What do artists Bill Worrell, Terry Allen, Kate Jewel, Sean Helen, Dan Valdez, Vic Lee, Charles Azbell, Paul Shapiro and Fred Spencer all have in common? Besides being accomplished visual artists, all these individuals are accomplished musicians. Many artists listen or meditate to music when they paint and some artists finish a painting and pick up a guitar or start composing on a piano. I really believe that when the creative channel is flowing, whether it is watercolor or jazz, sculpture or country western music, batik or Beethoven, creative energy is manifesting itself.
Being a songwriter with no venue to showcase your songs is a lot like being an artist with all your paintings hidden in the closet. Artisan's Santa Fe store will begin offering a venue for songwriters. Beginning March 7th, "Song Writer Sundays" will be held on the first Sunday of every month from 1pm to 3pm. A keyboard, guitar, microphone and amp will be set up and songwriters are invited to come perform solos, limited to three of their original songs. Come share some of your music or just come to listen.
On a similar note, Candyman on St. Michaels in Santa Fe has now remodeled and is offering classes in February on vocal techniques, mother and daughter singing, and techniques of songwriting. If you are interested in the Candyman program, please contact Lisa Carman at 505.466.2666.
When art is shared or expanded, the world is enriched.
Namaste,
Ron
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Demonstrations
Saturday, February 6, 1:00-3:00pm - Layers and Textures in Acrylic Paintings by Sandra Duran Wilson at Artisan's Santa Fe store. FREE ADMISSION! Would you like to create layers and textures in your paintings? I will demonstrate how to incorporate textures, paint techniques and transfers to enhance acrylic paintings. My book, Image Transfer Workshop, authored with Darlene Olivia McElroy is a best seller for North Light publications and we are hard at work on our next book. I will be showing some of the techniques which will be in this book and how to incorporate the textures with transfers. Space is limited so register today by calling 505-954-4179.
Saturday, February 13, 1:30-3:30pm - Dynamic Airbrush Techniques by Jim Alford at Artisan's Santa Fe store. FREE ADMISSION! Join this contemporary photo realist painter and consider air brush as a medium to add subtlety and edge to your work. From computer to canvas, Jim Alford will demonstrate a variety of air brush techniques that push an idea from abstraction to photo realism. Attendees will get a feel of the mechanics as well as see how imagination and technology can combine for stunning effects. Space is limited so register today by calling 505-954-4179.
Saturday, February 20, 1:30-3:30pm - Painting Animals with Emotion by Linda St. Clair at Artisan's Santa Fe store. FREE ADMISSION! Capture the spirit and emotion of animals you are painting or want to paint! Through the basics of anatomy and style, color, paint and brushstroke, discover the relationships that are conveyed thru the painting surface. The look in an eye or position of a paw is a fleeting moment that can reveal a total personality. Let Linda St. Clair show you her tricks and tips for capturing the essence of the creatures she paints in oils, revealing her love and heart for animals. Space is limited so register today by calling 505-954-4179.
Saturday, February 27, 1:00-3:00pm - Wild Acrylic Skins & Crazy Easy Monoprints with Darlene Olivia McElroy at Artisan's Santa Fe store. FREE ADMISSION! Preview techniques from the next book by Darlene and Sandra Duran Wilson. Wild new surface techniques that will blow your mind. Create monoprints on paper, canvas or panels with no clean up, no press and no size limitations. Space is limited so register today by calling 505-954-4179.
Saturday, March 6, 1:30-3:30pm - The Power and Passion of Palette Knife Painting with Brad Smith at Artisan's Santa Fe store. FREE ADMISSION! Brad Smith is a well known Santa Fe artist and gallery owner. He will demonstrate painting the figure in oil from a live model using a limited palette and palette knife to apply lots of paint. Brad will emphasize keeping it simple, painting on a large canvas so the strokes will be expressive, and people attending the demo can see clearly what he is doing. Space is limited so register today by calling 505-954-4179.
Upcoming Demonstrations
March 27 will be Craig Srebnik. TBA
April 3 will be Judy Just. TBA
Upcoming Golden Lectures - Free two hour lecture/demonstration
Nancy Reyner, lecturer for Golden Artist Colors, Inc., focuses on new products and techniques including Digital Mixed Media, the slow drying "Open Acrylics", plus a large array of acrylic Gels, Mediums, Gessoes, Grounds, Additives, Reflective Paints, Varnishes & other new Custom Products. Learn how acrylics can be used as grounds for other media, (i.e. watercolor or colored pencil); get key information on color mixing, blending and controlling drying time; and see how gels can customize paint or create unique textural surfaces. From traditional to contemporary to mixed media, acrylics are infinitely versatile. Artists of all levels will come away from this lecture with fresh new insights. Technical tips, cool tricks, free product samples and information packets are available to all participants, including hand-painted color charts. Space is limited, so register today! It's FREE.
Saturday, May 15, 1:00-3:00pm at Santa Fe store. To register call 505-954-4179 2601 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe
Saturday, May 22, 11:00-1:00pm at Albuquerque store. To register call 505-256-4540 3017 Monte Vista NE, Albuquerque
Saturday, May 29, 11:00-1:00pm at Taos store. To register call 575-751-0802 1046 Paseo del Sur, Taos
If you have any requests for demos on method and materials, please contact Meg at artschool@artisan-santafe.com
Artisan is looking ahead and starting to schedule free Saturday afternoon store demos and special events. If you are planning a class or workshop and would like to front load it with a free demo or presentation, please contact Meg, at artschool@artisan-santafe.com or call her at 505-954-4179 ex.117.
Artisan Dulce
This specially designed easel is an exclusive for Artisan. We took a Best Dulce Easel and added additional top canvas support, casters to make it mobile in the studio, and a tray with a brush holder to make it the perfect mid-size studio easel. The Artisan Dulce supports a canvas up to 82" high.
Artisan Price $398.50, no further discount apply
Patricia Morrison
My name is Patricia Morrison. I am an illustrator, teacher and craftswoman living, working and creating in Northern New Mexico. The vast natural beauty of the land, skies and light continue to inspire wonder, magic and personal creativity.
The star-studded night skies twinkle bright and the constellations ignite my imagination. Learning where to find star constellations and reading the stories and myths surrounding constellations are sources of inspiration. Color, value, design, pattern, all intrigues me; hours pass in creative joy! Art is meditation, creative expression, and meaningful involvement, Zen. Art is a gift given to share; to spread beauty, reflect beauty, affirm the beauty that surrounds us, sustains us and to recognize and honor the beauty within each of us. It is my hope to share inspiration, beauty, magic and love with all who look upon my work.
My work has been published in "Jim Maynard's Celestial Influences 2010 Astrological Calendar" and also by Colorado Cards & Curiosity Greeting Card Company. I have exhibited my art in galleries in New Mexico and Connecticut. In summers, I show my silk paintings and illustrations at regional art and craft fairs.
I live in a small town with many artists. Artisan supplies many of us working and creating here with quality art supplies, kindness and encouragement!
To contact me or view my work visit me at www.anuartstudio.com.
Painting Winter Landscapes in Oil - Plein Air to Studio Taught By Peggy Immel
Friday, Feb 26th - Sun, Feb 28th, 2010 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
This three-day oil painting workshop will familiarize participants with processes they can use and adapt to their own work for painting winter landscapes. Topics covered include landscape composition and technique, painting en plein air in the winter environment, developing useful field studies for studio reference and studio processes for landscape work. We will work both en plein air and in the studio environment during the workshop. Each day includes instructor demonstrations and individual attention for each workshop participant. All levels of painters are welcome.
SUPPLIES: A complete list of supplies will be furnished upon registration. In addition to paints and brushes participants will need to furnish their own plein air painting easel.
COST: $300.00 for non members of THM and $275.00 for members of THM
Questions: Call 575-758-0505, email blume@taoshistoricmuseums.org or visit www.taoshistoricmuseums.org And, to learn more about your instructor visit www.peggyimmel.com.
CLASS LOCATION: The workshop takes place in the historic studio of E.L. Blumenschein in Taos, New Mexico and will include plein air sessions on the grounds of the Blumenschein home and museum. Blumenschein was one of the founding fathers of the Taos Society of Artists which was formed in 1915. Located on historic Ledoux Street in downtown Taos, the E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum is maintained much as it was when the artist and his family were alive. The home is filled with a superb collection of the Blumenschein family's art, a representative sampling of works by other famous Taos artists, fine European and Spanish Colonial style antiques, and the family's lifetime of personal possessions. The home beautifully illustrates the lifestyle of Taos artists in the first half of the twentieth century. This is a rare opportunity to paint in the studio of E.L. Blumenschein. The cost of the class will include a docent tour of the museum.
Still Life Class taught by Dorothy Lampl
Friday, Feb 5 — Sunday, Feb 7, 2010 9:00 am -- 4:00 pm
Three full days of painting in the Studio of E. L. Blumenschein. Using still life as the learning vehicle, the workshop will emphasize color and value relationships, as well as composition and a bit of technique. All levels of painters welcome.
Class will receive three full days of hands-on instruction by Dorothy Lampl. Lampl is a professional oil painter and an experienced painting instructor. Learn more about your instructor at www.dorothylampl.com.
SUPPLIES: Visit www.dorothylampl.com/supply_list.htm
COST: $350. For non members of THM and $325. For Members of THM Questions: Call 575-758-0505 or email blume@taoshistoricmuseums.org. Located on historic Ledoux Street in downtown Taos, the E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum is maintained much as it was when the artist and his family were alive. The home is filled with a superb collection of the Blumenschein family's art, a representative sampling of works by other famous Taos artists, fine European and Spanish Colonial style antiques, and the family's lifetime of personal possessions. The home beautifully illustrates the lifestyle of Taos artists in the first half of the twentieth century. This is a rare opportunity to paint in the studio of E. L. Blumenschein. The Cost of the Class will include a docent tour of the Museum.
Painting Workshop taught by Sherrie McGraw
Wed, Feb 10 — Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 9:00 am -- 4:00 pm
Once the student learns to paint, he or she can paint anything. And although complicating the discipline of painting may be a lucrative business, the great painters in history wanted simple solutions. Where the beginner sees dissimilarity, the artist sees harmony and relationships. This class will deal with the elements that make good painting good, regardless of subject matter. Good painting uses the abstract elements available in the visual language of painting (color, value, edges and paint quality) to play out parts in an abstract visual concept. Understanding why certain solutions work and why others don't is how the student can successfully learn to paint well. There will be class demonstrations and individual critiques. All levels of experience are welcome.
Class will receive 5 full days of hands-on instruction by Sherrie McGraw. McGraw is a professional oil painter and an experienced painting instructor. Learn more about your instructor at www.sherriemcgraw.com.
SUPPLIES: See www.sherriemcgraw.com/workshops/materials.html for supply list Questions: Call 575-758-0505 or email blume@taoshistoricmuseums.org.
COST: $925 for THM members $950. For non THM members Located on historic Ledoux Street in downtown Taos, the E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum is maintained much as it was when the artist and his family were alive. The home is filled with a superb collection of the Blumenschein family's art, a representative sampling of works by other famous Taos artists, fine European and Spanish Colonial style antiques, and the family's lifetime of personal possessions. The home beautifully illustrates the lifestyle of Taos artists in the first half of the twentieth century. This is a rare opportunity to paint in the studio of E. L. Blumenschein. The Cost of the Class will include a docent tour of the Museum.
Building a Habitat for Creativity at Artisan's Albuquerque Store
Tuesday mornings from 10-12:30
Eight weeks, March 9th -April 27th
course fee $200.00
During this eight week class we will work with the theme of habitat and how to build a sustainable habitat for our creativity. How do we lay the foundation that will sustain our refuge? How do we maintain the structure of this habitat in chaotic times?
Each week we will discuss a chapter from the book, The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp. A few of the chapter headings, Rituals for Preparation; Your Creative DNA; Before You Can Think out of the Box, You Have to Start with a Box; will give you an idea of what we might consider in our weekly classroom discussions.
One of our main objectives will be to nurture the imagination through exercises inspired by the readings and a field trip to one local artist's studio. Twyla Tharp is a choreographer but her practices of creative expression apply to all artists, when she walks into the large white dance studio intent on creating her next composition she is like every artist who ever faced a blank canvas. And as someone recently said to me, the larger the offering the more we must go within. I invite you to set anchor for eight weeks and consider together how we might build a habitat for creativity.
Deborah Gavel, 505 242-6114
Artisan's Direct Print Gallery
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