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The Bluff Arts Festival is proud to offer some of the more creative hands-on workshops in the Four Corners. You can work alongside local artists as they guide you through creating a variety of mediums. Try your hand at everything from silver tufa casting to Navajo weaving, printmaking, beading, nature writing, and more. Workshops vary each year. 
This year we will be offering workshops spread across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, along with a few more intensive, all day and two day workshops. 

TWO DAY AND ALL DAY WORKSHOPS

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Creative Tufa Casting

$125

taught by Artist Jonah Hill

All day Friday Oct 17th and Sat Oct 18th

Arlene weaving

Nizhóní Navajo Weaving

$ 175

 taught by Artist Arlene Benally

All day Saturday Oct 18th

FRIDAY WORKSHOPS (half day)

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Salve Making 101

$35

taught by Artist Katie Terrell Ramos

Friday Oct 17th 10:30am-12:30pm

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Make your own Nature Journal and Take it on a Walk!

$ 35

co-taught by artist Kate Aitchison and author Robin Patten

Friday Oct 17th 10:30am-1:30pm 

 

Anthony Lott- Life Drawing Image

Introduction to Figure Drawing

$35

taught by artist Anthony Lott

Friday Oct 17th 1pm-4pm

Russell Kahn

Plein Aire Oil Pastels of Bluff

$ 40

taught by artist Russell Kahn

Friday Oct 17th   1pm-4pm

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS (half day)

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Faux Raku Gourd Oil Lamps

$ 45

taught by artist Janice Reich 

Oct 18th  10:30am-1:30pm

Mary Arnold Image

Gelatin Plate Printing with Natural Materials

$ 25

 taught by artist Mary Arnold

Oct 18th 10:30am-1:00pm

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Lost City Beading

$ 65

 taught by artist Diane Benn

Oct 18th 10:30am-12:30pm

Monoprint Workshop Image

 Exploring Color, Layering and Texture Through Monoprinting

 

$ 75

taught by artist Julia Klema

Oct 18th    1:00pm-4:00pm

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Vintage Rolls Royce Restoration Basics

$ 20

taught by master mechanic Alan Gerecke

Oct 18th    1:00pm-3:00pm

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Blue Corn Bonanza

$ 40

taught by chef Thomasena Benally

Oct 18th    1:00pm-3:00pm

SUNDAY WORKSHOPS (half day)

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Eco Printing on Silk

$ 110

taught by artist Roy Kady

Oct 19th  10:30am-12:30pm

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Block Printing an Exquisite Corpse 

$ 45

 taught by artist Brian Whitney

Oct 19th 10:30am-1:30pm

Felted Animals

 Fun Beasts Dry Felting

 

$ 35

 taught by artist Georgiana Simpson

Oct 19th 10:30am-12:30pm

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Previous Years Workshops

Edible Art: A Taste of the Middle East

Edible Art: A Taste of the Middle East

Fall Foliage Gourds

Fall Foliage Gourds

Tufa Casting

Tufa Casting

Astro-photography

Astro-photography

Charcoal Sketching

Charcoal Sketching

River Cane Flute Making

River Cane Flute Making

Gourmet Cooking

Gourmet Cooking

Seeing and Painting the Landscape

Seeing and Painting the Landscape

Monotype Printing

Monotype Printing

Paper Flower Bouquets

Paper Flower Bouquets

Plein Air Painting

Plein Air Painting

Navajo Folk Art (Mud Toy Making)

Navajo Folk Art (Mud Toy Making)

Beaded Ear Strings

Beaded Ear Strings

Fun with Alcohol Inks and Brusho

Fun with Alcohol Inks and Brusho

Drawing with Pens

Drawing with Pens

Beginning Wheelthrowing

Beginning Wheelthrowing

Shape and Color Building in the   Desert Southwest

Shape and Color Building in the   Desert Southwest

Rag Rug Weaving

Rag Rug Weaving

Clay Wind Bells

Clay Wind Bells

Papermaking

Papermaking

Pulp-painting: A papermaking workshop

Pulp-painting: A papermaking workshop

Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography