Schedule of Events
Participants should arrive on Monday, April 27. You will attend an orientation that evening at 7:00 pm. Participants should arrive well before the orientation time in order to check into your hotel room and register in the studio. The drive from Albuquerque to Taos takes about 2 1/2 hours.
Day 1 (Tuesday, April 28.)
The first morning will be devoted to reviewing slides (3 each) of participants’ work. Participants will then paint in the studio.
Days 2-3
Both days will begin with a one-hour instructional slide show. Participants will then paint while Instructors conduct scheduled private critiques with each participant. The day will end with a lecture (beginning at 4:00pm).
Day 4
This day will begin with an instructional slide show, Then, students will paint with an assigned group of 20 participants with an individual instructor. The day will end with the same instructor doing an inprogress critique of the group’s work.
Day 5
This is a free day to visit galleries and museums in Taos and Santa Fe or work in the studio.
Days 6-9
After a morning slide show, instructors rotate to a different assigned group.The day ends with an afternoon in-progress critique at 4:00pm.
Day 10 (Thursday, May 7)
On final day, attend a triple-demo (Powers, Lawrence, and Schink) and informal discussion. Afternoon review and self-critique.
Daily Schedule Chart
| 9:00am | 10:00am | Noon | 1:15pm | 4:00pm | 5:30pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Review of Participants 3 slides and reading artists' statements | Review of Participants 3 slides and reading artists' statements | Lunch | Participants Paint - Instructors at tables | Instructors meet with their 20 Private Critique participants as a group | |
| Day 2 | Christopher Schink Slide Lecture | Participants Paint Instructors Private Critiques Models |
Lunch | Participants Paint Instructors Private Critiques Models |
Skip Lawrence Slide Lecture | Social |
| Day 3 | Katherine Chang Liu Slide Lecture | Participants Paint Instructors Private Critiques |
Lunch | Participants Paint Instructors Private Critiques |
Fran Larsen Slide Lecture | |
| Day 4 | Alex Powers Slide Lecture | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables (20 students per pod) Models |
Lunch | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables |
Pod Critique of day's work (1st of 5 instructors) | No host pizza party |
| Day 5 | Free Day to visit museums, shop, explore the area, or paint | |||||
| Day 6 | Triple Demo with Model - Schink, Lawrence, Powers | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables |
Lunch | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables |
Pod Critique of day's work (2nd of 5 instructors) | Walk Around - Students see work at studio tables |
| Day 7 | All instructors slide lectures - 10 min. each | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables Models |
Lunch | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables Models |
Pod Critique of day's work (3rd of 5 instructors) | Group BBQ dinner at the Sagebrush Inn |
| Day 8 | Instructors discuss participants needs observed over the previous 7 days | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables |
Lunch | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables |
Pod Critique of day's work (4th of 5 instructors) | |
| Day 9 | All instructors slide lectures - 10 min. each | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables |
Lunch | Participants Paint Instructors at pod tables |
Pod Critique of day's work (5th of 5 instructors) | Social |
| Day 10 | Larsen Marketing | Participants Paint Marketing cont. with Q & A in back room |
Lunch | Participants' exhibition on chair on table Jack Wrap-it shipping at 2:00 |
Participants' self evaluations with day 4 pod instructor (end around 4:00) | |