Here you can find all the amazing studio sessions we are offering
The Village Art Shoppe can only accept payments in person at the Cumbres Mall at this time.
Please carefully read, as every event is different and some require materials or lunch/ snacks for longer sessions.
****PLEASE NOTE****
This season, we will be opening art sessions earlier to allow a 14-day registration period. Please note, however, we will not refund payments 7 days prior. But don’t forget to pre-register for these events! It’s very imperative to know we will have enough supplies ahead of time.
If you have questions regarding our policies or if you are interested in group events, please reach out @ 505-901-0763.
Friday, October 3rd
Sip-n-Create Friday Portal Art – learn to play with the medium of watercolor in a loose and free-form way. Create Azura’s famous Portal Art with absolutely NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!!
Friday 5 pm – 7 pm / $22 all supplies included / the first ‘sip’ is on us
Friday, October 17th
Sip-n-Create Friday Wire Wrapping I – Wire Wrap a gemstone pendant. Let’s get some jewelry making started! We are so excited to bring these jewelry making classes to The Village Art Shoppe! No EXPERIENCE NECESSAR Friday 5 pm – 7 pm / $60 which includes 3 jewelry making tools for you to take home after using them in class, 2 gemstone cabochons and plenty of wire to create one pendant in class and another at home!
* if you have your own tools class will be $45 (all other supplies will be included)
…as usual of all our Sip-n-Create Fridays, the first ‘sip’ is on us
Friday, November 7th
Sip-n-Create Friday Mini-Art Pocket Paintings – Create adorable mini-art pieces 2 ½” x 3 ½”. Choose which one of your creations to be mounted and set on an easel for someone’s enjoyment! They make great gifts or use your additional created Pocket Paintings as gift tags, etc. No EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Friday 5 pm – 7 pm / $22 all supplies included / the first ‘sip’ is on us
Friday, November 14th
Sip-n-Create Friday Wire Wrap & Weaving II – This class will take your basic wire wrapping skills to the next level by learning to add wire weaving to your piece. You’ll be creating a stunning gemstone pendant with a blend of wrapping and weaving.
*This is an intermediate class. If you’ve taken the first class last month or have basic wire wrapping skills, then this class is for you!
Friday 5 pm – 7 pm / $50 stones & wire included, but you’ll need to bring your own tools …the first ‘sip’ is on us.
The Village Art Shoppe -n- Community Studio
A Creative Mecca for Teens & Adults
493 Terrace Ave, Chama, NM in the Cumbres Mall
505-901-0763
Azura Gray
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Stay Tuned! So much more to come!
OTHER CLASSES TO LOOK FOR
Watch website for full details as they come available
CARD MAKING – Cards of cloth, paper, fiber and anything else we can get our hands on!
Let’s put some of the skills we learned over the summer to work! Just in time for the holidays too!
SKETCH & WASH – all you sketchers and want-to-be sketchers let’s get together and learn!! Let’s see where this might take us.
Any interested URBAN SKETCHERS out there?
JEWELRY MAKING TIME! – with Azura Gray
-Loom Weaving – create a wrap bracelet
-Seed Bead Stitching
– Learn the Brick Stitch & Peyote Stitch to create a beautiful beaded medicine pouch
-Wire Wrapping – wrap a crystal or stone to make an attractive pendant
-Bead-Board Jewelry Making – Necklaces, bracelets, earrings or all 3 as a set
PAINTING IS STILL ON THE AGENDA!
-Watercolor & Acrylics – new techniques with new teachers, and some returning, helps you to expand your experience with your fav medium
-Pastels – I’m looking forward to exploring this medium! Are you?
ALCOHOL INKS & EMBOSSING –
-Ranger Inks & Tim Holtz – Fun! Fun! Fun! Is the word that comes to mind when working with and
adding these mediums to any creative project!
FIBER & TEXTILE ART – Using fabrics, fibers and other textiles in out-of-the-box ways will lead to unexpected and amazing pieces of art!
Remember we are always looking for folks who would like to share what they know.
Give Azura a call at The Village Art Shoppe 505-901-0763 or better yet stop by and have a chat with her.
She’d love to hear all about what creative things you like to do and might like to share!
Artist Bios
Azura Gray is the owner and the creative mind and soul behind The Art Shoppe. She wishes to share her artistic knowledge and creativity with all. Her knowledge in astrology, tarot and crystals is only second to her passion helping others bring out the best in themselves, in everyway!
Tracy Lamb, an accomplished teacher in “color theory” and many other creative arts, will guide you in a fun, hands-on class playing with color and is very advanced in Zentangle.
Angela Aldaz, is a self taught teacher skilled in hand knitting. This is a very relaxing and rewarding way of producing knitted items. Our accomplished teacher of over 2 years, has produced many items in different forms that you can come by the art shoppe to get a look at.
Suzie Fowler-Tutt is a high desert folk artist; her work is comprised of a variety of mixed media genres including weaving, painting, paper collage, home furnishings, clothing, and ceremonial pieces (smudge wands, prayer sticks, rattles, bells)
Whatever discipline she works in, Suzie focuses on the environment and upcycling, whether using recycled fiber, rummaging through trash, or foraging for materials in her desert surroundings
Whatever discipline she works in, Suzie focuses on the environment and upcycling, whether using recycled fiber, rummaging through trash, or foraging for materials in her desert surroundings
Her body of work can be found on Instagram @studio_ramaseca
Nikki Kaminski has been painting since 2006 with both acrylic and oil pigments. She started her art career by winning a silver-key Scholastic Art award for her portfolio of 2D art using acrylic paint. Her current works render the connections between inner and outer landscapes to provide healing and energizing visions for the future. Currently working on her MS in Mental Health Counseling, she blends art and healing together and has years of experience teaching groups of all ages. A world traveler, she has now made home in the San Luis Valley of Colorado where she provides creative healing, paints and teaches art.
Websites:
https://www.instagram.com/prizmajik & https://www.etsy.com/shop/Prizmajik
Jeff Bragg was a young farm boy and spent a lot of time as a youth with his Grandpa Bragg.
Lapidary was just beginning in earnest in the 1950’s. In the early 1960’s Grandpa Bragg was beginning his “rock” art in his life. Jeff learned to “listen” for the sound of the rock or to hear when there was no “tingling” left on the diamond saw blade as it cut through the stones. Both Grandpa and Grandsonlearned about positioning a stone into the saw for the finished product, be it a Bolo tie, a stone specimen, an earring, a necklace or even sawing a Thunderegg or Geode in two!
Stone Patrol Lapidary
Established 1976 in Jerome, Idaho
Sandy Beach is one of Chama Valley’s Professional Artists. You’ll find her work in galleries throughout the surrounding areas an award-winning artist of many mediums, she enjoys sharing her many years of painting knowledge.
A change in class schedule may happen without any
notification. We will work hard to replace it with another class
or it may be canceled.
Phone: 505-901-0763
493 Terrace Ave, Chama NM
inside Cumbres Mall
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