Instructor: Amelia Toelke
This workshop will focus on the creation of a sterling silver charm bracelet adorned with charms designed by participants. Learn precision soldering techniques that focus on chain making, sweat soldering, small-scale construction and fabrication with sheet and wire.
Instructor: Michelle Solorzano
Spend a week bringing a figure to life! Using slabs, templates, and reference images, you’ll build a hollow form in parts, assemble and refine it, and finish with patterned surface decoration to tell a story.
Instructor: Forrest Lesch Middelton
Uncover your artistic voice through tiles and wheel-thrown forms. With Forrest’s guidance, explore image transfer, silk screens, embossments, and reduction cooling to create richly decorative, functional wares with fresh surface approaches.
Instructor: Milo Berezin
Create lively characters, patterns, and narratives on hand-built pottery! This workshop will introduce various soft slab building techniques including slab coils and press molds. Students will then explore illustrative decorating techniques on greenware using slip, underglaze, and customizable carving tools.
Instructors: Barbara Jean Teller Ornelas (Diné) and Lynda Teller Pete (Diné)
This beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop introduces you to the world of Navajo weaving as you create your own Navajo-inspired rug. Guided by two world-renowned Navajo women weavers, you will also gain insight into the cultural significance of this art form through their lived experiences.
Instructor: Tony Soares
This hands-on workshop introduces you to the history of pottery-making styles unique to Cahuilla communities in Southern California.
Instructors: Ramson Lomatewama (Hopi) and Ayen Talashoma (Hopi)
Add some heat to your life in this exciting workshop that explores the fundamentals of glassblowing through the unique cultural lens of renowned Hopi glass artists. You will be introduced to the essentials of hot glass art along with the technical and philosophical elements that inspire creativity, all supported by expert one-on-one guidance.
Due to popular demand, we will also offer a second session. You may enroll in both weeks or just one. For returning students, the second session provides an opportunity to build on your newly established glassmaking skills and advance to creating larger works with greater detail.
Melanie Tallmadge Sainz (Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin)
This workshop will present a unique approach to learning how to procure, process, and create art with porcupine quills. Utilizing methods and techniques unique to Ho-Chunk people, you will utilize porcupine quills to embellish a project of your choosing. This workshop is ideal for those eager to learn and employ a new form of crafted adornment.
Instructor: Rick Paulus
Enjoy an immersive calligraphy journey as you explore a broad range of tools, materials, and techniques, from historic to contemporary, with expert guidance throughout.
