Cone Six Soda Firing & Construction with Logan Wannamaker / May 27-June 1, 2013 In this Cone Six Soda Firing & Construction workshop we will be learning how to create a soda kiln out of a used electric kiln. We will be making pots and for the soda kiln and firing the kiln twice through [...]

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.

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 [...]

Black-and-white photography is an ideal and timeless vehicle for enhancing the beauty of almost any subject matter. It highlights composition, intensifies texture, and evokes the visual essence of the subject. For the modern photographer who wants to elevate their level of expertise in this classic medium, there’s no better or more accessible tool than Adobe Photoshop.

Take a workshop creating your own piece of functional art. Students will create a 10″x10″ glass tile trivet using 1″ x 1″ and 2″x 2″ glass tiles with different colors. Choose and set your design on Saturday and grout your piece on Sunday. Find out how fun it is working with glass tile. Take your piece home and put it to use.

You will THINK OUTSIDE the BOX and engage in Deep Relaxation exercises, Vision Quests, Guided Imagery, Creative Visualization exercises that are underwritten with NLP, Hypnotherapy, Transpersonal Psychology & Art Techniques that unveil your inner-wisdom for answers to life’s questions.

  Stay Weird with Max Lehamn / May 18-19, 2013 In this two day workshop participants will work with Max as he explores the spontaneous side of the creative process. Demonstrations and activities will be geared towards working fast and not over-thinking. Throughout the weekend Max will present collaborative and group activities that will inform [...]

As part of EVFAC’s Free Friday Talk series, Elizabeth Buckley will talk about how she moves from idea to woven form in a slide lecture on her process as a tapestry artist and the evolution of her work over the past 25 years. She will include the pivotal time she spent weaving in the atelier of Gisèle Glaudin-Brivet in Aubusson, France. Elizabeth Buckley is a well-known weaver with over 30 years experience teaching. She is the owner of Heritage Tapestries in Albuquerque and a published authority on tapestry weaving.

Cast Glass Workshops with Maya Tile / May 2013

Maya Tile is now offering cast glass workshops in the art of casting glass. We have recently moved into our new space in Santa Fe, at Lamesadevenn. Ryan Helean, IMG_20130204_143818co-owner of Maya Tile, is leading the cast glass workshops. Ryan’s years of artistic experience and gentle teaching demeanor create a teaching environment free of ridicule.

This workshop will include not only the clay mono printing process where participant are able to create 4 or more prints, but we will also be creating pots from our clay printing slabs.

Would you like to share memories and celebrate new experiences through art and creativity? Join us and give the gift of art to yourself and to your friends and Everything is glad to be alivefamily. All levels of experience, from total beginner to professional artist, are welcome.

Art Journaling is a way to record your deepest thoughts and emotions through art making and writing. It is both a diary and sketchbook; a container for memories, Art of Tarot Paintinghopes and dreams. It is a way to experiment with different art supplies and techniques. It is both playful and healing and can be a guide to finding answers.

By the end of the workshop, you have newly acquired picture-making skills, along with a solid grasp of digital photography technology and sense of being at ease working with your digital SLR camera. Be prepared to return home ready to show off the dynamic images you created during your photographic education in Santa Fe!

  Watercolor Journaling with Don Getz / May 1-3, 2013 The thrill of creating watercolor journals lies in the simplicity of the entire process. A watercolor travel palette, pen, pencil, water container, journal book with watercolor paper pages and personal items like a stool and sunscreen allow you to work at locations during a trip [...]

Tapestry weaving is the ultimate slow fiber movement. It is also a tradition that is deeply rooted in New Mexico. Santa Fe is the center of that mix of Hispanic, Native American, and contemporary tapestry weaving and the result is unique. Rebecca Mezoff’s tapestry studio in the Second Street art district is a beautiful place [...]

In this workshop we will draft a pant sloper. We will discuss measurement, then sew up a muslin. You will learn to make fit corrections, then we will teach you how to use this pattern to design and pattern more pants. Once you have a perfect fit, the options are endless!

This workshop addresses ways to create pots with a generous sense of volume and fluidity of line using wheel-thrown and altered porcelain. Meaden’s vocabulary of forms ranges from pots for daily use to atypical forms such as watering cans and spoons.

Learn to heal yourself and others using Reiki, the ancient art of hands-on energy healing. This two-day class teaches the history of Usui Reiki, meditations, techniques for self-healing and a full-body healing treatment for others. Plenty of time for practicing and you will receive a treatment, too. Reiki attunements, manual and certification are included.

Learn traditional weaving skills from a master New Mexican fiber artist. Covering loom construction, dressing the loom and weaving, students will create two projects: a small Rio Grande–style piece and a jerga-type twill piece. Take this class if you have never woven, or as a refresher course if you are rusty and would like a review.

Take a fresh look at your life and make needed changes by holding “A New Conversation” with yourself. You’ll be surprised about what you’ll learn and … have FUN doing it! MAY 8 – “The First Night” kicks off a New Series of Personal Growth Workshops that promote Thinking Outside the Box. It introduces you [...]

Story 360º: Turn Your Stories Around / Starts May 2, 2013 A creative writing workshop to generate new fiction/memoir and experiment with different approaches Shift points of view, switch major and minor characters, play with plot and setting – all to get at our work from many angles All writing levels welcome. Culminates in a [...]

Joyce creates an atmosphere where you can be inspired not only as a photographer, but as a human being. The Workshops’ serene and beautiful campus, on the grounds of the IHM Retreat Center and Carmelite Monastery, lends itself to quiet reflection and forward thinking. Our primary meeting space, the Sunmount Room, has a rich legacy of creative endeavors, having been the site of past readings by Willa Cather, Ezra Pound, and Robert Frost.

Painting for process. Come and explore the paint, brush and paper. 4 hours of open studio, using tempera and paper.cssf3151
No previous art background necessary. Just time to be with oyour own expressions, with color, shape and image as it beckons you to explore. Play and Enjoy.

Day 1: High Road to Taos: Locations will include Native and Hispanic villages on the High Road to Taos, such as Picuris Pueblo, Las Trampas, Truchas and the “Lourdes of America” – Historic Santuario de Chimayo. Lunch at Rancho de Chimayo where we can talk about photography and the events of the morning in the [...]

ART QUILT SANTA FE is a quilt workshop, a fiber art workshop and a quilt retreat dedicated to supplying a unique Santa Fe experience. We provide workshops that include quilting techniques, fiber art techniques, understanding color and design, working on and creating quilts under the mentoring and direction of experienced nationally known teachers and quilters.

Imagine traveling without heavy D-SLR cameras, clunky laptops, wires, card readers, expensive software, and devices with short battery life. While we may love taking photographs with the iPhone, sometimes we long to use lenses or to have low-light capabilities that our smartphones just can’t handle.

The classes will take place March 26 through June 4, 2013. Sessions will include how to participate in the Santa Fe Creative Tourism program, increasing web presence, savvy social media usage, and other business development topics, as well as an interactive workshop on pricing artwork. Business Development Assistance Spring 2013

A New Conversation Workshop / May 22, 2013 ~Discover Subconscious Wisdom ~Envision Your True-Self ~Create a New Life This workshop invites you to hold ”A New Conversation” with yourself to look at life differently to raise your spiritual consciousness. You will THINK OUTSIDE the BOX and engage in Deep Relaxation exercises, Vision Quests, Guided Imagery and [...]

A New Conversation Workshop / May 29, 2013 Come Join Us! This workshop invites you to hold ”A New Conversation” with yourself to look at life differently. You will THINK OUTSIDE the BOX and engage in Deep Relaxation exercises, Vision Quests, Guided Imagery, Creative Visualization exercises that are underwritten with NLP, Hypnotherapy, Transpersonal Psychology & Art [...]

This class focuses on fitting and finishing details, the beautiful difference between off the rack and couture. Some of the things you will learn about are the use of interlining and interfacing, beautiful hems, seam finishes, boning and hand picked zippers. For advanced sewers.

A New Conversation Workshop / May 15, 2013 This workshop invites you to hold ”A New Conversation” with yourself to look at life differently to raise your spiritual consciousness. You will THINK OUTSIDE the BOX and engage in Deep Relaxation exercises, Vision Quests, Guided Imagery and Creative Visualization Exercises that are underwritten with (NLP) Neuro-Linguistic Programming, [...]

Sara Eyestone introduces systems to make more studio time and methods for cataloging photography, art, mail, tax deductions, and finances. She shares sources for wholesale art and frame suppliers, publishing contacts, and valuable Internet information. The artist also presents ways to attract more press and personal appearances, including television and magazine articles.

  Outdoor Landscape Painting / May 12-16, 2013 Paint outdoors this spring in the majestic and scenic art colony of Taos, New Mexico with outdoor landscape painting. Gaze out on towering peaks and down into the cavernous Rio Grande Gorge for inspiration during five days of demonstrations and discussions about light effects, composition, color mixing [...]

Join a Santa Fe artist each Friday afternoon to explore various mediums including clay, paint, fiber, wax resist and recycled materials. A different artist each week. This is a drop in program and is appropriate for all ages. When: Every Friday Where: 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Time: 3:30 – 5:30 Cost: [...]

Tony’s style is seamless and smooth and his partners will attest, dancing with Tony is like riding a wave. He has been dancing professionally and performing at age 13 in a Salsa Dancing Group, appearing on television and touring in his native Mexico.