Fiber Sculpture - 1:1 Mentoring Workshop Retreat

Join me for a 4-day transformative Mentoring Workshop Retreat designed to elevate your creative practice and foster community connections. Set against the serene backdrop of northern New Mexico, this immersive experience offers creatives the opportunity to engage in daily sessions focused on skill development, ways of seeing, interweave what art practice means to you; what is creativity vs. art; make friends with the inner-critic; work with shape, texture, scale, and have fun.

As a papermaker, fiber, exhibiting and curatorial artist for over three decades, I will introduce you to concepts of sense of place and your relationship to place through materiality. We will focus on transforming natural materials into sculpture through dimensionality and perception. You will explore the myriad of possibilities about how to use simple materials for self-expression as well as finding your artistic path and pursuing my art library.

I look forward to meeting and working with you on this very amazing journey merging art and life.

Pricing:

• With Lodging + Meals: $1850. +

• Without Lodging + Meals: $1450.

• Choose your date in the dropdown menu with or without meals and lodging

• Inquire about custom dates

What’s Included:

• The three-day workshop retreat includes (breakfast, lunch) freshly made organic meals, a private bedroom with a bathtub/shower, and access to all studio materials and supplies.

• 4 nights lodging (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

• Demonstrations, discussions and field trips

• Principal areas of focus are contemporary papermaking and sculpture

• You will have access to the studio to work on your own time during your stay.

• Learn how to transform flax roving into beautifully textured paper.

• Make moulds and armatures with wire mesh, plaster cloth, and rattan.

• Create three-dimensional fiber sculpture with natural materials

• Mark-making and surface design/embellishment with sumi ink and indigo

• At the end of the retreat you will have a collection of paper and sculptures to take home with you. Please make arrangements for shipping your work if necessary

• All skill levels are welcome. Please be prepared to manage stairs.

During your stay:

• Arrive by 4 pm on the first day. Enjoy a light dinner together with an introduction to the studio and house.

• Daily Breakfast and Lunch

• Workshop/mentoring 9am - 5pm daily with lunch break

Transportation:

• Arroyo Hondo is just minutes from the Rio Grande, Taos Plaza, and Arroyo Seco with shops and galleries to explore.

• Airports:  Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Denver and Taos

• Participants are responsible for travel to and from the studio along with car rental.

What to bring:

• Bring your ideas for a specific project

• Although materials and supplies are included, you are encouraged to bring materials you’d like to experiment with.

• Wear comfortable layered clothing to accommodate weather variations.

• High desert elevations can cause dehydration.

• Garden gloves

• A bag for collecting plant fiber

• Please add a note on the registration form alerting me about dietary restrictions

• Scent-free and non-smoking environment

• Dog and cat friendly