Weaving: Spider Woman’s Gift to the Navajos | Lecturer: Charlotte Shroyer, PhD - Learn the history and see the process of Navajo style weaving with educator & artist Charlotte Shroyer.

Southwest Archaeoastronomy | Lecturer: Martha Yates, PhD - Learn why Chaco Canyon & Chimney Rock interest those who study ancient cultures, including archeoastronomers.

The Art of Aquatint | Lecturer: Jennifer Lynch, MFA - Master printmaker Jennifer Lynch will discuss the traditional and contemporary methods of aquatint that create the tones ranging from white to light gray to velvety black that characterize the prints of Doel Reed.

Eva Mirabal: Three Generations of Tradition and Modernity at Taos Pueblo | Lecturer: Lois Rudnick - Lois Rudnick, Professor Emerita at University Massachusetts Boston told the story of a remarkable Taos Pueblo artist who was nationally known by the age of 20. Eva Mirabel was the first Native woman to publish her own comic strip.

Clay Beauty: the legacy and heritage of Pueblo Pottery | Lecturer: Bruce Bernstein - This presentation, by museum professional and scholar Bruce Bernstein, consisted of a broad overview of Pueblo potting, including its aesthetic and how its formal design and technical elements address cultural values. 

Bear & Coyote: Stories of Leslie Marmon Silko |Brewster Fitz - Leslie Marmon Silko is Laguna Pueblo writer of mixed ancestry, recognized as a major figure in the "Native Renaissance" in literature. Participants discussed Marmon Family history at Laguna and read two short stories from the collection Storyteller. They considered how Silko reshapes oral Pueblo coyote and bear stories into written narratives and verse that reflect both the overlap and the distance between Pueblo and Anglo culture.

| Sara Schneckloth - This interactive online art workshop, combines close sensory observation of our local neighborhood flora with the act of drawing, working in a range of mediums and easily-accessible techniques. Floral Exploration: Botanical Drawing at Home 

June 15, 17, & 19, 2020 - “Winter in Taos" is Mabel Dodge Luhan’s most lyrical book. Luhan was the “First Lady of Taos,” who was responsible for bringing 100s of writers, artists, and social visionaries to her utopia in the high desert of New Mexico to paint and write about the landscape and, if willing, become invested in protecting Native American rights.Winter in Taos | Lois Rudnick

June 22, 24, & 26, 2020 - Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima has been singled out as probably the most popular novel by Hispano, Chicano, or American Latino writer.  Set in 1940’s New Mexico, it is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel that focuses on the development of a young man, AntoniMárezez, who is guided and defended by Ultima, curandera (female folk healer). New Mexico Magical Realism: Bless Me, Ultima
| Ed Walkiewicz

July 13, 15, & 17  2020 - Participants learned how to create attractive, believable landscape drawings from observation, photos, and from their imagination. Guided instruction allowed them to visually “read” a landscape the way an artist does, understand your unique aesthetic interest in the landscape, and learn how to express this thoughtfully through drawing or watercolor.Drawing Real and Imagined Landscapes | Liz Roth