DIY: A Creative Tourism Journey features exclusive savings on lodgings during the entire month of March. *Guests book their accommodations directly with the hotel, bed and breakfast, or inn of their choice. *Guests reserve all workshops directly with the artist of their interest. Please contact artist(s) prior to booking your room reservation to ensure workshop [...]

5-Day Expressive Painting with Cathy Carey /  Starts March 18, 2013 Do you love the color, feeling and fluid movement in Matisse and Van Gogh paintings? Explore the creative potential of expressive painting. Learn techniques to loosen up your drawing and painting, discover ways to use color and composition to communicate. Push the limits of [...]

DIY: A Creative Tourism Journey features exclusive savings on lodgings during the entire month of March. *Guests book their accommodations directly with the hotel, bed and breakfast, or inn of their choice. *Guests reserve all workshops directly with the artist of their interest. Please contact artist(s) prior to booking your room reservation to ensure workshop [...]

Glass Paperweight Making In the Hot Shop with Aurora Borealis Glassworks – This fun filled, five hour hands on class is typically one-on-one instruction, but we will take couples. You will learn how to use the tools of the trade to make 4-6 beautiful paperweights, which are yours to keep. Working in a “hot shop” is a rare and unique experience, so come and have some fun. We play with lava!

Do you love the color, feeling and fluid movement in Matisse and Van Gogh paintings? Explore the creative potential of expressive painting. Learn techniques to loosen up your drawing and painting, discover ways to use color and composition to communicate. Push the limits of your medium and get the most out of texture using layering and brush strokes.

Contact Theo at his studio-gallery in Santa Fe to learn about scheduling a 2-hour session working with stoneware clay. Beginners & advanced are welcome, and times are flexible. Learn some basics about throwing on the potter’s wheel – or target a particular area of studio practice you’d like to improve on – trimming, glazing, throwing large forms, glaze formulation, etc.

Glass Paperweight Making In the Hot Shop with Aurora Borealis Glassworks – This fun filled, five hour hands on class is typically one-on-one instruction, but we will take couples. You will learn how to use the tools of the trade to make 4-6 beautiful paperweights, which are yours to keep. Working in a “hot shop” is a rare and unique experience, so come and have some fun. We play with lava!

Egg decorating, or Pysanky, is an art that is over 4,000 years old. Explore this ancient medium with one of the best egg painters in the country. This class is also available emphasizing Southwestern symbols. In this class, we will respectfully review the shared symbols of Cowboys, Native American and Spanish origin.

Contact Theo at his studio-gallery in Santa Fe to learn about scheduling a 2-hour session working with stoneware clay. Beginners & advanced are welcome, and times are flexible. Learn some basics about throwing on the potter’s wheel – or target a particular area of studio practice you’d like to improve on – trimming, glazing, throwing large forms, glaze formulation, etc.

Contact Theo at his studio-gallery in Santa Fe to learn about scheduling a 2-hour session working with stoneware clay. Beginners & advanced are welcome, and times are flexible. Learn some basics about throwing on the potter’s wheel – or target a particular area of studio practice you’d like to improve on – trimming, glazing, throwing large forms, glaze formulation, etc.

Contact Theo at his studio-gallery in Santa Fe to learn about scheduling a 2-hour session working with stoneware clay. Beginners & advanced are welcome, and times are flexible. Learn some basics about throwing on the potter’s wheel – or target a particular area of studio practice you’d like to improve on – trimming, glazing, throwing large forms, glaze formulation, etc.

Glass Paperweight Making In the Hot Shop with Aurora Borealis Glassworks – This fun filled, five hour hands on class is typically one-on-one instruction, but we will take couples. You will learn how to use the tools of the trade to make 4-6 beautiful paperweights, which are yours to keep. Working in a “hot shop” is a rare and unique experience, so come and have some fun. We play with lava!

Do you love the color, feeling and fluid movement in Matisse and Van Gogh paintings? Explore the creative potential of expressive painting. Learn techniques to loosen up your drawing and painting, discover ways to use color and composition to communicate. Push the limits of your medium and get the most out of texture using layering and brush strokes.

Contact Theo at his studio-gallery in Santa Fe to learn about scheduling a 2-hour session working with stoneware clay. Beginners & advanced are welcome, and times are flexible. Learn some basics about throwing on the potter’s wheel – or target a particular area of studio practice you’d like to improve on – trimming, glazing, throwing large forms, glaze formulation, etc.

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.

We will learn about mixing colors with the eye, iridescence, which and how colors “vibrate” against each other, how light and dark affect the “look” of colors. This will be a lot of experimenting and learning how to create the colors one wishes. No previous experience necessary.

All landscapes, even highly realistic ones, capture only a tiny portion of nature’s panorama of detail. One form of abstraction is to focus attention on only two or three details. We’ll investigate simple under-painting techniques & mapping strategies that capture nature’s essential forms.

How can tree-fiber paper serve as paint? Explore the world of abstract self portraits while learning the layering and “mixing” capabilities of banana, mango and mulberry tree fiber paper. Participants make their own small painting. No previous experience needed.

This two day class will have your head spinning with all the possibilities for creating mixed media textured surfaces. You will discover fun and innovative ways to transfer images into your paintings and collage. We will work with acrylic mediums, paints and unique tools to create depth and texture.

The land and light of New Mexico that has drawn poets, artists, painters, and photographers for over a century will be our focus for the weekend. In this semi-private workshop, you will walk this enchanted land with photographer Craig Varjabedian.This workshop is terrific for all digital photographers.

  DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package features exclusive lodging savings of 20% on the Inn’s accommodations during the entire month of March, 2012. Guests book their hotel accommodations directly with the Inn and Spa at Loretto at our Reservations Toll Free phone number: 866-582-1646 or online. Guests reserve all DIY workshops and [...]

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

Theo Helmstadter teaches wheel-throwing, hand-building, glaze formulation & application, and firing techniques for cone 10 reduction. Want to learn to throw & assemble large pieces? Dig & process local clay? Explore new teapot designs? We’ll begin with a discussion of what you’d like to learn.

Hike in the beautiful Santa Fe National Forest with author and educator Cinny Green and discover new creativity and connectivity with the pulse of Mother Earth. Cinny will provide a journal, pen, and a copy of her book, Trail Writer’s Guide. Cinny Green is a trained Sierra Club hike leader and an award winning author.

Create rich dimensional surfaces as layers are built up with the mediums and media. Any theme or subject matter can be explored or developed on paper or other surfaces such as canvas or wood. The goal of the class is to experiment with ideas through layers of information that will lead to discovery and surprise. All materials included

This workshop will teach participants how to prepare and spin raw wool into warm, delightful and beautiful skeins of yarn, ready to knit or weave. History of hand spinning and use of different fibers will be discussed. Emphasis will be on the history and use of Navajo-Churro wool, which was brought here by Don Juan de Onate in 1598.

2 hour private class in traditional and folkloric Middle Eastern Belly Dance for all levels, beginner through professional, by master teacher Joan Kafri.In addition to teaching in Santa Fe since 1980, Joan has taught and performed throughout Europe, and in Israel, Tunisia, and Turkey.

Learn more about drawing, values, edges, and color as we visit several locations in Santa Fe and capture some of the most interesting settings in the Southwest. DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package features exclusive lodging savings of 20% on the Inn’s accommodations during the entire month of March, 2012.

  DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package features exclusive lodging savings of 20% on the Inn’s accommodations during the entire month of March, 2012. Guests book their hotel accommodations directly with the Inn and Spa at Loretto at our Reservations Toll Free phone number: 866-582-1646 or online. Guests reserve all DIY workshops and [...]

DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package features exclusive lodging savings of 20% on the Inn’s accommodations during the entire month of March, 2012. Guests book their hotel accommodations directly with the Inn and Spa at Loretto at our Reservations Toll Free phone number: 866-582-1646 or online. Guests reserve all DIY workshops and classes [...]

DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package features exclusive lodging savings of 20% on the Inn’s accommodations during the entire month of March, 2012. Guests book their hotel accommodations directly with the Inn and Spa at Loretto at our Reservations Toll Free phone number: 866-582-1646 or online. Guests reserve all DIY workshops and classes [...]

Nature visual journaling is an opportunity to slow down and observe the natural world while sketching, painting and writing outdoors.Visual journaling combines both art making and the written word. Travel journals record the ambiance and personal experiences of the places you visit in an explosion of color and rich textures using found imagery such as maps, postcards and brochures as well as painting and writing.

Learn how glass beads are made and spend 2 hours in a lampworking studio learning this ancient art form. This glass beadmaking experience will introduce the student to beginning glass beadmaking. Students will also learn basic torch safety. All materials are provided.

This fun filled, five hour hands on class is typically one-on-one instruction, but we will take couples. You will learn how to use the tools of the trade to make 4-6 beautiful paperweights, which are yours to keep. Working in a “hot shop” is a rare and unique experience, so come and have some fun. We play with lava!

Make your work more personal by controlling the language of color, creating focal points, and discovering your unique creative voice. Students will work on location, do studio work, and paint from photos to create a truly unique process of putting paint on paper. Students can work in medium(s) of their choice.