More fun from Santa Fe

Breakfast at the Inn at Loretto...yummy.

Our first workshop morning breakfast...cheers!

Our always cheerful manager, Leslie.I think she had already

 had her coffee.

Good morning Barbara.

Laurie trying to decide," oatmeal or American breakfast?"

Always working hard.

We found out we are neighbors.Cheers.

The Santa Fe Workshop

 It is hard to believe that our Santa Fe ,New Mexico workshop has come and gone.
Working on art, meeting new friends, eating great food,exploring, shopping (of course) , in a unique setting that is rich in culture,history and the arts= Santa Fe,NM.
All of us, Helen Shafer Garcia, Laurie Mika, Jane LaFazio and Lynn Leahy had a fabulous time teaching this workshop to a talented and enthusiastic group of women. We saw old friends from previous workshops and met many new ones from all over the world. Some samples of their work is revealed in these pictures.
They all came together in beautiful "quilt like" squares that we tried to capture as one large textile photo.
More photo's to come....

Santa Fe, New Mexico Retreat

Teachers and students in  Santa Fe 2013

Our retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico was fabulous! We'll be posting more photos soon.

Art Quilt Samples...a peek at what's to come

Two samples from my own art quilt:
The first square is from Helen Shafer Garcia's masa paper,water
color painting that she taught me and the second is my class;Lynn Leahy's reverse painting technique.We will be using plexiglass instead of real glass on this project. Both squares were sewn onto painted canvas.

One Week From Today..We're in Santa Fe!!!!!

Next Sunday, April 21st, Helen Shafer Garcia, Lynn Leahy, Laurie Mika, Jane LaFazio 

will be in Santa Fe. We are all looking forward to this workshop.Santa Fe is a wonderful community that generates an artistic energy that is such fun to tap into (not to mention the great food). Along with sharing our art techniques we look forward to meeting all attendees,seeing old friends and making new ones.See you soon!

Santa Fe!!!!!!!!!

We are counting down the days to Santa Fe!!!!!!!!!! Jane LaFazio, Helen Shafer Garcia, Laurie Mika and Lynn Leahy can't wait to share their fabulous techniques for teaching the Artists Quilt Workshop in this charming, historic city.The Inn and Spa at Loretto will be a beautiful, tranquil setting for our workshop retreat. If you need to explore more ideas about what is happening in Santa Fe during the workshop week,  April 21-28, please look at http://www.InsideSantaFeTravel.com 

working hard! preparing for Santa Fe

Helen Shafer Garcia, Lynn Leahy, Jane LaFazio and Laurie Mika

We met at Laurie's house to complete the sample project for our upcoming Santa Fe retreat. It was an all day creative marathon!

A mixed media artist quilt ~ for our Santa Fe retreat

Sample of the project for our Santa Fe art retreat

Our retreat is next month!

Colonial Santa Fe ~ A Mixed Media Artist's Quilt: Piecing together the Spirit of Old and New Mexico April 21-28, 2013

We've got 32 participants signed up. And we (Laurie Mika, Helen Shafer Garcia, Lynn Leahy, and Jane LaFazio) are finalizing the details. 

We met earlier this week to create our sample project (in the photo above) and we are thrilled with the result! We've been making the pieces, trying different backgrounds, and we knew it would be fabulous....but it sure felt good to see it all together! We can't wait to teach our participants each of the processes and see them piece together their own mixed media artist quilt!

Email here to check on availability to be added to our email list for future retreats.

Preparing for our Santa Fe Retreat!

Helen Shafer Garcia, Lynn Leahy, Laurie Mika and Jane LaFazio

We recently met to work on our plans for our upcoming  retreat, in Santa Fe, New Mexico in April.  We've got a few more spots in our workshop (but no more room in the hotel). Email Leslie  if you'd like to register.

Preparing canvas for the Mixed  Media Artist Quilt

detail of our project

Join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico April 21-28

Finished size 20x20 inches on painted raw canvas

Colonial Santa Fe ~ 
A Mixed Media Artist's Quilt: 
Piecing together the Spirit of Old and New Mexico 
April 21-28, 2013
Retreat details are here   

Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda

 
In San Miguel de Allende, for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), over the week, our group built an altar in Casa Luna, where we were staying. 





























We had such a wonderful, meaningful time, during Dia de los Muertos, we're planning another retreat for October 2013. Email us sanmiguelretreat@gmail.com to be put on the interest list.

Student's LIbro de Ofrendas

Our project for Libro de Ofrendas, in San Miguel de Allende, included 4 days of workshops. One from each of us, Laurie Mika taught the polymer clay tiles for the cover, Lynn Leahy taught reverse glass painting and collage, for inside the altar cover, Helen Shafer Garcia taught paste papers and book binding to create the book, and Jane LaFazio taught Sketching and Watercolor to create small paintings to paste within the book. Here are photos of the students completed project covers.

The altar cover, opens to painted glass and collage

  

  

everyone created small watercolors to include in their book

  

admiring the finished Libro de Ofrendas

Our next retreat will be in Santa Fe, New Mexico in April. Details here and registration is open now.
If you're interested in going to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico with us in October 2013, email to be put on the interest list.