REGISTER: https://www.airstudios.art/store/p/michael-shemchuk-off-grid

When: October 14-18, 2024

Where: Jen Tough Gallery / AIR Studios Santa Fe

About this workshop: Off Grid: An AbD workshop with Michael Shemchuk (Shem)

“Look Between the Rain”
Artist Agnes Martin’s quote “Look between the Rain” has philosophical depth. Inviting us to observe the space in between.
The Off Grid workshop focuses on this In Between space by adopting a minimalist viewpoint.
We begin with the practice of editing and limiting both our palette & materials. These limitations can be a challenge but also act as a pathway to effectively guide us in making more thoughtful material and design choices.
At it’s core, the in between concept is a meditative tool designed to aid us intuitively with our visual expansion.

Join me in discovering that in-between space as you focus on and apply the Abstraction by Design techniques to create your three panel triptych of spatial harmony.

On view through August 25

Exhibition on view July 13 - August 25, 2024

Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12:00-6:00 (closed Mon & Tues)

Featuring an exclusive collection of paintings made by chimps in sanctuary with the help of Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, available only through Jen Tough Gallery.

100% of sales go to Save the Chimps (gallery takes no commission)

June 3 - 7, 2024, AIR Studios Santa Fe

Found & Gathered is a 5-day retreat that will enable you to immerse yourself in the creative process. The experience begins the moment you register as you source, find, and gather your own personal collection of papers, fibers, ephemera, and other bits & pieces that will become the basis of your creation. As the workshop begins and unfolds, we will gather together, both within the workshop space at AIR Studios and at some secret sites in Santa Fe. You will spend your time transforming your treasures into a series of what might loosely be called artist books. Some will be stitched and bound, some will be loose and some will simply be scraps floating in between. See the accompanying images to get a better sense of the project.

The instruction offered throughout, to the group as well as one-to-one, will cover the range of techniques used in mixed media: surface designing, using paints and inks, hand stitching, book binding, rusting, dyeing, embossing, mark making, gel printing, collaging, creative layering, and more. The workshop is designed to alternate between focused instructional demonstrations and uninterrupted art making – allowing you to learn new techniques, styles and approaches AND offering you precious time to get into the zone. This structure enables everybody the opportunity to work at their own comfortable pace in their own comfortable space. The group share at the end of the workshop is the perfect way to ease out of the magic of our time together back into our own outside worlds.

Register HERE

A 4-day Santa Fe workshop at Jen Tough Gallery’s AIR Studios Wed May 22 - Sat May 25, 2024

REGISTER HERE: AirStudios.art

Join us for this four-day workshop where we will help you cultivate a discerning eye and discover the hidden gems in your own artwork, including the art of creating dynamic compositions through multiples.

1. Creating dynamic compositions through multiples: Explore the techniques of arranging, juxtaposing, and harmonizing different elements to create visually captivating and powerful compositions using multiple pieces.

2. Building a strong foundation: Dive into techniques for creating a solid artistic base and experimenting with mixed media.

3. Understanding value and color: Unleash the power of colors and shades to bring your art to life and create visually engaging compositions.

4. Embracing creative flow: Break free from limitations and allow your art to flow effortlessly, setting the stage for compositions with multiple pieces.

5. Making your mark: Master the art of expressive brushstrokes and unique mark-making techniques to add depth and character to your artwork.

6. Developing an editor's eye: Train yourself to recognize the strengths and highlights of your art, honing your ability to identify what works best.

7. Achieving artistic satisfaction: Learn strategies for finishing your pieces and feeling a sense of fulfillment and confidence.

Whether you're a novice or an experienced artist, this 4 day workshop is designed to refine your artistic vision, elevate your work to new heights, and unlock the creative possibilities that arise from creating compositions through multiples.

OPENING RECEPTION: SAT MAY 11, 4:00-6:00

A solo exhibition in the lower gallery. Exhibition runs May 11 to June 23, 2024

Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 12:00-6:00 (closed Mon & Tues)

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11, 4:00-6:00
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The work of Alexis Mixter is rooted in the time taken to make a single line. The inability to rush through this process. It is about the smell of the wood as it burns and the texture of the lines as they form. It is about trying to control that which is so very difficult to control through patience and the tactile connection to the wood.
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Using an ancient technique typically associated with “masculine” hand-crafts and easily recognizable imagery, and repurposing it through abstraction and the influences of “traditionally feminine” things such as braided hair and weaving, Alexis finds something entirely new.
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Each piece invites the viewer inside, like a portal, and asks you to spend time there. To see how it feels. In a world designed to pull our attention continuously in different directions, all at the same time, these pieces are moments of stillness and reflection. No matter what you see or feel when interacting with the work, it presents a meditative moment.
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Alexis Mixter was born in New England in 1978. She received her BFA from The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City with a focus on painting and art theory in 2004. Since graduating from college, one of her main objectives has been to encourage and uplift other emerging artists. Alexis was co-founder of the artist collective 121 Ludlow in New York City, before moving to California in 2009. Having exhibited her work everywhere from Hudson Valley in Upstate New York to Southern California she now resides in Southern Oregon.

OPENING RECEPTION: SAT MAY 11, 4:00-6:00

I’m a printmaker artist based in Los Angeles California. My formal education started in Oaxaca, Mexico as a student of Rufino Tamayo workshop and will concluded at “Fine Arts School of Oaxaca city”. My artwork has been showcased through the United States, in public and private spaces through the state of California, Texas and New York to mention some of them and countries like Mexico and Colombia. As an independent art educator I’ve been part of education programs with non profit organizations such as “I learn America”, Self Help Graphics & Plaza de la raza.
My Past residencies include Self Help Graphics/Los Angeles, KALA Art Institute in Berkeley, Fullerton Community College, College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita and Horned Toad Print Shop in El Paso, TX. As a mural artist had being commissioned to create murals in Los Angeles, Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside.

All work available HERE

On view through Sunday, June 23

Collaging your Journey is a fresh new workshop that I have designed just for Jen Tough Gallery and Santa Fe. I love New Mexico and find it to be an amazing place of constant inspiration and creativity. If you love to collage, paint, assemble, stitch, experiment and following your muse, this class is for you!

In this workshop I will guide you in different collage and painting projects, all with unique twists. We will use fabric, paper, and hand stitching to create unique landscapes and abstract collages. To house our creations, we will nest and loosely arrange them inside of old book covers that you source ahead of time. Some pages will be tied and wrapped, others will be stitched into beautiful bundles of textures, patterns, and symbols.

Our work will be expressive and multi-dimensional, with added attachments of natural and found objects, mark making, symbols and Asemic writing. In our work we will capture the quiet beauty and luminous light of the desert, the shapes, and the colors of Santa Fe.

REGISTER NOW: click HERE to register or https://www.airstudios.art/store/workshops

Flora is wonderful. She is one of the reasons I paint today. I did a class with her in 2019 at the Gathering of Creatives in Santa Fe and it was like I was set on fire and the whole trajectory of my life changed. —J.M.

Hurry, this workshop will sell out VERY quickly!
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Reserve your spot for this magical week in Santa Fe TODAY: https://www.airstudios.art/store/p/flora-bowley-raw-lab-santa-fe-releasing-the-artist-within
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Flora Bowley believes creative expression, intuitive wisdom, and personal freedom are intricately connected, and creative practices are potent fuel for a more alive and awakened way of living.
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RAW LAB is Flora Bowley’s latest invitation to let go, be bold, and unfold into a more free and honest version of yourself, both in your art and in your life. Through a unique blend of freedom-focused mixed media art practices, authentic movement, moving music, flow writing, breathwork, visualization, and community connection, you'll learn to:

- Free your inner artist and find your voice
- Create bold, expressive, and personal artwork
- Access creative courage
- Experience joy, flow, and release in your creative process
- Let go of perfectionism and nurture self-acceptance
- Move stuck emotions
- Drop into the present moment
- Deepen your connection with your intuition
- Learn to incorporate creativity into all areas of your life
- Make authentic connections with a community of kindred spirits
- Reconnect to what makes you feel the most alive!

If you're ready to reignite your creative spark and nurture the parts of
yourself that make you feel the most alive, this weeklong workshop offers a
safe and encouraging space to connect to a deep well of creative practices, a
loving community, and the remembrance that you were born to create.

Flora’s gentle, down-to-earth, and playful approach to the creative process is perfect for anyone willing to show up with an open and curious heart. No art, movement, or writing experience is necessary. Come as you are!

William Pura: Night Roads & Other Landscapes, a Solo Exhibition

On view: Sat Mar 2 - Sat Mar 30

Opening Reception Sat Mar 9, 4:00-6:00

On view: Sat Mar 2 - Sun April 28, 2024

Opening Reception Sat Mar 9, 4:00-6:00

On view: Saturday, March 2 - Sunday April 28

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 9, 4:00-6:00

Gallery hours: Wed - Sun, 10:00-6:00

Laura Klopfenstein: Solo Exhibition

On View, solo gallery: Feb 3 - 28

Reception: Saturday, Feb 10, 4:00-6:00

Bill Skrips, Solo Exhibition (upper gallery)

On view: Feb 3 - 28

Reception: Sat Feb 10, 4:00-6:00

This art market is a place for artists to show and sell their work during the busiest shopping weekend of the year! We’ll have a total of 30 artists spread out between our studios and gallery space, offering plenty of room, pristine white walls and gallery spot lighting. Artists will be spread out between our studios and upper gallery space. Spaces are randomly assigned prior to artist set up.

Artists pay NO gallery commission, run their own sales, and earn 100%

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Sold Out / Waitlist

Susan's workshop on color and composition is a great opportunity for artists to enhance their understanding and skills in creating strong compositions. As many painters know, it’s easy to be dazzled by color, or to become so engaged in our subject matter that we lose sight of the overall design until it’s too late.

This workshop highlights the notion that every composition is essentially an arrangement of simplified shapes. Artists can effectively curate and organize their compositions by developing an awareness of these shapes and their relationship to one another from the inception of the work to the finishing marks. This “abstract thinking” is at the heart of mastering strong composition in representational art as well as non-objective art.

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Intuitive Landscape Painting

Explore your personal relationship to the land and express it intuitively through abstract painting in oil, cold wax, and mixed media.
What does the natural world call forth from you? How can you express this visually on a painted surface? We will find ways to interpret deep emotions, memories, and responses to the landscape through abstract mixed media painting utilizing photography as an element of contrast with the abstraction.

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The gallery will be exhibiting small works from our Autumn 2023 Collective

Join us November 3-5, center court

We have a few spaces open to accepted artists. Artist Alliance members save $100. Art due October 25.

Click here to apply to be in our booth