Abiquiu Workshops

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

This year, 2012, marks the third year of  THE ABIQUIU WORKSHOPS headquartered in Abiquiu, New Mexico, on the Chama River, 45 miles north west of Santa Fe, N.M.  The Abiquiu Workshops is pleased to announce a friendship with The Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center, located in the Valley of the Shining Stone. This is the area where Georgia O’Keeffe lived and worked, where the Jemez Mountains meet the Chama River where the vast expanses of the Piedra Lumbre Valley are bounded by Pedernal Peak on the south and the red rock formations of Ghost Ranch on the north.  It is home to Christ In The Desert Monastery, the Chama River Wilderness, the Pueblo of Abiquiu, the great prehistoric Anasazi ruins of Tsiping, and the strange rock formations of Copper Canyon and the White Place.  It is a mysterious and magical environment.

Nationally renowned working artists will offer workshops in Photography, Writing, and Sculpture.  Four  five-day workshops will be offered this second year, beginning in June, 2012.

OVERVIEW OF SKILL LEVELS AND EXPERIENCE

The workshops welcomes artists who already have some working knowledge of their art.  They are for those wishing to expand their technique and artistic vision in a wondrous natural environment. Each workshop description indicates its target audience (Who Should Attend), the technical skills participants are expected to have (What You Should Know), special details for that workshop (Special Notes).

Regardless of photographic, writing and painting skills, all participants need to have a working knowledge of how to use a laptop computer and digital camera.

REQUIREMENTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS

Digital cameras and laptops are required for photography workshops. You are expected to have a working knowledge of downloading images from your camera to the laptop, organizing files using your image viewing software, and selecting images for critique. Your laptop should have an image editing application, such as iPhoto or Adobe Photoshop, installed. Please bring blank CDs/DVDs, batteries and chargers, memory cards, and anything else you might need. Abiquiu is remote and there are no stores where supplies or extras can be purchased.