Fiery footwork, undulating arms, and spiraling hands are the trademarks of FLAMENCO, a passionate dance from Andalusia, the southern part of Spain. Many Spanish settlers to New Mexico were from Andalusia, and their influence is still felt in Santa Fe. New Mexico is home to many world famous flamenco dancers and musicians, and the greatest flamenco artists in the world continue to travel
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here to teach and perform.
Julia Chacon trained and danced in Spain and performs across the USA and Latin America. Her choreography has been performed in China, Mexico, and throughout the States. She was featured on the Travel Channel teaching celebrity Samantha Brown in 2008 and has also been featured in Local Flavor Magazine and the Collector’s Guide. Don't miss this opportunity to study flamenco with a seasoned professional and catalyze your expressive energy with this passionate dance!!
Private and Semi-Private classes are tailored to your dance level and no previous dance experience is necessary. Ongoing group classes are also offered. In class you will learn flamenco rhythms, zapateado (footwork), brazeo (arm movment), and stylization. Flamenco shoes are best for class, but other sturdy footwear will work (i.e. boots). Men should wear pants and women a long full skirt. Pants are fine for women if a skirt is not available. Wear something that allows you to strike the floor with your feet and gives you FULL range of movement in your arms and legs. Dance class will use your whole body so be sure your clothes allow for that.
Treat yourself to something special and experience the sensation of Spanish dance in the Land of Enchantment!
Awaken and free your creativity while you are experiencing Santa Fe. A unique city that stimulates and immerses you in brilliant color, pungent scents, savory tastes, luminous high desert light, and earthy textures.
Feel the creative urge rising – the urge to express! Now you can – even if you have never painted! Everyone is creative! Intuitive painting is a direct way to connect
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with the well of spontaneous creativity just waiting to be released. Putting the brush full of luscious color to the paper taps into this deep source and you will be astounded what flows out!
Those that have never painted before are the most free in this process. Artists that would like to enliven their work will also greatly benefit from intuitive painting. Allow yourself to break free with a soul satisfying painting experience. Your facilitator is gentle, accepting, fun, passionate and experienced guide who creates the space for playful exploration.
This class is very different from traditional art classes in that there is no technique, comparison, right or wrong, and no emphasis on creating a product. Instead you will be given tools for moving through the inner critic that stops us in our tracks. That moves us past where we hold back, where we are in fear, and all that limits us resulting in a new freedom and confidence to create.
7000 BC — Northern New Mexico's comics creators collective — holds monthly meetings 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. Contact for Date
Would you like to find your way in one of the older and more scenic neighborhoods with a local historian? Learn about the artists and writers who made Santa Fe one of the largest art markets in the US. See the mother ditch and find out about unique community events.
When: Mondays or by arrangement reservations required
Try this adult alternative to ghost tours and explore some of the city’s more famous watering holes and hangouts, past and present, in the downtown and Guadalupe area. End the tour at one of these “colorful” places!
When: Wednesdays and Saturdays 7:30PM winter: 8:30 summer Reservations Required
Explore Santa Fe gardens with local gardener and historian. See what it takes to make these cool, quiet spaces in galleries, public buildings and private places.
When: Tuesdays or by arrangement 9:30AM Reservations Required
Come with the Travel Channel ghost tour guide and hear about the ever-present personalities behind the walls of both public and private buildings in Santa Fe including the two haunted houses she lived in. No gimmicks! Just good stories!
Come on the original Santa Fe tour with a unique cultural perspective! Explore New Mexico history a little more in depth with a local historian and find out how Jews were both Hispanos and Anglos. See and experience some of the German Jewish merchants' homes. Find out about the twenty-first-century Jewish community.
Does listening to ghost stories work up your thirst? Then come on this tour which combines visits to bars, brothels and haunted places and sometimes all three at the same place! Stop at one of these spirited watering holes for a sip of spirits while on the tour.
When: Fridays 8PM or by arrangement Reservations Required
Santa Fe will never look the same to you again after this downtown tour! Learn about some of the prominent and notorious women who made this town home and where they lived, loved and worked.
When: Thursdays or by arrangement 1:30 PM Reservations Required
Aikido or the way to harmonize with the universal energy is the latest of the "Martial" arts created by Morei Ueshiba. Also called the art of peace, Aikido aim at resolving conflicts in a non violent manner and in doing so accomplishing the wish of Spirit to reunite human beings as a whole family under the laws of the universe.
The location of Santa Fe in the high desert mountains make
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any spiritual practice more meaningful and effective. Although born in Japan the teaching of Aikido embraces the teachings of Native Americans about Love and Harmony with nature.
When: Monday through Friday 7:45am-8:45am and 6pm-7pm . Saturday 10am-11am
Time: Every day - Morning & Night Classes
Cost: $80 per month or $10.00 a class
Aspects of Clay is an "everything clay" studio/ store. We focus on teaching pottery of all kinds, including Native American pottery workshops, hand-building, wheel throwing, extruding, kids workshops, tile and mural making classes, painting bisqueware, raku firing, glaze making and more. We sell pottery that has been handmade, glazed and fired by local artists, sell supplies, host parties
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and offer kiln firing services.
We are located on the beautiful, historic Turquoise Trail, a national scenic byway that runs from Santa Fe to Albuquerque. The Turquoise Trail includes the old mining town of Madrid, which is abundant in artists and crafters, quaint shops and restaurants.
Pottery and ceramic arts are New Mexican traditions, especially in Santa Fe and the surrounding area. Aspects of Clay allows people of all backgrounds, (local residents and tourists, young and old, with and without clay knowledge) to experience the tactile and visual beauty of clay. Clay has a permanence that reminds us of the pottery shards and pots from our Native ancestors. What a better way to experience New Mexico and the Santa Fe area than to create your own amazing piece of pottery or clay art as a keepsake! We strive to teach all the "aspects of clay" to anyone who has enthusiasm for learning.
Our workshops and classes are open to the public, and vary from month to month. Paint-your-own-pottery is open to walk-ins during opening hours or by appointment. If our classes and workshops dont fit into your schedule, we happily teach private lessons or offer parties (for any number of people) with a reservation. All items that cannot be completed in one day can be shipped anywhere in the US.
We are now sharing a property with "The Old Schoolhouse Gallery" which offers pottery, paintings, bronze, photography and more, all crafted by local artists.
We hope you will come down and have an AMAZING CLAY EXPERIENCE with us, and a CREATIVE, MEMORABLE TRIP TO SANTA FE, the art capitol of the southwest.
We also host art shows/ fairs twice per year, along the turquoise trail. We are members of the Turquoise Trail Association, and NM potters and Clay 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.
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 of Santa Fe
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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.
Learn Zen meditation in a relaxed setting. The meditation will happen on a weekly basis in form of an open forum. The meetings will be flexible to meet the needs of participants. The general format will include instruction for the techniques in Zen meditation, discussion of the history and context of Zen practice, opportunities for questions and a guided meditation. This gathering will
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evolve as time passes. Jim KANDO Green has been practicing Zen meditation daily since 1993. In 2006 he became the senior student of Sydney Musai Walter Roshi and got ordained as a priest/monk.
When: Every Sunday
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Cost: Free
Learn the music of Zimbabwe as played in a marimba (xylophone) ensemble. This is accessible, joyful and exciting group music making rooted in the spiritual village life of southern Africa.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
All beginning dancers are welcome to learn basic steps. Each week focuses on a different style. An alternative for beginners is our Drop in Introduction to Social Dance, every Tuesday. This class will introduce you to a different social dance each week such as Swing, Salsa, Tango and Country-Western. Learn the fundamentals in a fun group setting. Introduction to Social dance is open to
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everyone and costs only $10.
Explore the fascinating process of making color with plants! Before the late 1800’s, all dyes were derived from natural materials, and New Mexicans gathered local plants and used imported materials, such as indigo and cochineal, to dye wool for their beautiful blankets.
At Earth Arts, you can spend an afternoon or a day learning about the rainbow of colors that are available through
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the natural world. Anyone who works with natural fiber or yarn can benefit from learning how to produce the amazing colors available through natural dyes.
Samples of everything that we dye are included; if you’d like to dye full skeins of yarn for yourself, you can bring your own material or purchase white yarn at Earth Arts.
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: Anytime; during the winter, we can work indoors with ancient natural dyes, and during the summer, we can explore the plants that grow locally and in Liesel’s dye garden.
Time: Half day (3 hours) or full day (6 hours)
Cost: $75 for a half day private class, or $160 for a full day that includes lunch.
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 to explore
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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
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, and motion. All
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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.
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 a discussion
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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.
If you love handmade glass beads, now you can learn how to make your own--It's easier than you think--and more fun.
Julie Rose is nationally-known for her expertise in teaching beginning students how to make lampwork beads. She is thorough, patient, and fun. There are lots of expensive, intensive classes out there--taught by instructors who teaches a specific technique and requiring
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advanced knowledge and skill. But what if you’r'e just curious, are a beginner and want more individualized individual attention? What if you’'ve taken one of those classes at a bead show and need to brush up to be more confident? Then Julie Rose is the instructor for you. She has taught 100s of students under the same circumstances. You will come away with a set of solid foundation skills and understanding--able to make your own beads that use your creativity for their inspiration!
Take individual instruction or invite a friend to join you and get a discount on the tuition. Either way, you will get individual, specialized instruction that makes learning fun and easy.
Comments: I have customized classes for most of my current students. I am also available for events and workshops with local businesses. For example: a beading party at a local wine shop or hotel.
"Art Experience - Experience Art" in Santa Fe. You can watch artisans create sculpture, jewelry, decorative items and architectural elements. Your "Art Experience" means that you can fabricate an item made of glass with Artists listed on our website - www.glassnm.org - and you click on Travel Request for specific day and time.
Your "Experience Art" adventure allows you to attend
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lectures, demonstrations and Maestro events in Santa Fe. Internationally known artists visit our studios year round. Events are listed on our website - www.glassnm.org - and you click on Travel Request for specific day and time and confirmation information.
"Art Experience - Experience Art" is educational, creative, high-tech in our clean City of Santa Fe.
When: Thursday and Friday Evenings, Saturday and Sunday Brunch
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 the Institute
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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.
Come to beautiful northern New Mexico this fall for the 13th annual High Road Art Tour. On a lovely day trip from Santa Fe, meet the artists and learn about traditional, contemporary, and fine arts. Visit ten historic communities and sixty plus artists. Work includes sculpture, painting, photography, pottery, weaving, jewelry, crafts, and more. Tour brochures are available from Visitor
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Information Centers, local hotels, and tour sites.
For more information about the tour, bed and breakfasts, cafes and restaurants, and other tourist resources check www.HighRoadNewMexico.com or call 1-866-343-5381.
The tour is conducted by High Road Artisans, a non-profit organization promoting arts and culture as positive, integral elements of communities along the High Road to Taos. Partial funding is provided by New Mexico Arts, New Mexico Tourism Department (visit www.newmexico.org), Rio Arriba County and Taos County Lodger's Tax Boards. You, too, can help support our artists with an online contribution at www.HighRoadNewMexico.com
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 beads and make
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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 in practice with this
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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.
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 style with
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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.
Are you passionate about drawing? Whether your imagination has been captured by the human figure or by the stunning New Mexico landscape, being able to express yourself artistically begins with the pencil.
Enhance your drawing skills by working privately or with a small class.
We can work in the studio from a live model (additional fee), from a still life, or we can work in nature.
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You make the call!
The basics are covered, so beginners are welcome!
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: See website for updates
Cost: $50 per person per 2 hour session plus tax and model fee if applicable
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 using my extensive
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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
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 muse. You may
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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.
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 price of lessons.
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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.
Tuesday & Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
LEVEL 1 SALSA . . . No experience necessary. Learn the basics of mambo, Turning technique, styling, musicality, and shines (open footwork). Treat for those learning how to dance "On 2" for the first time or interested in developing their foundations in the basics of mambo.
Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 - 9:00 PM
LEVEL 2 SALSA . . . Some experience
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recommended. Learn more advanced Turning technique, body movement, musicality, intermediate-level shines =open footwork, while developing leading and following skills. This is not an open class; admission is by permission of the instructor, generally after at least 8 classes in Level 1.
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 too numerous
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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
Greetings from Chimayo New Mexico! Spend the day with a family of artists, at the beautiful and tranquil village of Chimayo at Medina's Chile Shop * Cafe* Gallery. Enjoy the sound of music, the smell of home cooking, and the inspiration of traditional art! Meet the artists, and discover the hidden treasures that for centuries has made this village a scared & historic place. Medina's
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is located in the heart of the placita near the famous shrine of El Santuario. Experience the life devoted to the passion of art! Learn the art and history of Tinsmithing which originated by our anscestors in the 1800's. We look forward to meeting you! Workshops available upoun request and by appointment.. God Bless!
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) 476-1200
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.
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 as informative.
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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.
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 a journal of
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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.
Sixteen miles north of Santa Fe, The Pojoaque River Art Tour, known for its tri-cultural nature, professionalism and the quality, freshness, and variety of its exhibitors, is a terrific small tour of the artists and artisans of the Pojoaque Valley, doable in a day, by car or bicycle. The route includes homes and studios and vineyards from Pojoaque Pueblo to San Ildefonso Pueblo, through
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the traditional farming communities of Nambe, Pojoaque, Jacona, Jaconita, and El Rancho, along and off of County Road 84 in northern Santa Fe County. It incudes pueblo arts, traditional Spanish tinwork and weaving, contemporary and traditional pottery, traditional and abstract painting, metal and bronze sculpture, in other words, a true reflection of the full spectrum of the artistic traditions of Santa Fe, set in the inspiring autumn beauty 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.
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, and Education
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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.
This studio specializes in glass casting services for artists. Utilizing the lost wax casting process, the visitor will learn the stages of glass casting. Each stage of the process is explained along with examples. The studio is set in a picturesque canyon located 20 minutes outside of Santa Fe. The tour is 40 - 60 minutes long.
Comments: This tour can be an accompaniment
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to other stops north of Santa Fe. Availability must be confirmed beforehand to make sure the artist-in-residence can give the tour.
A cultural learning experience with Roberto Gonzales is a unique opportunity to study music with a Santa Fean whose ancestry includes the founders of the 400-year-old city of Santa Fe. Roberto has taught guitar for over 25 years, including 20 years at the college level.
Roberto has studied with the original masters of New Mexican folkloric music, with emphasis on the indigenous
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music of Santa Fe. Blending elements of Spanish, Native American, Mexican and American folk music traditions. He performs locally at many resorts, and public and private events, often collaborating with other local masters, such as Antonio Mendoza (Mexican and Latin guitar), Chuscales (Flamenco), Mariano Romero (Traditional Songs of Santa Fe), Antonio Rivera (Traditional Dance Music of Santa Fe), and the late Ruben Romero (Classical /Flamenco).
Roberto is widely reknown for his knowledge, versatility, ability to collaborate, musicianship, receptiveness, and depth in working with other musicians and students. His unique gift of patience allows others to relax and to ultimately enjoy and maximize the benefit of what is demonstrated.
When: Varies - offering private and group instruction.
Time: Contact for details
Cost: Rates begin at $40 per hour for private instruction. Group prices upon request.
At this colorful fiber haven, you’ll find Robin Pascal weaving, painting roving or yarn, or creating one-of-a-kind fused glass buttons (Perfect Buttons) in her working studio. She offers classes in hand-painting yarn, weaving, knitting and glass work. Pascal makes her own mixed warp yardage that she sews into garments which are offered for sale in her studio. She hand-paints all of
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her wool, silk, mohair, cotton, rayon or blend yarns and rovings. Robin moved to New Mexico in 2003 where she relishes being surrounded and inspired by other fiber fanatics.
Handpainting yarn, any fiber except polyester, using fiber reactive dyes and the microwave. Participants bring their own fiber up to 4 oz, or may purchase fiber at class time.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
Santa Fe has a rich tradition of fiber and textile arts. Silk painting is another extension of working with textiles and organic fabrics.
We will create, design and complete two scarves. We practice safe ways of dyeing fabric for quilting, clothing and wall hangings.
When making the scarves we will learn about resist techniques on silk, shibori techniques, hand printing on fabrics
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and more in a relaxed country location not far from Santa Fe.
Enjoying the feel, touch and colors we create on silk is a joy and I hope you can join me for an afternoon of creativity and art our community of Santa Fe is well know for locally and nationwide.
Dress up in Santa Fe style with beautiful colorful silks. Learn a quick and easy way to paint glowing colors on silk (and other fabrics). No steaming or toxic materials. We will learn several techniques that produce beautiful colorfast fabrics. We will introduce pattern making with stencils. Materials fee covers a dyes and materials as well as 2
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pieces of silk fabric and a silk scarf!
When: Contact for details
Time: 3 hour classes
Cost: Cost: $65.00 per 3 hour class plus $15. materials fee includes fabric & silk scarf
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 from 9:00am
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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.
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 handspinning 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. Learning in the traditional way of spinning, participants
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will also hear special stories and songs connected to the materials and seasons of this ancient craft. First we start off by carding the wool with hand cards..then carefully learning how to twist and turn the spindle to make the yarn longer and longer yet. How to wash the final product will be discussed as will dyeing and the various plants, flowers and roots used in history to create the palette of colors that are so loved. The workshop will be taught by Liane Brown a native Santa Fean who has turned her life-long love of spinning and weaving into creatively designed products that are "!
softer than imagined".
By learning how to spin a yarn that can be used later in a special handmade project or gift, takes a person beyond the magic of the Southwest and creates a memory forever. truly a lasting memory of Santa Fe
So come join us in beautiful downtown Santa Fe for an afternoon of history, spinning,and fun. Come and learn a Heritage Craft--Spinning Yarn!
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 opportunities
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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
We promote understanding between Santa Fe’s residents with visitors from other areas of the US and abroad, and an exchange between local and international cultures through folk dancing and music. Our gatherings provide an opportunity for out-of-state visitors to meet and bond with local people, as well as for Santa Fe residents to become acquainted with other areas of the world. Our website
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is linked with national sites, and we have had visitors from abroad as well as diverse areas of the United States. Our dancers are amateurs. Most of our dances do not require a partner (are line dances), with some couple dances and mixers for variety. They originate in New Mexico, the Balkans, Europe, Greece, the Middle and Far East. Dancers of all levels are welcome. On Tuesdays, volunteers provide instruction from 7 to 8 pm and general dancing follows. Sundays are oriented toward beginners, with instruction the entire time.
The Santa Fe School Of Weaving-Miriam's Well is an Oasis of Creativity in the heart of downtown Santa Fe, which offers instruction in weaving, spinning and knitting, and an incredible selection of yarns, tools and books for anyone interested in Fiber Arts and textiles.
Nurture your creative being: Learn color, form and texture in a relaxing and inspiring environment. Our small class
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sizes guarantee that instructors are available to guide you on your creative path through the fiber arts.
Founder and owner Miriam Leth-Espensen established this center 20 years ago after a 25 year career in weaving and design.
Originally from Denmark, she received her formal design education from Bezalel School Of Art in Jerusalem.
Classes are taught in the morning, and the store is open to the public Mon.-Sat. from noon to 6pm, when advice and help is freely provided.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
Studio di Bel Canto was created to provide Santa Fe singers the opportunity for vocal study that specifically meets the needs of classical and choral musicians.
The Studio offers vocal workshops, private and semi-private voice lessons, and program development for community organizations. Private coaching is also tailored for actors and performers from all disciplines.
Most lessons
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emphasize a classical approach, including the Bel Canto technique. Singers are encouraged to learn and utilize classical principles and a structured repertoire. A strong foundation and correct technique get pronounced results!
While a classical approach is our specialty, Studio di Bel Canto offers programs and lessons in many styles and for all ages. Our Expressive Singing Workshops are designed for singers, (choral singers in particular), to refine their skills and improve their choral ensemble - not to mention enhancing their enjoyment of the whole experience.
Charlotte Sandelin, Program Director and mezzo soprano, is a specialist in music education. Charlotte has performed solo and chorister parts with the Collegium Musicum, (Santa Fe), the Chorus of Santa Fe, the NAU Oratorio Chorus, the Flagstaff Master Chorale and Symphony Orchestra, and the Santa Fe Symphony Chorus.
Charlotte has been active in New Mexico arts and music organizations since the 70's. Her understanding of local musicians, and their needs, inspired the creation of the Studio.
We're proud to have Monika Cosson-Sheppard serving as our Artistic Director, and as an active teacher. Monika, also a mezzo soprano, has performed as a featured concert artist with professional companies nationwide, and here in New Mexico - - The Santa Fe Desert Choral, Polyphony, Voices of New Mexico, the Sangre De Cristo Choral, Canticum Novum, the Santa Fe Men's Camerata, and the Santa Fe Opera.
Her extensive professional background, together with her remarkable singing talent, provide students a direct, personal, and inspiring experience!
Studio di Bel Canto was also created in response to the practical needs of local musicians and performers. Since private lessons can be expensive, the Studio offers semi-private and small group programs that are both affordable and effective.
Please visit our website for more information. We hope you'll join us for an exciting, productive, and uplifting experience!
When: X=Currently: Saturday mornings and Thursday evenings
Time: On-going classes, workshops
Cost: $15 -20 per person for classes & workshops, private lessons available
The New Mexico Potters Trail is a group of emerging and professional potters living and working in the Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico area. The Potters Trail is divided into 4 loops; the southern loop (from santa fe south to Galisteo and Eldorado), a downtown/ Santa Fe area loop, the Northern loop ( Dixon, Rinconada, and Ojo Sarco), and the Taos loop. We encourage visitors to enjoy
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the entire trail or to concentrate their time on one area as time allows. The Potters Trail guides visitors through some of New Mexico's most beautiful and historic rural areas as well as to the studios of some of the area's best contemporary ceramic artists and sculptors. We invite you for the weekend or just an afternoon, as our studios beckon you to experience the love of our craft, the opportunity to meet us, and the chance to take home a piece of New Mexico. For a full color copy of the entire New Mexico Potters Trail Brochure and map, contact us at; info@newmexicopotterstrail.org, or go to our website; newmexicopotterstrail.org
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 following directions.
3
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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.
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 radio, digital
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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.
