Sweet Retreat 2 coming Sunday, February 26, 2 pm! Mark your calendars!
Mountain Arts on Broadway Schedule
This art center at Broadway Ave. and Ross St. in Mountainair is a project of the Manzano Mountain Art Council. Events are MMAC funded unless otherwise indicated. Schedule is effective March 1. For more information on classes. contact Tomás Wolff, 847-2444 or wolff.clayworks@gmail.com; or art center director, Kent Potter, 847-0295, kentfp720@yahoo.com.
March
Mondays: Adult Clay Class 10 AM-1 PM
Tuesday, Mar 6: Art Center Committee 10-11:30 AM
Tuesday, Mar 13: MMAC Board Meeting 9-11 AM
Wednesdays: Mosaic Workshop 10 AM-1 PM
Saturdays: Kids & Family Clay Class 9 AM-10:30 AM
Days: Yoga by Ellen Ashbrook (not MMAC funded)
April
Mondays: Adult Clay Class 10 AM-1 PM
Tuesday Apr 3: Art Center Committee 10-11:30 AM
Tuesday Apr 10: MMAC Board Meeting 9-11 AM
Wednesdays: Mosaic Workshop 10 AM-1 PM
Saturdays: Kids & Family Clay Class 9-10:30 AM
One Time Introductory Class — Therapeutic Yoga
February 27th, 2012
Monday 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Mountainair Arts on Broadway
Taught by Ellen Ashbrook, Physical Therapist and Yoga Instructor
Would you like to feel stronger and more flexible?
Do you have chronic aches and pains that inhibit what you can do?
This one-day Therapeutic Yoga class will introduce you to this method of teaching you to align your body, stabilize joints, strengthen muscles, and increase flexibility safely. You do not need to have taken yoga before. If you have tried yoga but didn’t like it or hurt yourself, this class will give you a new perspective on how yoga can help you. Through structured physical practice this class will introduce you to ways you can manage chronic injuries.
Cost is $5 for this class.
Bring your own yoga mat if you have one.
No need to call ahead. Just drop in. If you need information, call Ellen at 384-5442.
A new six-week series will begin March 1st. Learn more by calling or attending the class.
Winter 2012 Family Clay Class
The winter session Children’s and Parent’s clay class is ongoing Saturday mornings at Mountain Arts on Broadway. Many talented students and their parents or their guardians are participating thanks in part to a grant from BNSF Railroad and a private foundation. BNSF awarded the Manzano Mountain Art Council $2500 for youth art and mosaics programming for 2012. Instructor in hand-building clay, Tomas Wolff says he’s very impressed with the level of student creativity.
MMAC plans to offer more youth courses in the summer and is looking for additional paid instructors. If interested, contact us.
Autumn 2011 Youth Clay Class Report
MMAC’s free clay class for children and their parents occurs on Saturdays through November and has ten young artist-participants. Local potter Tomás Wolff teaches the class and encourages student creativity.
Recent Adult Workshops at Mountain Arts on Broadway
Seen below: Celeste Simon’s day-long mixed media workshop at Mountain Arts on Broadway was filled to capacity. Students learned techniques that Simon uses in her professional work and experimented with a wide variety of materials. If you are interested in participating in a future class, contact Simon directly.
Adult workshops at Mountain Arts on Broadway have included Anne Ravenstone’s popular tin workshop where the students create ornaments, nightlights and designs to complement weathered barn wood.
Success of 2011 Summer Clay Hand Building Class in Mountainair
The 10-week clay hand-building class for children and parents held this summer in Mountainair’s art center, Mountain Arts on Broadway, was enthusiastically received by participants. New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists (NMPAC) provided financial support and the Manzano Mountain Art Council (MMAC) provided the space at its art center along with administrative coordination.
Fifteen children and six parents and grandparents attended the classes during the summer with an average of 10 to 12 people each Saturday morning. Instruction in pinch and coiled pots, slab constructions, small sculpture and clay whistles were some of the areas covered. Students were encouraged by artist-in-residence, Tomas Wolff, to come up with original ideas. They engaged in the creative process by evaluating results and making appropriate changes as needed for physical durability of the clay construction and with esthetic considerations.
An “open studio” approach to the classes allowed parents and grandparents to stay and work with their children, thereby increasing the quality time between them. The clay classes were instrumental in allowing youngsters the freedom to experiment and find their way through the creative process. Future “free” and subsidized youth classes and workshops are planned for fall to build on the momentum of this initial art/clay class success.
