painting & Plein Air, Family Friendly & Cooking Classes, Glass & Jewelry, Landscape, Literary Arts & Print Making, March Workshops, Mixed Media, oil, Painting, Pastel, Photography, Pottery & Sculpture, Still Life, Visionary Painting, Watercolor, Weaving & Fiber Arts
To commemorate DIY Santa Fe, Santa Fe Creative Tourism and the Inn and Spa at Loretto are giving away a two-night, art-inspired getaway to Santa Fe in March 2012. To enter, contestants can visit DIY Santa Fe to complete the entry form (located below), which asks contestants to summarize in 150-words or less, what [...]
by DIY Editor
on December 14, 2011
in Abstract, Acrylic, Assemblage Collage & Book Arts, Ceramics, Day & Road Trips, Design Voluntourism Science, Drawing & Mixed Media, Elizabeth Mesh, Encaustic Painting & Plein Air, Family Friendly & Cooking Classes, Glass & Jewelry, Green & Outdoors, Landscape, Literary Arts & Print Making, March Workshops, Mixed Media, oil, Painting, Pastel, Photography, Pottery & Sculpture, Print Making, Resort Specials & Vacation Packages, Still Life, The Daily Feed, Tin Arts, Traditional Arts, Visionary Painting, Watercolor, Weaving & Fiber Arts
Experience the Land of Enchantment in a truly hands-on manner while getting to know the city’s art, culture, history, heritage and people. Santa Fe Creative Tourism and The Inn and Spa at Loretto have partnered to present our DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package, featuring fabulous workshops, classes and experiences taught by local [...]
by DIY Editor
on December 6, 2011
in Artist Update, Assemblage Collage & Book Arts, Elizabeth Mesh, Green & Outdoors, Mixed Media, Ongoing workshops, Painting, Traditional Arts, Visionary Painting
This summer I could not mountain bike as my knee was recovering from an accident. I spent a lot of time out in the woods and near the river. And I spent a lot of time drawing. Using an ink pen, sometimes thick, sometimes fine, I drew everything I saw. I spent hours experiencing the [...]
