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Route 66 Arts Alliance
PO Box 2014
Edgewood, NM 87015

Route 66 Arts Alliance
PO Box 2014
Edgewood, NM 87015

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2025 Saturday Arts Camp


Please join us on March 29 and April 5
from 12:30pm to 3:30pm
for our 2025 Saturday Arts Camp

Saturday, March 29, 12:30-3:30pm:

  • African Drumming – Blake Himm
    West African traditions, group hand drumming and technique
  • Animals of the Earth – Hands in Clay with Jodi Miller
    Learn all the skills you need to sculpt an animal friend from clay!
  • Collage Creatures / Playful Puppets – Shelly Korte
    Using a variety of colorful patterned paper, fabric and mixed-media materials children will create creatures that have layered and moving parts.
    These creatures will interact to tell theatrical stories through the children’s voices.

Saturday, April 5, 12:30-3:30pm:

  • Brazilian Samba Drumming – Blake Himm
    Traditional Brazilian multi-instrumental ensemble drumming.
  • Animals of the Earth- Hands in Clay with Jodi Miller
    Learn all the skills you need to sculpt an animal friend from clay!
  • Painting Portraits & Plants – Shelly Korte
    We will look at artists who have painted themselves in natural settings and make inspired self-portraits.
    A combination of drawing and watercolor will be explored to make large-scale bright works of art that are based on observation and fantasy.

Each Camper will participate in 3 classes each afternoon.
Classes will be organized by age, ages 5-14

Both days $25 includes supplies and snack.
There will be scholarships available. Please contact us for more information.

Classes will be held at the Valley View Church, on Hwy 344 & Dinkle Rd, Edgewood.
Paid Student Interns (ages 15-18 ) will help in classes.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION – REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!

2024 Summer Arts Camp


July 8th – 12th
Monday – Friday • 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Five mornings of age grouped art classes. Ages 5-14
Three classes each morning for each camper, with breaks and healthy snacks.
Friday Exhibit and Performance, 1:00 pm. Everyone Welcome!
All Week for $45, including supplies and snacks.
There are scholarships available. Please contact us for more information.

Classes will be held at the Valley View Church, on Hwy 344 & Dinkle Rd, Edgewood.

Edgewood’s Got Talent!
Get your hands on guitars, drums, keyboards, ukuleles and more! Learn basic skills, form a band and compose an original song in this weeklong program that ends with a
performance. • Kevin Kinane

Ceramic Sculpting
The Way from Foil & Clay to Art! We will do armature sculptures this year using clay with foil, masking tape and flexible wire. These will be painted with acrylics. The last day of the camp would be for building a playful world. • Jodi Miller

Visual Stories – Journals and Murals
Over the course of the week each class will collectively develop ideas and imagery for a
collaborative mural that will be painted on canvas. Children will collect their drawing and painting sketches and design ideas for the mural in a handmade journal – a visual storytelling memory of the class! The final canvas murals will be displayed publicly in a local venue. • Shelly Korte

Supported by the Route 66 Arts Alliance & County of Santa Fe Community Services

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION – REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!

2024 Local Art in Public Places

CALL FOR ARTISTS
July – August 2024 Exhibit in East Mountain Library, Tijeras

Route 66 Arts Alliance is looking for member artists to show their artwork in this upcoming exhibit. There will be spaces for wall art and 3 dimensional work in a covered case. The artwork will NOT be for sale at the exhibit site. An artist’s bio and contact information form will be posted next to the work on exhibit, so interested persons can easily contact you.

Image Requirements for submission (up to 5 images):

  1. images must be .jpeg or .tiff and 300 dpi
  2. images must be no larger than 1200 pixels on its longest dimension
  3. all images must have artists name and title (ex: Jane Doe_title)
  4. short bio of artist and artist’s statement

Application for this exhibit is due May 1,2024. This is a juried show. Arts Alliance Board members are the jurors. Artists will be notified of acceptance by May 31.

Participating artists are required to assist in hanging the show on July 2nd at 9:00 am and help with the “Take down” on August 31st.

All applicants must be Arts Alliance members. The annual membership is $25 and includes the whole family. If you have more than one artist in your family (so fortunate) they all can register with one membership. Everyone is welcome. If needed, scholarships are available for the annual membership.

The Arts Alliance is gathering artists’ digital images for a collection from which to select artists for each show. We will post these images in our online gallery with artist’s permission.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN AND/OR ATTENDED THIS EVENT!