Program

Youth Summer Adventure

Program Tuition: $250 (does not include Room & Board)

Teen Summer Adventure

Program Tuition: $250 (does not include Room & Board)

Japanese Woodblock Printmaking

Program Tuition: $690 (does not include Room & Board)

Watercolor II: Beyond the Basics

Program Tuition: $675 (does not include Room & Board)

Fire it Up! Art Welding

Program Tuition: $725 (does not include Room & Board)

Advanced Silversmithing: Lapidary and Inlay

Program Tuition: $735 (does not include the cost of silver…

Visual Journaling: Creativity & Resilience

Program Tuition: $690 (does not include Room & Board)

Abstracted landscapes - Cold Wax & Mixed Media

Program Tuition: $680 (does not include Room & Board)

Quilting: Georgia’s Heavenly Stars!

Program Tuition: $685 (does not include Room & Board)

Drawing Meditation Workshop: Mindful Creativity

Program Tuition: $685 (does not include Room & Board)

Ghost Ranch Gospel, Ghost Ranch Joy

Program Tuition: $690 (does not include Room & Board)

The Art of Making Children’s Books

Program Tuition: $690 (does not include Room & Board)

Adult Service Corps

Program Tuition: $420 (Please call in for the details!)

Youth Summer Adventure

Program Tuition: $250 (does not include Room & Board)

Teen Summer Adventure

Program Tuition: $250 (does not include Room & Board)

Drawing Meditation Workshop: Mindful Creativity

Program Tuition: $685 (does not include Room & Board)

Welding for Women

Program Tuition: $725 (does not include Room & Board)

Intro to Southwest Silversmithing & Open Studio

Program Tuition: $735 (does not include the cost of Silver…

Architectural Illustrations & Home Portraits

Program Tuition: $700 (does not include Room & Board)

Traditional Yoruba Batik: Focus on Multiple Colors

Program Tuition: $675 (does not include Room & Board)

Sew Happy Service Corps

Program Tuition: $510 (does not include Room & Board)

Fused Glass Landscapes

Program Tuition: $735 (does not include Room & Board)

Citizen Paleontology

Program Tuition: $675 (does not include Room & Board)

An Introduction to Infrared Photography

Program Tuition: $825 (does not include Room & Board)

A Preacher’s Retreat with Leaders from Working Preacher and Sermon Brainwave

Program Tuition: $375 (does not include Room & Board)

Your Invitation to a Blessed Life

Program Tuition: $270 (does not include Room & Board)

Collage Intensive with Gelli-Plate Printing

Program Tuition: $415 (does not include Room & Board)

High Desert Watercolor

Program Tuition: $270 (does not include Room & Board)

Peace in the Eye of the Storm

Program Tuition: $270 (does not include Room & Board)

Writers Roundup

Program Tuition: $675 (does not include Room & Board)

Cyanotypes with the Sun: Creative Practice with Place & Presence

Program Tuition: $585 (does not include Room & Board)

Mirrors of Identity

Program Tuition: $700 (does not include Room & Board)

Animated Stained Glass

Program Tuition: $725 (does not include Room & Board)

Contemporary Southwest Silver

Program Tuition: $735 (does not include the cost of Silver…

Flowers for Georgia: O’Keeffe Inspired Quilting

Program Tuition: $715 (does not include Room & Board)

Chimayo Weaving

Program Tuition: $720 (does not include Room & Board)

Geology of New Mexico Landscapes

Program Tuition: $665 (does not include Room & Board)

The Poetry of Presence

Program Tuition: $275 (does not include Room & Board)

Ghost Ranch Nature Getaway

Program Tuition: $270 (does not include Room & Board)

Self Discovery Through Memoir

Program Tuition: $810 Featuring a day with Robin Wall Kimmerer…

Earth Body “Reciprocity with the Living World”

Program Tuition: $810 Featuring a day with Robin Wall Kimmerer…

Southwest Native Traditions in Metalsmithing

Program Tuition: $870 Featuring a day with Robin Wall Kimmerer…

Healing Colonial Legacies: Reconnecting with Personal & Land-Based Histories

Program Tuition: $675 Featuring a day with Robin Wall Kimmerer…

From Eco-Lament to Action

Program Tuition: $386 (featuring a day with Robin Wall Kimmerer;…

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Program Tuition: $175 (Lunch & Dinner included; Overnight accommodations not…

Ghost Ranch Colour from Earth

Program Tuition: $705 (does not include Room & Board)

The Art of Illumination

Program Tuition: $570 (does not include Room & Board)

Women in Silver

For experienced silversmiths — with or without lapidary experience —…

Making Friends with Your DSLR

In this workshop we will cover everything you will need…

Welding for Women

Program Tuition: $725 (does not include Room & Board)

Hiking and Mindfulness

Program Tuition: $675 (does not include Room & Board)

Drawing with Stitches

Program Tuition: $695 (does not include Room & Board)

Practically Painting with O’Keeffe

Program Tuition: $678 (does not include Room & Board)

Sketchbook: Art Form and Legacy

Through this workshop, I invite you to see your sketchbook…

Fly Fishing in Good Company

Join us and explore the New Mexico rivers near Ghost…

Drawing From Nature: Bones and Blossoms

Program Tuition: $675 (does not include Room & Board; meals…

Writing and Taiji for Balance

Writing and Taiji for Balance merges two uniquely effective methods…

Color & Composition with Sean Hudson

Discover how to approach color and composition with ease, intention,…

Women’s Intro to Fly Fishing

Learn about trout and their habitat- what trout like to…

Fire it Up! Art Welding

Join our “welding-in-the-round” community and experience the thrill of metal…

Mindful Birding & Nature Journaling

Please call Prescilla Tafoya at 505-685-1019 or email prescillat@ghostranch.org to…

Slow Stitch: Textile Collage

Textile collage uses layered fabrics and mixed materials to symbolize…

The View Camera

Step into the world of large-format photography with this hands-on,…

Sobriety and the Deeper Life

If you’ve been sober for a while and are feeling…

Collage and Painting

Collage has a rich history and is used by contemporary…

Winds of Change: Yoga and the Vayus

oin Edie Tsong/radiant animal for a magical week of yoga…

Abstract Landscape Panting

Set within the expansive high desert of Ghost Ranch, this…

Somatic Writing: Accessing the Wisdom of Our Bodies

Reading Poets, Writing Poems

Theodore Roethke wrote in his poem, “The Waking,”  “I learn…

Building A Writing Life at Midlife

Building A Writing Life at Midlife (and Beyond!) is all…

Making Moments into Memoir

“Learning stamps you with its moments. Childhood’s learning is made…

Contemporary Southwest Jewelry

This course is designed to develop skills related to making…

Powerful Storytelling: Words & Images

How does place affect the story we tell? The way…

Don’t Work Too Hard! An Advanced Fiction Workshop

The number one thing I hear from my writing students…

Pen, Paper, Porcelain: Embodied Mythopoetics

A LIttle Lighting: Writing Flash Nonfiction

In this generative writing course, we’ll delve into the pleasure…

Writing a 10-Minute Play

The ten-minute play is the ode/short story of the Theatre,…

The Art and Craft of the Personal Essay

This is an innovative workshop in “essaying”  – the practice…

Creative Retreat for Days of the Dead

Program Tuition: $700 (Room & Board not included)

New Mexico Mens Wellness

Hike the 'Ologies

Explore the geology, paleontology, archaeology, anthropology and history of Ghost…

Navigating Paths of Change

WFR (Wilderness First Responder)

A wilderness first responder is trained to deal with life…

Plein Air

Program Tuition: $685 (does not include Room & Board)

WFA (Wilderness First Aid)

A Wilderness First Aid or WFA certification is an introductory…

Reconnect with Nature’s Rhythm

Life has separated us from the wild heart of nature,…

Elemental Shield Work

Elemental Shield Work is a land-based, mixed media workshop that…

Healing Through Land and Improvisation

Anderson shares experiences and Diné elder wisdom on land and…

Cultivating Authentic Intelligence (the Other AI)

Program Tuition: $430 (does not include Room & Board)

High Desert Watercolor

Enjoy a weekend workshop learning the fundamentals of painting the…

Supernatural Sutras: A Solstice Initiation

Supernatural Sutras™: A Solstice Initiation is a winter solstice immersion…

The Power of Ritual - Co-Creating the Sacred

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again…

Walk In Georgia O’Keeffe’s Footsteps Tour

Walking along the old entrance road and arroyos that Georgia…

Light Walk In Georgia O’Keeffe’s Footsteps Tour

A shorter version of our popular walking tour; Walk in…

Sketch the Morning Tour

This tour and time to sketch and photograph takes us…

Ghost Ranch Museums and O'Keeffe Landscape Tour

In the newly refurbished Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology,…

Evening Stroll and Ghost Tour

Walk out the west road with us into a private…

Paleontology Tour

This tour focuses on Triassic fossils discovered here at Ghost…

Reiki: Energy Balancing - Wellness

Reiki is an ancient and profoundly simple system of "laying…

Come Stay With Us

Youth Summer Adventure

During Youth Summer Adventure, every day bursts with possibility—a place…

Teen Summer Adventure

During Teen Summer Adventure, every day bursts with possibility—a place…

Finding Joy with Watercolor

This course is about learning the essentials of composition, value,…

Fire it Up! Art Welding

Join our “welding-in-the-round” community and experience the thrill of metal…

Stained Glass: A Glass Act

Whether you’re a beginner, or advanced you’re welcome to participate…

Plein Air Pastel Sketching

Come learn Plein Air Sketching in Pastel; paint on location…

Singer Songwriter Collective

Come to one of the most inspiring places on the…

Quilting: Easy as 1, 2, 3

This weeklong workshop will provide the beginning quilter as well…

Ranch Clay

In this course we will focus on the clay we…

Printed, Stitched & Bound

Come join a mixed-media workshop, we’ll combine printmaking with collage,…

Beginning Silversmithing & Open Studio

Come learn the basic skills of Southwest-style silversmithing in the…

Adult Service Corps

ASC is an opportunity to help Ghost Ranch with both…

Watercolor I

Experience a fun introduction course in Watercolors, come and learn…

Fire it Up! Art Welding

Join our “welding-in-the-round” community and experience the thrill of metal…

Intro to Southwest Silversmithing

Learn the basic skills of Southwest-style silversmithing in the awe-inspiring…

Plein Air Oil Painting

Come paint on location in the glorious landscapes of Ghost…

Weave the Colors of Ghost Ranch

Weave dishtowels with the colors of cliffs and mesas, turquoise,…

Youth Summer Adventure

During Youth Summer Adventure, every day bursts with possibility—a place…

Teen Summer Adventure

During Teen Summer Adventure, every day bursts with possibility—a place…

Coiling: Ancient Basketry Modern Twist

Coiling is a flexible medium that presents exciting art using…

Ghost Ranch Chorale

We invite you to join this year’s Chorale – a…

Painting Strategies for Invention & Inspiration

Come explore strategies in painting. This workshop is for all…

Adult Service Corps

Please call Prescilla Tafoya at 505-685-1019 to book lodging for…

Centering: On and Off the Wheel

In this fun and intense course we will learn to…

Pilgrim’s Progress: My Story Too?

We're all on a journey —each of us and all…

Family Week

Family Week is a beloved annual tradition where your family…

Color & Composition with Sean Hudson

Discover how to approach color and composition with ease, intention,…

Claiming Your Heart Story

Join author, spiritual director, and retreat master Dr. Rick Diamond…

Writing Ourselves Home

In this creative writing workshop, we will explore how can…

Introduction to Silversmithing

Curious about silversmithing but unsure where to begin? This workshop…

Traditional Yoruba Adire Eleko & Tie-Dye with Indigo

Learn the traditional Yoruba adire eleko and tie-dye techniques in…

What Our Souls Long to Say

Writing is a sacred tool for conveying our thoughts, ideas,…

Drawing From Nature: Bones & Blossoms

Join Instructor Helen Byers at Ghost Ranch for a 5-day,…

Estudio Corazon Application

Estudio Corazón at Ghost Ranch is a two to four-week self-directed…

The Quiet Return Retreat

This retreat is for women who've been holding everything together—…

Look Closer: Watercolor Cloudscapes & Botanicals

Join Chicago-based artist Jean Cate for “Look Closer” a cloudscape…

Western Adornments: Bolos & Statement Rings

In this hands-on silversmithing class you will learn how to…

The Bluegrass Camp at Ghost Ranch

Join us for music, connection, and creativity under the wide…

Beginning Pastels II

Have you tried your hand at pastels and now you’re…

Hike the Harmonies

Come and experience this unique "jam with the land" as…

Luminous Landscapes in Cold Wax

Immerse yourself in the wonder of it all at Ghost…

HOO Are You?

Owls are regarded as one of the planet’s most successful…

Contemplative Astronomy

Observe, Contemplate, Discuss. Utilizing the power of the large Ghost…

The Art of Black & White Photography

Black and white photography is a discipline that emphasizes the…

Advanced Photography

This immersion workshop invites you to deepen your creative vision…

Making Friends with Your DSLR

It may sound simple, but we will start with the…

On the Trail: Environmental Photography

 *Workshop participants must be prepared to hike up to 5…

Shooting with Low-Tech Cameras

Bring your Diana, Holga, or pinhole cameras and print their…

Intro to Portrait Photography

This beginner-friendly photography class is the perfect starting point for…

HOO Are You?

Owls are regarded as one of the planet’s most successful…

Healing Through Land and Improvisation

Anderson shares experiences and Diné elder wisdom on land and…

Birding at Ghost Ranch

Join field ornithologist and professional birding tour leader Raymond VanBuskirk…

Watercolor Open Studio

The Watercolor Open Studio is for people who have been…

Land is Body: Held in Gravity

Land is Body: Held in Gravity is a dynamic, exploratory…

Life Worth Living

Reimagine your life with clarity and courage.

Drawn to Clay: Exploring the Threw and Through

Join me for an expansive week devoted to studying form…

White-Line Color Woodcut Print: The New Mexico Connection

Learn the technique to create a multi-color print using watercolors…

Welding for Women

Join our “welding-in-the-round” circle of women and experience the thrill…

Advanced Silversmithing: Lapidary and Inlay

This is an intermediate/advanced course in jewelry-making and lapidary for…

Color & Composition with Sean Hudson

Discover how to approach color and composition with ease, intention,…

Japanese Stone Wrapping

Using the traditional Japanese Basket Knotting techniques, students will transform…

The Art of Self-Care: Create Your Own Resiliency

Many people think self-care is a massage or an evening…

Embodying Self, Reclaiming Sacred Feminine

Join Debra in the wild desert beauty of the Southwest,…

Family Spring Break

Family Week is a beloved annual tradition where your family…

Learning to Read the Akashic Records with Laurie Magoon

The Akashic Records hold the spiritual records of all of…