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Published: 07 June 2017 07 June 2017

Here is a reminder that the CLAY Festival is coming soon!

CLAY Festival is around the corner, July 22 - 30. Register today!

New workshop added!

New tours added: Mimbres Culture Heritage Site and Pony Hills Petroglyphs.

Visit our website to see more CLAY Festival offerings

New Workshop!
Clarence Cruz: My Children

This 3 1/2-day workshop will take place July 24-27, Monday-Thursday. Clarence will teach hand building by coil method using traditional Micaeous (Mica) clay to create functional ware. Each student will receive 25 lbs of Mica clay dug from the earth by Clarence Cruz at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo.

Click here to register for the Clarence Cruz workshop

Bede Clarke Workshop
Drawing and Painting on Clay: Line, Color, Imagery 

This 5-day workshop will take place July 24-28, Monday-Friday, during the week of CLAY. The CLAY Festival is partnering with Western New Mexico University to offer this workshop as a 2-credit college course! It is also open to participants who do not need college credit.

Click here to register for the Bede Clarke workshop

Marko Fields Workshop
Printmaking in Clay and Building Vessels with Decorated Slabs

This 3-day workshop will take place July 26-28, Wednesday-Friday during the week of CLAY. This workshop is results-driven and will include quick demos on handles, cylinders from slabs, cylinders from dowels and better clay boxes/envelope vessels.

Click here to register for the Marko Fields workshop

Zoe Wolfe Workshop
Kimchee Pots

This 1-day handbuilding workshop on Monday, July 24th comes with the option to add Part 2: Glazing on Friday, July 28th. The focus will be on the making of ceramic pots specific for making kimchee: a fermented vegetable dish.

Click here to register for the Zoe Wolfe workshop

Louise Sackett Workshop
Plein Air Simplified

This year CLAY is offering a 3-day plein air painting workshop Friday-Sunday, July 21st-23rd. Learn to paint outdoors at the beautiful location of Bear Paw Ranch in Gila, NM.

Click here to register for the Louise Sackett workshop

Herbie Marsden Workshop
Natural Home Building

Experience a passive solar mud house in this hands-on workshop and learn the basics to build your own structure. Herbie will show you clay bearing earthen building techniques with clay-rich soil in two fast hours of fun on 
Sunday, July 23rd.

Click here to register for the Herbie Marsden workshop

www.clayfestival.com | 575-538-5560 | Info@ClayFestival.com