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.