Art that Waxes Poetic - Introduction to Encaustic Painting
Here is a chance to discover the mysteries of painting with hot wax. Encaustic is a process of using melted beeswax mixed with Damar resin (for hardening) and pigments to create a very versatile medium. The only restriction is that the ground for the wax must be porous. Unsealed plywood, bisque fired clay, 300# watercolor paper… all of these are good bases to work with.
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and learn the basics of this fascinating process.
You'll learn how to apply wax to a wooden panel and how to build your image, even incorporating collage techniques.
I want to share my excitement of working with this magical medium. I enjoy the textures I can create and the play of light and luminosity that I get working with hot wax. There is a sculptural quality to the material and a freedom to create, whether it is working completely with the wax on board or paper, or combining the wax with collage and watercolor.
Being able to work abstractly to express the mood of my subject gives me the freedom to play because the medium is so versatile.
Bring your ideas and an open mind. Plan an exhilarating afternoon of learning and experimenting. This is a hands-on experience.
Encaustic is an ancient medium that was used by the Greeks to seal and paint their ships and then as funerary portraits that have lasted 2000 years. There was a resurgence of the technique in the 40’s and 50’s and again about 10 – 15 years ago. Artists are pushing the limits of this classic process to produce paintings, works on paper, sculpture and mixed media pieces.
Comments: The times for the workshops are flexible and can be adjusted to suit the interested parties. They can be changed from half day, to whole day or several day formats.
When: Flexible - Can Accomodate
Time: 10 am - 2 pm or 12 pm - 4 pm
Cost: $175 for 4 hours (includes all materials)
New Mexico Artists for Hire teaches and entertains using art. We teach all groups, all ages, all kinds of art projects. Dip into the culture and landscape of New Mexico using a paintbrush, carving knife, kistka, or a glue stick! Call us and we will work with you to create just the right art experience for private or group experiences.
Artists for Hire listings are specialized
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to the group or individual. If you do not see your anticipated art project listed below, please feel free to call and we will do our best to suit your needs.
Egg Decorating Workshop
Try something new! Egg decorating, or Pysanky, is an art that is over 4,000 years old. Explore this ancient medium and learn to relax while doing something that requires patience and care. Decorate an egg for yourself, a loved one, or as a special wedding gift. This class is also available emphasizing Southwestern symbols. In this class we will respectfully review the symbols of cowboys, cowgirls, Native American and Spanish origin.
Walking Art Tours of Santa Fe
People come from all over the world to see the art in Santa Fe and you may be wondering why would anyone do that? Or how can I learn to appreciate art even more? Bring your curiosity and take a walk with us and discover you had the answers to these questions all your life. Art locations are all over Santa Fe including SITE Santa Fe, Museum of Fine Arts, Georgia O’Keefe Museum, and American Indian Arts Museum depending on preferences.
Art Adventure Under Your Feet
Plunge into the landscape using art and river rafting, mountain biking, or hiking!* From what is under your feet, to the big landscapes that sweep you away, paint, draw, collage or write to express what you see. This non-judgmental art process was developed for all abilities. In the end, you will have wonderful memories to take with you in the form of art and journaling
Native American Rattle-Making
Make a rattle from hollowed gourds and weathered wood found in local rivers. Andy and Marcia will show you how to do this ancient craft from beginning to end. When the rattle-making is complete, all will participate in a sacred Native American chant.
Postcards from Santa Fe
Gather your memories from Santa Fe and send them home to loved ones. Personalize your postcard with a collage of pictures cut from magazines, brochures, ticket stubs, and photos. Address it and let us laminate it. We will then send it through the mail from Santa Fe! Your loved ones will love receiving a customized postcard from you.
Submersive Drawing and Painting
Traveling is a great way to experience the world in a new way. This workshop takes it a step further by allowing participants to envelope themselves into the landscape using creative expression. Through a series of easy drawing and painting exercises, participants learn about the landscape through miniscule and gigantic observation. The final piece focuses on the part of the landscape that has the most creative interest to the participant.
Visioning Workshops
This workshop is ideal for businesses and individuals who would like to take the leap to the next level of success. Our unique visioning technique makes this workshop an uplifting experience with tangible results. We will use simple art materials like collage and writing to bring about your great ideas for the future!
Saturday, June 26th, 1-4 pm
In the Community Gallery- 201 W. Marcy (at the Sheridan intersection)
Harriette Tsosie will give a short talk on the history of encaustic (pigmented wax) painting and demonstrate her encaustic process. Tsosie has been painting with wax for seven years. She is president of the Encaustic Art Institute and is represented by
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the Institute as well as FLUX Contemporary, Albuquerque.
Sallyann Paschall
Saturday, July 24th, 1-4 pm
In the Community Gallery- 201 W. Marcy (at the Sheridan intersection)
Sallyann Paschall will do an encaustic demonstration of not only basic encaustic techniques but techniques that incorporate collage elements into encaustic work. The basic demonstration will be followed by a chance for the audience to experience encaustics for themselves. Each participant will be given a small block of wood with which to experiment. Each person may then take their newly made work of encaustic art home with them.
Russell Thurston
Saturday, August 7, 1-4 pm
In the Community Gallery- 201 W. Marcy (at the Sheridan intersection)
One of the more challenging aspects of encaustic painting is creating fine details. Over the years, Russell has developed various ways of adding oil paints, oil sticks, and dry pigments to facilitate detail work. While these methods can be difficult to control and require some skill: they offer additional choices in encaustic painting.
More specifically, Russell will demonstrate:
1) How to etch or emboss the surface of an encaustic painting with various tools and then apply oils, oil sticks, or pigments.
2) How to handle the differences in how the oil media responds to heat versus how wax responds.
3) How to use wax paper to mask parts of the painting to create particular effects such as fine details.
Russell will also cover the basics of straight painting with oils, oil sticks or pigments on the surface of a painting, then scraping with tools to remove some of the oil color, followed by heating with a gun or lamp to fuse the surface.
Located on the South side of the city different, Jan's studio is open and light like the beautiful southwest landscape all around us. She will be teaching very non-traditional quilting techniques, applique, embroidery and beadwork to make a small wall hanging. There will be some sewing involved but a lot of hands on. Come and have some tactile fun with fabrics, yarns and
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beads and make a one of a kind wall hanging. A material list will be provided. Come experience a different & fun approach to fiber in the land of enchantment.
When: June-August-please contact artist to set up a workshop
Banish fear and perfectionism with this intensive, weekly craft class for writers of all stripes. For two hours a week we'll do exercises to develop character, narrative, and style. Whether you are a professional writer, southwestern historian, hobbyist, novelist, journaler, or would-be writer who has never put pen to paper, you will get your juices flowing and stay
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in practice with this down and dirty work out for writers.
Santa Fe has a rich history stemming from the oral traditions of the pueblo people to the memoirs of Georgia O'Keefe, the contributions of beat poets who made Santa Fe their home in the sixties, and the celebrated authors such as Natalie Goldberg, Tony Hillerman, Michael McGarrity, Cormack McCarthy, and others whose lives or spirits exist among us today. Let us become the next evolution of Santa Fe authors who bring the southwest into the forefront of the literary scene!
In this class, we first use oral exercises, derived from improvisational story-telling games, to warm up the creative mind. We'll explore using truth to create fiction, spontaneously generating stories, and telling lies as a form of good clean fun. Then the class will move on to short, guided writing exercises based on imagination and memory. We'll finish with a longer exercise that allows you to put into practice what you have developed so far.
The work we do is focused on learning techniques for developing narrative, character, and style. These three elements are essential for writers in every genre or experience level. You should come away from class feeling inspired and refreshed in your writing and eager to keep up the work throughout the week.
Bio:
Katie Mehrer studied writing with New York Times best selling author and MacArthur Genius Grant Recipient, the late David Foster Wallace. In New York City, she studied writing with the late William Packard, founder and editor of New York Quarterly. There, she also attended the acting school of Robert McCaskill, former actor/director with Chicago City Limits and award-winning screen writer. She has taught creative writing and drama to students of all ages and is published extensively in books, magazines, and literary journals. Katie ghostwrites and co-writes books with her clients in Santa Fe, 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.
Would you like to deepen your experience of Santa Fe, taking home with you the beginning of a wonderful way to savor this and other travels? If so my workshop is a rich and fun way to enjoy our unique and beautiful city. We begin with a blank journal and a array of different mediums to explore - watercolors, pastels, markers, colored inks, rubber stamps as well as collage
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using my extensive collection of images and ephemera.
You can also bring in items collected from this trip such as postcards, receipts, brochures, tickets - or any scrap of paper that catches your eye. I will help you create pages that tell your story of visiting "The City Different". This is an easy process that anyone can master - artist or not.
Visual Journals combine both the written word and images. It can be a profound way of experiencing a sense of place. Rich background textures and vibrant colors create a backdrop for your thoughts and experiences.
As my studio is a few blocks from the plaza the workshop might include sketching or painting in your journal at one of the beautiful local sites or even a trip to the Nature Conservancy trail a short drive from my studio. I can tailor the workshop to suit your interests.
The travel journal will quickly become your favorite way of recording your travel experience, something that can be done in a cafe, hotel room or on a park bench. I will show you how to assemble a simple art kit to take anywhere.
Your travel visual journal will be something you can add to for year. Your journal is also an interesting and meaningful way to share your travels with your friends and family.
When: Weekday mornings 10-12.30. Monday - Saturday afternoons 2 - 4.30pm
Time: 2.5 hours
Cost: $99 per person plus small material fee for a journal of their choice
Santa Fe has long been a destination for Fiber Artists. Maybe it is the beauty of the landscape, the dazzling color of the sky, the mixture of the historic and the innovative in architecture, the wiggly streets in the center of town, and the exceptional museums and galleries that attract the people who come here. Or maybe it is the world famous restaurants with cuisines
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too numerous to mention, the shops with an array of cloth, fiber, beads, jewelry, and folk art as well as the Native American and Spanish art and craft. We who live here know that this is just the surface of what Santa Fe is about.
I am offering two workshops in my studio built according to Vaastu principles.
The first workshop is called “Finding Order In Times of Chaos”. In it we will explore principles of Sacred Geometry using the square, the octagon, and the circle. Through primarily working with cloth, we will discover what it means to create order and harmony. This workshop is for anyone who can use a sewing machine or is willing to learn as well as for the already accomplished fiber artist wanting to try something new. Materials list will be provided upon registration.
The second workshop is called “Building a Vaastu House in the Twenty First Century.” By using principles of Sacred Geometry that are 10,000 years old and have been used all over the world, Builders throughout the ages have been able to create vibrant structures that resonate with the inhabitants and enhance their health and well being. You will get to experience first hand an actual building complex constructed in this way. This workshop is for anyone who loves sacred geometry and has wondered about how buildings can affect us both positively and negatively. It is also for anyone considering at some time building in the future, or for anyone who has been putting up structures for many years.
Workshops are ongoing, and will be either two days, three days, or five days. Please call to find out details. Special requests will be given high priority when possible. A catered lunch as well as chai and mexican hot chocolate can be included in the price of the workshop.
When: Ongoing (9:30 - 4:00)
Cost: $60 - $75 per day. The latter includes lunch
Creating a Travel Journal with Words, Images & Memorabilia
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Santa Fe is rich with visual images, history and experiences that make for a compelling travel journal. This class is for those who enjoy raveling and delight in taking their trips home with them. We will write stories and jot down impressions for future stories, as well as take photographs in the downtown area, Guadalupe District and on Canyon Road. Participants will need
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a journal of their choice, a camera, (preferably digital), and may bring items such as photographs they have already taken, markers, watercolors, oranything else they might like to incorporate into their personal journals.
Natasha has lived in Santa Fe since 1974; has worked as a fiber artist and as a conceptual and performance artist. She has been a freelance writer for the past 10 years. Before that she hosted a radio talk show and a jazz program. She has also produced stories for KUNM, Albuquerque’s NPR station.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
Painter Harriette Tsosie offers two-day encaustic(pigmented wax) painting workshops at her South Valley Studio in Albuquerque. Tsosie is founder of New
Mexico Wax, a statewide organization for encaustic artitsts, and has been painting in encaustic for six years
Participants:
will learn about safety issues, encaustic
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basics such as preparing the wax, pigmenting, painting and finishing and techniques such as embedding, collage and transfers.
Cost for a two-day session is $350 plus a $25 materials fee. Classes are limited to six artists. Special rates are available for alumni of prior workshops.
To register, e-mail Harriette at: hftsosie@earthlink.net or call her at: 575/779-7941. The $25 non-refundable materials fee is due upon registration. Directions to the studio will be sent upon receipt of the materials fee. Workshop participants should bring a sack lunch or be prepared to share costs of catered lunch or pizza.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
Have You Dreamed of Writing and Performing a One Person Theater Show but don't know where to begin? Project Life Stories Theater is a Santa Fe based organization that specializes in solo performance, one of the only organizations of it's kind in the country. The spiritual and creative openness of Santa Fe fosters this kind of innovative, deep work. Come write, improvise
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and create the basis for your one person show with one of the coutry's foremost experts in the monologue/solo performance process; Tanya Taylor Rubinstein. Her work has been featured in the Santa Fean, New Mexico Magazine, Spirituality and Health, "O"...The Oprah Magazine which calls it "...a gift and a necessity...." Leave Santa Fe with an extraordinary gift;your own show to perform back in your hometown.
Mixed Media Collage is the art of incorporating paint, pastel, drawing, textures and found materials by gluing and layering onto canvas or paper. You will also learn transfer techniques using your own photographs or found imagery. We work with color and composition to assist you in the creative process. Capture and translate your Santa Fe experience visually.
Mixed
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Media Collage workshops are designed to meet all levels of experience; from curious creative amateurs to professional artists. You can explore your own imagination and learn how to put your ideas onto paper or canvas using collage, painting and transfers. The website lists particular workshop dates and individual or small groups are available upon inquiry.
The studio accommodates up to 10 participants and classes are from 9 am-4pm. Most supplies are provided in the cost and a complete list will be emailed upon registration.
Sandra Duran Wilson is an award winning artist with Contemporary Hispanic Market. She is a trained printmaker and painter and has been teaching locally and internationally for over 10 years. She is the co-author of Image Transfer Workshop, due out in July 2009. She exhibits locally and internationally.
When : Contact to set-up a personalized class
Time: One day to three day workshops available
Cost: One day workshops $125, two day $240 and three day workshops are $325
Where: Santa Fe, NM Local Santa Fe Book Stores / Amazon
Creative Tourism: A Global Conversation
This book tells how to provide unique creative experiences for travelers worldwide. But what is Creative Tourism, how is it different from other types of tourism, why is it needed, and how do you go about developing it? You'll find answers to these questions and more in this book which is based on and draws from the proceedings of the 2008 Santa Fe & UNESCO International
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Conference on Creative Tourism. Held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, from September 28 to October 2, 2008, this first-of-a-kind conference brought together delegates from 16 countries around the world to engage in a global conversation about how best to leverage the tourism sector for community and economic development. In other words, how can tourism be best organized and practiced to enhance economic benefits to cities, provinces, and countries globally?
* Paperback: 226 pages
* Publisher: Sunstone Press; Full-color First Edition edition (August 1, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0865347247
* ISBN-13: 978-0865347243
* Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
* Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The Valdes Corporation opened a frame shop and art supply store in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1979. Daily art classes were started in 1980. In 1983, the summer workshops began and a new art studio was built.
Beginning the last day of March, 2009, Valdes' spring art classes will be in full swing, featuring experienced instructors who are working artists. Please check
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out our full line-up—including classes in drawing, watercolor, oils, and mixed media—and call us to register for those that will help you develop into the artist you can become.
Valdes Art Workshops obtain nationally renowned professional instructors. Workshop participants come from all over the United States and other countries to attend the courses and explore the variety of arts available in this well-established art community.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
The Abiquiu Workshops / The Abiquiu Landscape / The Personal Shrine
This is a DAY TRIP from Santa Fe
This is a ONE TIME experience
The Personal Shrine by sculptor and photographer, Walter W. Nelson / writer Douglas J. Preston at the base of Pedernal Peak, beloved mountain to Georgia O'Keeffe.
“As we return to our origins, as we contemplate the dust from which we came from and the dust to which we will return, as we seek an understanding with nature of our place in the universe, we create a shrine
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in the landscape to honor a loved one we have lost.
“Using only natural materials – rocks, grasses, branches, flowers, leaves, colored sands, and perhaps ashes, we will each create our own personal shrine in the natural landscape in a place so remote it will not be known to anyone but you and the other participants in this workshop. The shrine will be created from nature, to return to nature; only your photographs, writings, and drawings will travel away with you.
Walter W. Nelson
Comments: This workshop is a combination sculpture, drawing, writing and photography workshop, by the same two fellows that retraced Coronado Journey in 1989 traveling 1000 miles / 70 days. "Cities Of Gold, Retracing Coronado" by Dougals J. Preston
