“Clay Bosque” – Festive Opening for NMPCA Juried Show by Kim Louise Glidden Unique to New Mexico is the “bosque” (Spanish for woodland), the focus for New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists first juried show since the 1990’s. Hosted in the beautifully spacious gallery at Albuquerque’s Open Space Visitor Center, “Resonations in Clay – Life on the Bosque” opened… Continue reading "“Clay Bosque” – Festive Opening for NMPCA Juried Show"
Report on the Anita Field’s Workshop by Sara Lee D’Alessandro, member Having attended the Anita Fields workshop at the Ghost Ranch, it may be helpful to those who have considered participating in a workshop for me to give a report of the experience. Anita Fields was open, very interesting as a person and sage in conveying her Osage culture as… Continue reading "Report on the Anita Field’s Workshop"
Clayton Keyes Workshop at Santa Fe Clay By Jacquita Beddo My final June workshop at Santa Fe Clay was Rendering the Human Form with Clayton Keyes. The workshop description promised to endow participants with a simple effective approach for rendering the human form in clay. This is a pretty big promise for a 5-day workshop, but I have to admit… Continue reading "Clayton Keyes Workshop at Santa Fe Clay"
The Slip Trail vs eNews The Slip Trail in the beginning of the organization 50 years ago was the main means of communicating to members. It was a mimeographed and later typed and copied and even later printed communication that came out at various intervals ranging from monthly to quarterly, then last 6 months. There is huge electronic archive that… Continue reading "Slip Trail vs eNews What’s The Deal"
Week II: June 11-15 Animal Portrait Sculpting and Mold Making with Wesley Wright By Jacquita Beddo This review covers the second week of my “All Access Pass” adventure. The “Animal Portrait Sculpting and Mold Making with Wesley Wright” workshop. Due to the purchase of the Santa Fe Clay All Access Pass, I didn’t have to make a difficult choice between… Continue reading "Workshop Review Part II: Wesley Wright"
It’s Time to Look Forward . . . and Back at “New Mexico Connections” Workshops! by Judy Nelson-Moore Sponsored bi-annually by NMPCA, the “New Mexico Connections” workshop Gallimaufry 2018 will be held at Ghost Ranch from September 14 – 16. Defined as a jumble or medley, “gallimaufry” originates from a combination of French words meaning “to amuse oneself” and “to gorge oneself.” This… Continue reading "Gallimaufry 2018 – New Mexico Connections"
