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Family Friendly / Children's Activities
7000 BC
7000 BC — Northern New Mexico's Comics Creators Collective
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
7000 BC — Northern New Mexico's comics creators collective — will hold its March meeting Saturday, March 20 in the Community Room at the Santa Fe Library Main Branch, 1:30–4:30, moving on to dinner after. This will be an opportunity for attendees to work on their projects, collaborate, and gather feedback; we welcome all those interested in creating and self-publishing comics. .
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. Time: Monthly Meetings Cost: Free
Amy Stein Art
Phone: 505-983-2069 Where: 501 Rio Grande Ave., #G-3 Santa Fe, NM 87501
Healing the Self Through Self Portraits - A Workshop
Amy Stein is a professional artist, living and working in Santa Fe. She is internationally known for her inspiring art workshops--Healing the Self through Self Portraits-a journey in self-discovery. No previous art experience is required to participate in these workshops.
She is available to participate in any conference and to display her vibrant prize-winning Santa
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Fe prints and originals. For more information please call Amy at 505/983-2069 or go to her website, www.amysteinart.com.
Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Check Websites For Information
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Barbara Harrelson
Phone: 505.989.4561 Where: Meet in Plaza, near the obelisk
Literary Walking Tour, Downtown
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
The literary landmarks of New Mexico’s storied capital are both familiar and unexpected. Santa Fe’s plaza and La Fonda Hotel have figured prominently in many books. However, one of the nineteenth century’s most enduring American novels, written in Santa Fe’s Palace of the Governors, never mentions the place, or the American West at all!
Explore the history and culture
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of Santa Fe through its famous stories, authors, and characters with local author Barbara Harrelson, a former docent at the Smithsonian's History Museum. Her literary walking tour, one of the few in the nation's is:
"A great way to absorb the unique character of Santa Fe," according to Frommer's guide to Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque.
When: Varies, by appointment, usually 10 am Time: 2-hour walking tour of downtown Cost: $20 per person; $40 minimum
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El Rancho de las Golondrinas Living History Museum
Phone: 505.471.2261 Where: Las Golondrinas is just south of Santa Fe, off of Interstate 25
Take a journey to the past at the Southwest’s premier outdoor living history museum!
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
This historic Spanish colonial ranch served as a stopping place or paraje upon what was the longest, most important trade route in North America – El Camino Real – the Royal Road. Caravans of soldiers, traders and travelers of the past found warmth, welcome and rest among its adobe buildings with plentiful water and grass for their animals. Today Las Golondrinas beckons visitors
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to explore ranch life as lived on the colonial frontier.
Upon its moving waters and quiet ponds are set the mills. Up the hill stands the chapel. The bleat of the goats and sheep, the bray of the burro beckon the farmer. Prominent in the silhouette of the Placita is the defensive tower or torreón. Within the courtyards, ovens, or hornos, bring forth the memorable aroma of homemade bread. The clack of the looms dominates just as it once did hundreds of years ago in many New Mexican villages.
All of these aspects of life on the frontier are explored through the many activities set among the significant structures of this living history museum dedicated to recapturing a past life of beauty and hard work.
Directions:
Las Golondrinas is just south of Santa Fe, off of Interstate 25. From Santa Fe, take exit 276. From Albuquerque, take From Albuquerque, take Exit 276 and turn left at bottom of off ramp.... Follow “Las Golondrinas” signs
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Las Golondrinas is open for self-guided tours June – September, Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm Time: 2 hours and up
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Elise Gent
Phone: 505.982.3516 Where: In the Raillyard
African Dance Class
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Come experience the power and community of African Dance in Santa Fe. Using the focus and choreographic skills from her classical dance education, Elise Gent has for 23 years built an extraordinary following of dancers of all ages. It is not uncommon on Saturdays at 11am to find 70 dancers and a dozen musicians filling the Railyard Performance Center with energy, sound,
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and motion. All skill levels are welcome. Elise’s excellent teaching makes both the beginner and life-long dancer feel welcome, seen, and encouraged to learn dances from West Africa, the Congo, and Haiti. There is no other class like it in the USA.
When: Year-round: Mon. 7:15pm; Wed. 6:15pm (intermediate); Sat. 11:15am Time: Classes are 90 minutes Cost: $10 per class
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Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center
Phone: 505.757.3445 Where: Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center
Fiber Arts Classes
We are a grassroots nonprofit community art center located in an old commercial building in the historic Main Street district of Española. We serve a unique tri-cultural area with deep fiber arts traditions and a wealth of talented artisans. Our gallery features the work of our members; one of a kind jewelry, vibrant scarves and other fashion items, and home accessories.
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We have a well-stocked retail store featuring yarns, equipment and books, a lively fiber arts school, and a working studio where weavers and their works in progress can be observed. We offer a wide variety of fiber arts classes, workshops and other hands-on fiber experiences year round. We teach New Mexico traditions like Rio Grande weaving, Colcha embroidery, natural dyeing, as well as many other weaving classes, knitting, felting, basketry, quilting, silk painting and more. We schedule learning experiences for children on request. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff can tell you about the artists, traditions and fiber arts techniques of our area.
Many of our classes are taught by nationally known master fiber artists.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: We are open 7 days a week, year-round. Mon 9am-8pm; Tu-Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 12-5 Time: 2 hours and up Cost: Varies by class
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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Phone: 505.946.1007 Where: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAM
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum offers many educational opportunities for life-long learning. Programs include adult learning and lectures, Art and Leadership for Women, family, and youth.
Family Programs
Programs are for children age 4-12 accompanied by an adult and led by the education staff unless otherwise noted. Programs are offered monthly. Each program begins with
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a discussion in the galleries of the learning theme to develop critical thinking skills followed by a hands-on art experience. Reservations suggested: 505-946-1007
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s education and public programs have won praise from parents, educators, and school administrators, as well as awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, New Mexico Arts, and Santa Fe Arts Commission. Since its opening in 1997, The Museum has served over 150,000 people through its education and public programs.
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum offers many educational opportunities for life-long learning. Programs include adult learning and lectures, Art and Leadership for Women, family, and youth.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Call For Details Time: Call For Details Cost: All Family Programs are free
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Ghost Ranch in Santa Fe and Abiqui
Phone: 505.982.8539, ext. 218 Where: Santa Fe and Abiqui
Photography, Poetry, Calligraphy, & Art
Ghost Ranch in Santa Fe is a place where the elements of community, culture, light and dialog form the basis of a special learning process.
Each year Ghost Ranch, with locations in Abiquiu and in Santa Fe, sponsors dozens of exhibits, performances, lectures and other special events.
Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu offers a Georgia O’Keeffe Landscape Tour, hiking trails, two
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internationally known Museums, the new Piedra Lumbre Education and Visitor Center with exhibits featuring the history and culture of northern New Mexico, an art gallery and gift shop. Guests may visit for the day and use hiking trails, walk the labyrinth or enjoy the body work program or they my take part in a full schedule of courses. Conference and meeting spaces with affordable overnight accommodations and meals packages are available. Individual and small group retreats may be held at the new Casa del Sol Retreat Center. Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu has been the location for several movies such as City Slickers, The Missing 3:10 to Yuma and Comanche Moon. It was also featured in the opening scenes of Spielberg's latest film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Both campuses provide opportunities for those who value learning and see education as a means for individual and social transformation. We believe that true education engages both head and heart. Our programs combine discussion and hands-on experiences to help participants expand their sense of self and world.
We introduce issues of local and regional significance into our programs in hopes of exposing participants to new cultural, historical and religious ideas. The community of Santa Fe and northern New Mexico help provide resources and atmosphere that makes learning through Ghost Ranch, at either campus, a truly unique experience. Our faculty comes from many disciplines and from many parts of the United States and the world to offer education intentionally grounded in the context of northern New Mexico.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: All year round Time: Varies with class Cost: Varies by class
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Heidi Loewen Porcelain Gallery
Phone: 505.988.2225 Where: Heidi Loewen Porcelain Gallery
Ceramics with Heidi
Heidi will demonstrate classical wheel thrown vessels of all sizes. She will make the clay “dance” in sensuous forms while in the squishy state. Students will experience what it is like to throw a bowl in the air and catch it – creating delightful, amorphic forms, unique as snowflakes. Heidi assures good fun.
Students may learn Heidi’s famous chattering and carving
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techniques in clay that is leather. For the adventurous, she will create large scale vessels, adding coils and shaping with flame from a propane torch.
No previous art experience required. All ages welcome. The only requirement is a sense of humor!
When: By Appointment Time: 1 hour + Cost: $150 per hour per person
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Jane Shoenfeld's Art Adventures in the Southwest
Phone: 505.986.1108 Where: Santa Fe, Ghost Ranch
Sketching and Painting Santa Fe
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 your friends and family. All levels of experience, from total beginner to professional artist, are welcome. We supply the materials, a jump start for first timers and added spark for those with experience. Acclaimed landscape painter and sought
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after teacher, Jane Shoenfeld will work with you to create a personal piece of art work that reflects your experience of Santa Fe. Classes are designed to be both educational
and fun.
The focus is on the Santa Fe landscape and architecture. Outdoor classes are held within ten minutes of downtown Santa Fe in beautiful settings with mountain vistas and adobe architecture. Shoenfeld's studio is available for classes when it is cooler or upon request.
Small group classes are on Friday morning for three hours. All art materials are supplied. Individualized, private sessions can be arranged to fit your schedule and focus.
Inquire about scheduled one to four day workshops at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu. One Day painting trips to Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch can be arranged upon request.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Friday mornings or by appointment Time: half day classes Cost: Varies
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Las Cosas Cooking School
Phone: 505.988.3394 Where: Las Cosas Kitchen Shoppe DeVargas Center
Hands-on Cooking Classes
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
"New Mexico Favorites"
Welcome to New Mexico and an exploration of our ancient and unique cuisine. Sit back and relax as we introduce you to the wonderful local ingredients that make up our Northern New Mexican Cuisine. You will be treated to a feast of flavors and information on chilies- both fresh and dried, spices, masa, corn and the techniques of cooking Southwest
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style with them. Then we prepare a feast drawn from the melting pot of recipes and dishes shared by our neighbors, the pueblo Indians and Mexican travelers. Our menu includes: Homemade Corn Tortillas, Chile con Queso, Guacamole, Roasted Tomato Salsa, Red Chile Squash & Red Onion Enchiladas, Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas and Chocolate Peanut Tacos for dessert. Celebrate the coming together of two important cultures with this historical culinary journey and introduction to our local flavors.
"Sabor Santa Fe"
Sabor means flavor in Spanish and this special menu celebrates the uniqueness of our cuisine. There is more to New Mexico cooking than enchiladas and tacos and this menu features a more up market and contemporary approach. We still utilize the ingredients associated with the Land of Enchantment, but our meal is more like the food you will find in one of Santa Fe’s trendy restaurants. Our Menu includes: Banana Leaf Guacamole Boats with Salsa and Homemade Corn Chips, Mexican Beer Soup with Cheddar Cheese, Mixed Baby Greens with Lime Dressing and Toasted Pine Nuts, Mexican Chicken Picatta, Green Chile Polenta, and Homemade Dulce de Leche Ice Cream with Red Chile Caramel Sauce.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: year-round Time: 3 hours for a hands-on cooking class Cost: prices start at $85.00 per person per class
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Life as Art
Phone: 505.954.4495 Where: Contact for details
Healing the Earth - Healing Ourselves
Throughout the history of the world people have found meaning in belonging to the larger Earth body. We must come back home to the Earth by joining with others and the Earth in a community of healing. People of the Earth…Unite!
Cob is a Celtic earth-building material (earth, clay, sand, straw) used traditionally for over a thousand years in the construction of affordable,
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homes, ovens and benches and sculptures. Working together as a community we will construct individual and group healing objects. The earth heals in ways we will never understand.
We can construct an “Earthprayer for World Peace,” a collaborative earthen structure in which we embed prayers, poems and objects. This gesture is an act of peace providing hope and testimony to the power of community healing. Imagine! The Earth building process helps us feel connected to nature once again by using mindfulness, visualizations, humor, ritual, storytelling and drumming.
“It is beautiful all around me” is an essential teaching from the Navaho nation that reminds us that beauty; love, harmony and belonging are essential to life. It is also great fun!!!
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: Contact for details
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Lorrie Bortner
Painting for Adults, Youth and Families
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Take a drive to the small village of San Cristobal, NM, north of Santa Fe, 5 miles from the DH Lawrence Ranch. The stomping ground of writers DH Lawrence, Audux Huxley and painter Lady Dorothy Brett, who had a big influence on the Santa Fe writer/artist scene. Join Lorrie in her hand built, adobe home and studio for an authentic, creative experience exploring your inner
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muse. You may also join her and her husband,
Tom, also an artist, in harvesting from their organic garden (during harvest time) and preparing a delicious, vegetarian meal.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: $50/hr per person or inquire for family or group rate. Additional charge for meal.
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Magpie Pottery
Phone: 505.466.2894 Where: Eldorado subdivision, 8 miles outside of Santa Fe
Pottery Making Lessons
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Classes at Magpie Pottery operate year-round in a clean, sun-filled studio looking west towards the Jemez Mountains. Magpie pottery offers private and semi-private classes in wheel-throwing, hand-building, and tile-making. All ages are welcome and no experience is necessary. Maggie Mae assists the student in all phases of design and implementation. Clay is included in the
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price of lessons.
To reserve your 2 hour lesson, Magpie Pottery requires a 50% deposit. Please call and we can take your credit card over the phone or make arrangements to send a check.
student limit; summer/6 students, expands into my beautiful garden
winter/3 students.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Year-round, indoors in studio Time: 2 hours Cost: Private lessons are $100 per hour and semi-private (2 students) are $75 per hour.
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Museum Hill
Phone: see below for options Where: Museum Hill
Arts Alive!
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Museums on Museum Hill collaborate to produce Free, hands-on activities for all ages and skill levels! No advance registration, no materials fee!
Groups of 6 or more, please call host Museum to reserve a place and arrange free admission to the Museum exhibitions.
Aurelia Gomez, Director of Education, Museum of International Folk Art 505.476.
aurelia.gomez@state.nm.us
Pat
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Price, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art 505.982.2226x122
education@spanishcolonial.org
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Joyce Begay-Foss, 505.4761272
joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 505.982.4636
info@wheelwright.org
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Check Websites For Information Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: free with museum admission
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Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Phone: 505.9822226 x122 Where: Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Spanish Colonial Art
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
The purpose of the Education Programs of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art are to promote, preserve, encourage, and educate the public about Spanish colonial art and to contribute to the revival and preservation of New Mexico's rich Spanish colonial traditions.
Families with children of all ages will find educational tools in the museum to make their visit fun as well
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as informative. Interactive materials add a new dimension to the traditional adult-oriented galleries. Parents can help children use the materials provided to enhance the museum experience for the entire family. The activities provide take-home art projects that will extend the family's experience beyond the museum visit. All activities are free and available during regular museum hours.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Open 10am to 5pm Tuesday - Sunday Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Fee
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Pomegranate Studios
Phone: 505.986.6164 Where: Corner of Cerrillos and Paseo de Peralta)
Belly Dancing for Girls and Women
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Pomegranate Studios is an educational and presenting organization established in 1996 by Founder/Director Myra Krien. We present high quality programs from the rich artistic heritage of the Middle East as expressed through music, dance, poetry, visual and other art forms as they relate to American culture. Pomegranate Studios and Pomegranate SEEDs (Self-esteem, Empowerment,
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and Education through Dance) offer dance instruction to all levels and ages in Tribal and Oriental/Egyptian style dance.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: $15 per class
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Prairie Dog Glass
Phone: 505.920.5241 Where: Jackalope
Glass Blowing
Are you interested in trying glassblowing? Come get a hands-on experience in the art of glass blowing. These experiences are quick introductions to glassblowing. They are fun, and are wonderful gifts for loved ones, and friends. The pieces you create will be ready for pick-up two days after your event or can be shipped to you. You will be able to make, with the help of an
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instructor, several pieces of handblown glass during your session.
• One instructor for each session
• Minimum age for student is 13. Parent or guardian must be present during session for children.
• Gift Certificates are available for Glass Art Experience Session.
Suggested attire: Casual comfortable cotton clothing (t-shirts, sweatshirts, jeans) closed-toe shoes and sunglasses. Please pull back and tie up long hair. HOT STUFF!.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: Contact For Details
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Santa Fe Botanical Garden
Phone: 505.471.9103 Where: I-25 frontage road south of Santa Fe near the racetrack
Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Located south of Santa Fe, this beautiful 35-acre nature preserve hosts a bountiful diversity of plants and wildlife, a shaded nature trail leading to a pond, trails abounding in cactus and gorgeous views, and docents who love to answer questions. The preserve is also home to a number of towering cottonwoods. Leonora Curtin is open May through October, every Saturday morning
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from 9:00am to noon and on Sunday afternoon from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Guided tours every Saturday at 10am. For information and a schedule of activities visit www.santafebotanicalgarden.org or call 505-471-9103.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: A variety of classes, tours and workshops are offered throughout the summer and fall. Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Check Websites For Information
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Santa Fe Children’s Museum
Phone: 505.989.8359 Where: Santa Fe Children’s Museum
Discovering the Joys of Learning, Play and Community
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Adults aren’t the only ones who enjoy the pulsing innovation of one of the world’s most creative cities. The Santa Fe Children’s Museum is one of America’s top-rated children’s museums, and is consistently voted as a don’t-miss for kids in Santa Fe. One vision underlies everything the Museum does: children learn by creating! The Museum’s indoor exhibit space offers unlimited
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opportunities for children to discover the world around them; explore art, experiment with science, and just play! Our one-acre outdoor “learning landscape” gives kids a beautiful setting to run and hide, dig and climb, play and imagine, all while discovering the natural world around them. Adults love the Museum for all the same reasons kids do, and frequently enjoy a quiet moment to themselves in the flower fields or stop to write a poem in the butterfly garden.
On top of our exhibits and learning spaces, the Museum offers an unbelievable variety of daily programs, including: painting, sculpting, lasers, robots, wood working, chemistry, origami, paper making, doll design, gardening, song writing, drum making, reptiles, dinosaurs, gyro painting, geology, mural making, snakes, birds, mobiles, meteorites, and recycled art... These programs are free with admission and change every day.
Environmental Education
Daily programs outdoors and in our greenhouse invite museum visitors to explore the natural world around us.
Preschool Prime Time
Every Friday from 9:00 AM to noon
This is a special time for children under five to enjoy museum exhibits and hands-on art activities.
Artists in the Museum
Professional artists guide children through hands-on activities in the visual or performing arts, often incorporating recycled and found objects into their work. From cooks to books: special projects engage young hands and minds.
Sunday Science
Children learn, create, and experiment with visiting scientists on SundaysFamily PerformancesMusicians, puppeteers, magicians, storytellers,or actors offer live performances for the entire family on special occasions.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday -10 to 5 pm, Thursday 12-8, Sunday, 12-5 pm, Open Tuesday during summer (June -August) 10 to 5 pm Time: As long as you’re having fun! Cost: $9/person; NM residents receive discounted admission at $5/person (Only $2 on Sundays
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Santa Fe Clay
Phone: 505.984.1122 Where: In the Raillyard
Experiences in Ceramics
Private Studio Time Avaialble Along With
Winter/Spring- Offering 3 sessions of 7 week courses that involve a range of ceramic experiences including a variety of wheelthrowing, handbuilding and sculpture classes for children, teens and adults.
Summer- Offering 10 individual, week-long workshops with nationally recognized artists. These workshops are for adults only,
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for all levels of experience.
Fall- Offering 2 sessions of 7 week courses that involve a range of ceramic experiences including a variety of wheelthrowing, handbuilding and sculpture classes for children, teens and adults.
Santa Fe Clay occupies a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in the historic Railyard District in downtown Santa Fe. Our facility includes a complete retail supply business, gallery, and fully equipped studio. It is also home to twenty resident ceramic artists. Our year-round classes and workshops provide an inspirational and creative environment for students ranging from children to adults, from beginners to professionals. This will be our sixteenth Summer Workshop Session, and our reputation is firmly established for bringing quality programming, including nationally recognized artists, to the Santa Fe area. Our expanded gallery enhances the scope of the Southwest’s most complete Ceramic Art Center. We are open to the public year-round and visitors are always welcome to tour the shop, gallery and studios.
Our elegant 1,100 square foot gallery hosts monthly exhibitions displaying the best national and international ceramic artwork. Our shows include one person, two person and group exhibitions in which we honor the leaders in the field and introduce emerging artists.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: Contact For Details
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Santa Fe Complex
Phone: 505.216.7562 Where: Santa Fe Complex
Frito Fridays
Frito Friday is less than one year old and it's already a tradition at the Complex. It's an informal networking opportunity with Santa Fe's famous Frito pies and occasional programs in music, complexity science or a talk by a visiting scholar. Like much of what happens at the Complex, Frito Friday is quirky, unusual and the place to be on Friday nights from 5:30 on, depending
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on the evening's program.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Fridays 5-8 pm Time: 2-3 hours Cost: Free
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Santa Fe Mountain Adventures
Phone: 505.988.4000 Where: Santa Fe Outdoors
Outdoor Adventures
Santa Fe Mountain Adventures offers exceptional destination management and customized vacation experiences for groups and families.
Our innovative adventure programs are designed for parties of four or more seeking any—or all!—of these ingredients in a vacation or meeting:
* Experiences that foster group bonding or teambuilding experiences
* An exhilarating
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combination of adventure, culture and education
* A rejuvenating retreat from the stressful pace of life
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* Opportunities to try new or challenging sports or activities
* Explorations of northern New Mexico and the alluring
southwestern culture
* Dinners and events with a distinctive touch
The Santa Fe Mountain Adventures experience is about playing hard and nourishing your mind, body and soul. All your adventures are seamless—we handle the logistics, transportation and gear so you can focus on what’s really important.
Whether you're traveling with a group of a half-dozen college friends or 250 business colleagues, look to Santa Fe Mountain Adventures to provide a unique active vacation or group program.
Offerings are customized around your needs, so please let us know the dates you will be visiting so we can customize a program for you.
When: All year round
Cost: depends on program
When: All year round Time: 1-7 days Cost: Offerings are customized around your needs, so please let us know the dates you will be visiting so we can customize a program for you.
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Santa Fe School of Art
Phone: 505.989.7311 Fax: 505.820.1353 Where: Santa Fe School of Art
Art Workshops
Santa Fe School of Art is a small privately owned school combining art classes and cultural art workshops with adventure excursions in some of the most unique and exotic countries around the world. Our clients range from those who have never touched a paint brush or art medium but, have always wanted to "try their hand at being creative", to the experienced artist
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who is looking for new material and inspiration.
We pride ourselves in offering our clients the best possible art experience in a fun and relaxed atmosphere with talented and well-known instructors who are passionate and enthusiastic about what they do.
We have 6 week classes, weekend intensives, 3 and 6 hours classes and our summer and fall cultural workshops which run between 3 and 12 days in Santa Fe and also abroad.
Our workshops are about having fun. We spend a lot of time doing art both in the studio and outdoors. We take field trips to the homes of local artists to see them at work in their studios; throwing or decorating clay pots, hammering out a gorgeous tin chandelier, carving saints from the local cottonwood tree or painting a beautiful landscape. We also take day trips to neighboring towns and villages so participants can get a good feel for the area and the friendly people.
We want you to discover your creative genius through inspiring art instruction and exotic adventure travel.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: All year round Time: 3 hours to 12 days Cost: Varies by class
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Santa Fe School of Cooking
Phone: 505.983.4511 Where: Santa Fe School of Cooking
Cooking Classes
Santa Fe's unique cuisine is as much a part of the city's soul as its 17-century architecture. Warm, spicy tastes and enticing aromas evoke rich cultural traditions while contemporary chefs meld native ingredients with new ideas to create a contemporary style of Southwestern fare. At the Santa Fe School of Cooking, you can experience this delicious cuisine in depth, including
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the techniques of master chefs, the lore of the region and, of course, fabulous food.
When: Check Websites For Information Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Check Websites For Information
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Sunrise Springs Resort Spa
Phone: 505.428.3615 Fax: 505.471.7365 Where: Sunrise Springs
Ikebana, Pottery, Tea Ceremony
Weekly classes take place at the Sages Arts Center and are open to the public. No previous experience is necessary. Our classes are available year round and everyone is welcome. Class times and offerings subject to change. Visit is on the web at www.sunrisesprings.com for our complete schedule. The Sages Arts Center also offers special customized classes for private
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groups of any size; contact us for pricing and availability.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Check Websites For Information
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Tatenda Music Center
Phone: 505.474.6088 Where: 645 Webber St. in Santa Fe, and also on our land in Cerrillos
Marimba!
We offer marimba classes in all levels for ages 8 to adult. The marimba music we teach is traditional and contemporary from Zimbabwe and South Africa. We also teach mbira (traditional thumb piano), song and guitar. We need 6-10 people; group will learn a song on the marimba with or without singing, depending on the group’s desires. Email: beautifulonenow@yahoo.com
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for questions
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Year-round Time: 3 hour workshop Cost: $75 per hour for marimba, $40 per hour for song, guitar and mbira
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Tumbledown Studios
Phone: 473-0926 Where: 3214 Calle Marie, Suite A Santa Fe, NM 87507
Gymnastics for Kids
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
1 Year
Classes focus on interaction between the child and the parent. Instruction emphasizes building the strength, coordination, and range of motion of the child through body positioning and exploration.
2 Years
Classes focus on interaction between the children and the coach with the assistance of the parents. Instruction emphasizes acquiring new skills through
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following directions.
3 Years
Classes focus on interactions between the children and the coach. Instruction emphasizes acquiring new skills and working together through group activities.
4+ Years
Classes focus on progressive floor skills and skill combinations. Including cartwheels, round offs, and front and back handsprings.
Flip Flop Shop
Flip Flop Shop is designed for athletes working on back handsprings, round off back handsprings, and other advanced tumbling skills.
Intermediate Girls
This class is designed for girls that have already achieved basic gymnastics skills such as handstands, cartwheels, and kick overs. It is invite only.
Adult Stretch
This class is for women. We combine cardio and core training, with an emphasis on stretching.
When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: $15 per drop-in class
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W21
Phone: 505.989.4423 Where: W21 on the Railyard
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Digital MEDIA ARTS
Warehouse 21’s Digital Media Arts Program (DMAP 2.1) provides a "digital map" to the future digital-based art forms in an 868 sq ft upper level space. DMAP 2.1 will consist of a computer lab, a 400 sq ft recording studio, work force training in computer graphics, design, animation, 3D modeling, computer programming, web and video game development, online
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radio, digital recording, video documentaries, shorts, and full-length multi-media productions.
PERFORMING ARTS
Independent works will culminate into productions such as full-length plays, film, youth video nights, lectures, theater, comedy, one acts, poetry nights, improv and live music entertainment in two 2,500 sq ft performance spaces - one for theater and the other for the W21 concert series. Mentors and instructors will work in both theater and concert management. Our established youth “Promoter’s Circle” will continue to offer local and national bands in the all-ages venue.
VISUAL ARTS
The new Visual Arts Program will be housed in multiple locations throughout the building including a lower level 1,200 sq ft studio that features a darkroom, print making and silkscreen equipment as well as fashion design studio and a gallery space on the upper level. It is an environment designed to support creative expression in fine art, printmaking, textile andfashion design. Our aim is to foster youth directed experimentation, innovation, while pushing the boundaries of creative expression and entrepreneurship.
When: Check Websites For Information Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Free and low fee for youth. Adults fees vary
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WILD VISTAS ADVENTURES
Phone: 505.474.3452 Where: Northern New Mexico
Cowboy/Cowgirl Adventures; Dutch Oven cooking classes
Here at WILD VISTAS ADVENTURES LLC we know everyone deserves an adventure. Hearken back to a simpler time and enjoy the supreme beauty of rugged New Mexico with us.
Choose a one-day trail ride that ends with a Dutch oven dinner or a three day overnight back-country excursion and return happy and fulfilled.
Let us treat you, your family and friends to a truly
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wonderful outdoor experience. Whether you are a "cowboy" or "cowgirl" coming for the adventure of a lifetime or you want to learn horse packing and back country skills so you can go on to explore the wilderness on your own, you will find what you want with us.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Call For Details Time: Call For Details Cost: 1 day adventure - $325 per person; 3 days - $1050 per person. Dutch oven cooking class is $150 per person.
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WildMaker Art and Music School
Phone: 505.795.7331 Where: WildMaker Art and Music School
Art and Music classes for Children and Adults
Kid’s, Teens and Elders will delight in the ultra creative Santa Fe experience of cross cultural art and music adventures at WildMaker Art & Music School. Introducing this summer, THE SCHOOL OF ROCK, ages 11 to teen, private lessons by leading musicians in Santa Fe, performance and learning new exciting skills on an assortment of instruments. The large music room accommodates
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a steady flow of homeschoolers, and summer visitors who want to learn unique styles of playing. A large children’s book library and art supplies are available for visiting families who attend our music classes.Jesse Garcia, (performer/musician/teacher) School of Rock Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 pm
Call for details 505.920.6625
Jesse, a versatile musician, director of Ande’ Marimba, has studied classical music, rock, and African marimba. He has an exciting teaching style that is fun and measured for beginners to advanced players.
Trapset, marimbas are provided at the studio.Cost $15 per lesson
Alexa Riner (performer/Taiko percussionist/teacher) Taiko Drumming Smokin’ Bachi Taiko ensembleBeginning Taiko drumming Sundays from 10 am to 12 noon, ask about other beginning groups during the week when you call.Call for details 505.310.2664Drums provided. Cost $10 per lessonAlan Kapulski (performer/musician/percussionist/teacher) Private and group lessons for any age and ability on any instrument Director of Ethnosphere Music Lab, a non-profit music education and performance organizationMusic director for MayaMundi and MayaMundi BrassAlan teaches music with a capital M. His unique teaching style engages students in their listening and musical strategies. Group and private lessons are available. Specialties include: Trapset, guitar, ukulele, brass instruments, keyboards. Call for details and cost per lesson 505.913.0426Drums and piano on siteSally Blakemore, Rusty Storbeck, Mark Utgaardt of Shonaslovakia Marimba are offering a 3 day intensive for ElderHostel travelers. Learn to play the African marimba, a precursor of modern jazz, and explore the joy and fun of playing in an ensemble. Instruments are provided. 10 maximumClasses for beginners, intermediate players and those who have never studied any kind of instrument.http://www.elderhostel.org/programs or e-mail artyprojects@cybermesa.com for a list of events.Call 505.473.3008 for details. ElderHostel Intensive starts in September, 2009.
When: Check Websites For Information Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: classes are $10-15 per hour
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Wise Fool New Mexico
Phone: 505.992.2588 Where: Wise Fool Studio
Circus Arts
Have you ever dreamed of running away to the circus? Wise Fool offers the opportunity to ignite your imagination; not to mention stretch and strengthen your body in a fun and safe atmosphere! We offer hands on experiences in circus arts for adults and kids, puppetry, mask making and more…
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Ongoing classes and workshops run fall to spring – Women’s circus arts intensive runs May through June and Kid’s summer circus camps run in July Time: Ranges from “circus in 60 minutes” to six week intensives and ongoing classes Cost: Varies by class
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