The UNM Harwood Museum of Art in Taos presents a three-session Kitchen-Sink Printmaking Workshop with local artist Beth Haidle on Saturdays Oct. 3, 10 and 24 or Nov. 7, 14 and 21, 3-5 p.m. The class is open to any skill level, from novice to professional. Learn new techniques using nontoxic materials in a creative, exploratory environment.
The fee is $5 per class, with an additional one-time $5 material fee. Pre-registration is recommended. Call (575) 779-3791.
Other Harwood classes by Haidle include Wearable Art, a weekly afterschool teen art class held Fridays, 4-6 p.m. Known for her delicate pen and ink drawings on clayboard which recall Victorian pattern books and are inspired by flora, fauna and creatures – both animal and man-made. Her work is on view in Taos at the Love Apple Restaurant and Café Loka. Haidle also produces a series of mini-hand-sewn comic books.
Curator of Education Lucy Perera said, “The Harwood has been looking for ways to provide some specialized classes for older students. Beth’s Kitchen-Sink Printmaking Workshop is designed for older teens and adults of all ages. We are encouraging all levels of experience, including people with absolutely no artistic bones, but who want to explore art and new techniques in a low-stress creative environment.
The Fern Hogue Mitchell Education Center is a magical place and for years parents of the Harwood’s kids program participants as well as people who stumble in off the street have been asking for art classes that are budget conscious and don’t require a huge time-commitment. Beth has designed this class with these goals in mind.”
The workshop compliments the Harwood’s Museum Adventures in Art program, which in October also focuses on printmaking. Artist instructors Amy Rankin and Jocelyn Martinez teach a monoprint class for children of all ages on Saturday, Oct. 3, 10-11:30 a.m. and a two-part etching workshop for teens on Saturday, Oct. 10 and Wednesday, Oct. 14, 10-11:30 a.m. The Museum Adventures in Art program is funded in part by New Mexico Arts.
For more information call (575) 758-9826 ext. 105 or visit: Harwood Museum of Art of UNM. The Harwood Museum is located at 238 Ledoux Street in Taos, N.M., and is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Admission $8, or free on Sundays to New Mexico residents.
Media Contact: Lucy Perera, (505) 758-9826, ext. 105; e-mail: lperera@aol.com