PROGRAMS

Introduction to Silversmithing

Curious about silversmithing but unsure where to begin?

Traditional Yoruba Adire Eleko &Tie-Dye with Indigo

Learn the traditional Yoruba adire eleko and tie-dye techniques.

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,…

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…

Block Printing

Learn the fundamentals of block printing from start to finish…

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…

Centering: On and Off the Wheel

In this fun and intense course we will learn to…

Watercolor I

This is a fun introduction to painting with watercolors that…

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 not weaving. It is a procedure combining the…

Eco Printmaking: Milk Carton Intaglio

Explore a hands-on, non-toxic printmaking technique that transforms repurposed milk…

Ghost Ranch Chorale

Both long-time and first-time participants in the Ghost Ranch Chorale…

Painting Strategies for Invention & Inspiration

This workshop is for all levels. Demonstration and instruction will…

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

Finding Joy with Watercolor introduces the expressive possibilities of painting…

Fire it Up! Art Welding

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

Stained Glass: A Glass Act

Playing with Light and catching the beautiful refracted colors that…

Plein Air Pastel Sketching

Plein Air Sketching in Pastel Come paint on location the…

Tactile Text Textile

We will be weaving a cotton textile book cover for…

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

Ghost Ranch is located in a geography that is rich…

Printed, Stitched & Bound

Over the course of the week, participants will carve their…

Beginning Silversmithing & Open Studio

Students will learn the basic skills of Southwest-style silversmithing in…

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…

Japanese Woodblock Printmaking

Explore the fascinating possibilities of eco-friendly printmaking through this introduction…

Watercolor II: Beyond the Basics

This is a workshop for those who have had a…

Drawing Meditation Workshop: Mindful Creativity

An immersive week of mindful creativity with Maureen O’Neill

Fire it Up! Art Welding

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

Advanced Silversmithing: Lapidary and Inlay

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

Visual Journaling: Creativity & Resilience

Visual journaling is a creative practice that combines words and…

Abstracted landscapes - Cold Wax & Mixed Media

Explore the landscape through abstraction and play!

Quilting: Georgia’s Heavenly Stars!

Georgia O'Keeffe loved the red and gray hills of Ghost…

Drawing Meditation Workshop: Mindful Creativity

An immersive week of mindful creativity with Maureen O’Neill

Ghost Ranch Gospel, Ghost Ranch Joy

Add your joyful voice to the Ghost Ranch Gospel Choir!

The Art of Making Children’s Books

Bring your love of storytelling and a sense of adventure.

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…

Drawing Meditation Workshop: Mindful Creativity

An immersive week of mindful creativity with Maureen O’Neill

Welding for Women

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

Intro to Southwest Silversmithing & Open Studio

Beginning students will learn the basic skills of Southwest-style silversmithing…

Architectural Illustrations & Home Portraits

Come learn about or enhance your sketching abilities in the…

Traditional Yoruba Batik: Focus on Multiple Colors

Learn the traditional Yoruba batik technique as well as the…

Sew Happy Service Corps

Join us and work on assigned sewing projects for Ghost…

Fused Glass Landscapes

Transfer your favorite landscape into a beautiful fused glass masterpiece.

Citizen Paleontology

This program invites participants of all backgrounds to step into…

An Introduction to Infrared Photography

Discover the magic of infrared photography and capture the world…

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

This session is an in-depth residential preaching workshop in a…

Your Invitation to a Blessed Life

We invite you to join us in the enchanted landscape…

Raise Your Vibration

Access the Divine Nature in all of us. Take time…

Collage Intensive with Gelli-Plate Printing

Get inspired by the landscape of Ghost Ranch in this…

High Desert Watercolor

Join me for a weekend of learning the fundamentals of…

Ghost Ranch ASL Weekend

Join us for a weekend workshop introducing you to American…

Interlaced: Paper Weaving in the High Desert

This workshop invites you to slow down and engage your…

Peace in the Eye of the Storm

Finding a sense of calm and inner steadiness while staying…

Writers Roundup

A retreat/workshop for experienced, published writers who want to dig…

Cyanotypes with the Sun: Creative Practice with Place & Presence

Join us in making cyanotypes, one of the oldest forms…

Mirrors of Identity

This workshop invites participants to intuitively explore the cultural language…

Animated Stained Glass

Bring your Animated Stained Glass ideas alive with guidance and…

Recovering Our Public Voice

These are trying times in the life of our nation…

Contemporary Southwest Silver

This course is designed to develop skills related to making…

Flowers for Georgia: O’Keeffe Inspired Quilting

Let the luminous colors and bold forms of Georgia O’Keeffe inspire…

Chimayo Weaving

Come learn the fundamentals of the Chimayo style weaving in…

Geology of New Mexico Landscapes

Inside colorful strata and sparkling crystals are stories of change...This…

The Poetry of Presence

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

Ghost Ranch Nature Getaway

Surrounded by the majestic rock formations and wonders of Ghost…

Self Discovery Through Memoir

If you weren’t frightened by what others might think, what…

Earth Body “Reciprocity with the Living World”

Southwest Native Traditions in Metalsmithing

Join award winning artists Steve Wikviya LaRance (Hopi) and Cree…

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

How can we build authentic relationships with ourselves, our communities,…

From Eco-Lament to Action

For people who live and work close to the land…

Ghost Ranch Colour from Earth

Come experience a water based mixed media workshop using pigments.

The Art of Illumination

This hands-on introductory workshop invites participants to delve into the…

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

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

Hiking and Mindfulness

Embark on hiking journeys and soul enrichment.

Drawing with Stitches

Stitches are inherently associated with mending and healing, physically and…

Practically Painting with O’Keeffe

Experience an unparalleled adventure in the landscape that inspired Georgia…

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

At Ghost Ranch, Georgia O’Keeffe found inspiration in the desert…

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 Pauline Davis at 505-685-1019 to register for this…

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

Led by Canadian facilitator and sober lady Zoë Pawlak, this…

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

Days of the Dead (Días de los Muertos) is the…

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

What better place than Ghost Ranch to hone your plein…

WFA (Wilderness First Aid)

A Wilderness First Aid or WFA certification is an introductory…

Mindfulness and Recovery Retreat

This weekend program offers a fresh approach to understanding and…

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)

In an age of algorithmic certainty and digital noise, we…

High Desert Watercolor

Join me for a three-day workshop to learn the fundamentals…

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…

Plein Air Pastel Sketching

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