DIY Santa Fe – Santa Fe Creative Tourism

Escape to the tranquil and beautiful village, with its breathtaking mountain views, surrounding gardens and Santa Cruz River. Discover Medina Gallery, meet the artist, and enjoy a fixed menu at the Cafe. Includes yoga, tea, lunch and a hands on workshop (based on day chosen). Tues: Retablos & Murals, Wed & Fri: Tin Smithing, Thurs: Oil Painting

Students build a rocking chair and leave with the finished product. Each participant is provided with templates to expedite the process and execute each step of the project. Students work on their own chair and have some choice about size and design.

Historic Medina Gallery, Chile Shop & Cafe is located at the heart of El Potrero Chimayo. Walking distance from the famous, El Santurario de Chimayo Shrine and Santo Nino Chapel. Escape to the tranquil and beautiful village, with its breathtaking mountain views, surrounding gardens and Santa Cruz River.

  Maria Lorraine Vigil, well known for her hand carved cedar and pine crosses will be showing her work at the St. Francis Hotel in Santa Fe on December 27th and 28th from 9 AM until 4 PM. Each piece that Maria Lorraine creates is inspired with continuous prayer for the person that will be [...]

My Name is Patricio Chavez. I am 34 years old and have lived in Chimayo, New Mexico all my life. I have a deep closeness to El Santuario de Chimayo. I am a direct descendent of Francisco Chavez. He was the caretaker and landowner around the Santuario. My family has lived in Chimayo for five [...]

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 [...]

We want all who walk through our doors to share in the “Artisan Experience”. We sell supplies to fuel creativity, share our knowledge of how to use them and give exceptional service to make everyone feel special. We strive to have fun in our jobs and create such an environment for our customers. We treat [...]

Members of the Art Through the Loom Guild and the El Rito 7 will be showing their works at Ghost Ranch through August. Come to meet the artists and enjoy their weaving, tinwork, stoneware artifacts, tapestry, retablos and santos, platinum/palladium photographs, prints and pottery. When: July 16, 2011 Where: Ghost Ranch, HC 77 Box 11, [...]

We provide traditional music for local, cultural, educational, spiritual events, tour groups and private gatherings in New Mexico. Paul and Grace Jones perform original native flute music. We also demonstrate traditional flute building and offer flute building workshops, using all hand tools. Files, chisels, saws, oil, sandpaper, to build flutes. Paul and Grace build, Sioux, [...]

This year, 2011, marks the second year of THE ABIQUIU WORKSHOPS headquartered in , on the Chama River, 45 miles North West of Santa Fe, N.M. The Abiquiu Workshops is pleased to announce the partnership with The Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center, located in the Valley of the Shining Stone. This is the area [...]

Starlight Ranch is a beautiful, inspirational setting for artist workshops and retreats; classes are small with lots of demonstrations and personal attention (lunch included)! Our teachers have a long history in New Mexico (either born here or worked and taught here for years); you only have to go to their websites (linked from Starlight Ranch) [...]

This class is an introduction to direct carving techniques for wood sculpture. Begin with whole logs and by utilizing a variety of carving tools, from chain saw to wood lathe to chisel, explore the most direct path from idea to form. Surface treatments and texture will also be explored as a means of enhancing the [...]

Marquetry is a technique where different colors of wood veneers are carefully cut to fit precisely together creating a design in wood. The workshop will focus on the double-bevel method of marquetry. This highly accurate technique is cut by hand and creates tightly fitting marquetry pieces. With practice, the cutting of the veneers can be [...]

Students build a rocking chair and leave with the finished product. Each participant is provided with templates to expedite the process and execute each step of the project. Students work on their own chair and have some choice about size and design. Students provide some of their own tools and supplies; wood is covered by [...]

Website: http://markgardnerstudio.com Workshop Description ; Carving Techniques For Wood Sculpture August 1-5, 2011 I have always enjoyed working with my hands. I’ve done lots of different things with my hands, from set construction and painting, to sculpting clay to woodworking. There is something about working with wood that gives me the most satisfaction. I started [...]

“Creating one-of-a-kind furniture represents a unique blending of the beauty and elegance of the natural world and that created by the human imagination.“ Website:  http://www.cvstevens.com Workshop Description   I studied furnituremaking at the College of Redwoods in northern California, a program renowned for its excellence in craftsmanship and attention to detail. There, under the instruction [...]

  Opening Night Party – Friday, May 13, 2011, 5-7:30pm at La Tienda at Eldorado Preview Gallery – May 14-15, 2011, from 9am-5pm at La Tienda at Eldorado Open Studios – May 14-15, 2011, from 10am-5pm Open studios will show acrylics, oils, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, encaustics, sumi-e, fiber arts, glass, jewelry, sculpture, print-making, photography, [...]