Registration is Open through June

The spring offering list is filled with both familiar and workshops and retreats along with a few new ones. Join us in person as the season shifts from dormancy to new life.

IMPORTANT - please read: This year, we have a slightly different approach to registration for spring. When you click int0 a workshop and click the "Register Now" button, you will be taken to an overview page that shows the lodging types and meal options for that program period, along with information about how to purchase meals for second+ people sharing a room. Ideally, each participant in a workshop would create a separate order.

When you click on the "Book Now" at the bottom of the page, you will be taken to a shopping cart that lands on that program period category. Select your workshop of choice. After adding the item to your cart, you will need to select "Continue Shopping" -- at this point the cart will take you to a page that has all of the workshops and lodging choices in the system. You must select from the left-hand panel the dates that match your workshop of choice to get back to the original screen where you can then choose your lodging type appropriate for the week you will be at the ranch. If you have questions or need assistance please email info@ghostranch.org.

March 20-26 - starts in a few days - a few spots remain

Painting and Praying With Icons - Learn More (with Pat Catlett)
Writing Down the Land - Learn More (with Robert Spiegel)

March/April Virtual

March 29-April 26 Your Life as Story (Robert Spiegel)
April 3-13 Meditation Mandala (Valerie Doran Bashaw)

April 24-29 Short and Sweet (5 nights)

Ghost Ranch Nature Getaway (Laurie Magoon)
Writing from Antiquity (Dr. Martha Yates)
Glass Fusing FUN-damentals (Katrina Jameson)
Plein Air Oil and Acrylic a la Palette Knife (Michelle Chrisman)
Creating Art For, With and In the Church (Brenda Grauer)

May 8-14 (6 nights)

Bones & Blossoms: O’Keeffe & You at Casa del Sol (Helen Byers)

May 11-15 Bluegrass Camp & More (4 nights)

Bluegrass Camp - register and then select your preferred instrument later in the process Guitar (Gregg Daigle) | Fiddle (Ryan Drickey) | Banjo (Aaron Youngberg) | Bass (Erin Youngberg | Mandolin with (Matt Flinner)
Silver Bolos and Bangles (Jamie Halpern)
Cowboy Hat Making (Tom Hirt)
Hiking the Harmonies of the Land (Connie Burkhart)
Photographing the Northern New Mexico Landscape (Mark Schumann)

May 19-23 (4 nights)

The Chacoan World Excursion – 2-day excursion – overnight in Farmington (Dr. Martha Yates) Special Rates Apply

June 5-11 Literally Letters Calligraphy and More (6 nights)

Pointed Brush (Elizabeth McKee)
The Decorated Letter (Dr. Mark van Stone)
Putting the Art in the Artist Book (Teresa Wilber)
Inside Curve (Julie Wildman)
Oils and Pastels: In the Studio with Natasha Isenhour
Classic Black & White Darkroom: Film Photography (Kent Bowser)
Beginners – Find Your Inner O’Keeffe (Anna Koster)
Writing About Thin Places, Sacred Places (Carol Lea Clark)

View All Retreats and Workshops Open for Registration

On-Ranch In-Person Later This Year
Mark Your Calendars - Registration Opening Soon

We are working hard to set up a new registration process for this coming summer. Please allow us another week or two to finish the setup of a new system when we can then offer registration.

July 3-8 Family Week & 4th of July celebration (5 nights)
This week highlights the 4th of July with a parade, BBQ and games. Together, adults and youth will take a different mini-workshop each day.

You asked for it and we listened: greatly reduced, family-friendly rates. More details and registration coming soon.

Fused Glass is Hot (Katrina Jameson)
Pastel Groove (Juliana Crownover)
Make & Take Silver (Jamie Halpern and Bill Derrevere)
Photograph the Ranch (Liz Arenberg)
Afternoon and Evening Family events; movie, scavenger hunt, Traditional coffee house hosted by the college staff (talent show – plan your song, skit, poem; sign up when you arrive – family-friendly content only, of course!) Optional family worship service every day.

July 10-16 Festival of the Arts Week 1
An emphasis on traditional arts led by local instructors

This is also an intergenerational week. This week has workshops for adults and a week-long SummerVenture program for youth ages 3 to 14. Youth ages 14 and up can join in an adult workshop or this week’s featured Senior High track – Adventures in Photography. Mornings are spent in respective workshops or youth program, with afternoons and some evenings as family time.

Micaceous Pottery: Utilitarian Ware (Clarence Cruz)
Beading: Circular Technique (Merrick Tate)
Jicarilla Basket Weaving (Melanie Molly Pesata)
Southwestern Tapestry (Rose Vigil)
Ex-Voto Retablo: Paint Your Miracle Story (Guillermo Delgado)
Relax & Restore Your Life’s Rhythm (Susan Weber)
Ghost Ranch Chorale: Together in Song (Adam Waite, Minister of Music at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church)
Fire it Up: Art Welding (Connie Burkhart and David Kadlec)
Ghost Ranch Archaeological Excavation (Brad Viera, John Hayden, Maisie Morris)
Intro to Silversmithing in the Southwest Tradition (Jamie Halpern and Susie Sawin)
Sketch the Painted Desert (Julia Crownover)
Adventures in Photography – for youth ages 14-18 (Liz Arenberg)
Youth SummerVenture – for youth ages 3 to 14
Adult Service Corps – Serve in Ghost Ranch projects five hours daily and use the rest of the week for rest or adventure.July 17-23 Festival of the Arts Week 2A lineup of many old favorites and a few new ones!Adult & Youth Friendly Week – Adults participate in one workshop for the week; youth to age 13 participate in Youth SummerVenture – for youth ages 3 to 14; youth ages 14 plus can join in an adult workshop or this week’s featured track, Anything Goes…Outdoor Quests! Mornings are spent in respective workshops or youth program, with afternoons and some evenings as family time.
Ghost Ranch Gospel Choir (Todd and Linda O’Neal)
Hiking, Art and Yoga (HAY) (Guillermo Delgado and Susan Weber)
GR Archaeological Excavation ( Brad Viera, John Hayden, Maisie Morris)
Painting from Nature: Art and Nature Collaboration (Lynda McIntyre)
Raku Pottery (Barbara Campbell)
Itching to Be Quilting! (Ronnie Ashford)
Fire it Up! Art Welding (Connie Burkhart and David Kadlec)
Stone, Shell and Silver: Lapidary Jewelry Art (Jamie Halpern and Susie Sawin)
Puddle Play: Watercolor Experiments (Juliana Crownover)
Weaving Where You Are (Suzanne Halvorson and Sarah Noggle)
Linocut and Woodcut: Printmaking (Julianna Kirwin)
Adult Service Corps – Serve in Ghost Ranch projects five hours daily and use the rest of the week for rest or adventure
Anything Goes…Outdoor Quests! – for youth ages 14-18 (Laurie Magoon)
Youth SummerVenture – for youth ages 3 to 14

July 24-29 Festival of the Arts Week 3

Get out of the classroom and explore new talents and new places!
Adult & Youth Friendly Week – Adults participate in one workshop for the week; youth to age 13 participate in Youth SummerVenture – for youth ages 3 to 14; youth ages 14 plus can join in an adult workshop or this week’s featured track, Weld and Wander. Mornings are spent in respective workshops or youth program, with afternoons and some evenings as family time.

Desert-Inspired Mosaics (Kathy Thaden)
Silversmithing: Open Studio (Jamie Halpern & Susie Sawin)
True Green Pottery (Barbara Campbell)
A Week to Batik (Valerie Bashaw)
Hardcore Hiking & Play: Exploring the Nostalgia of Ghost Ranch (Jesse Fisher & Erin Fish)
Writing Miniatures (Anita Skeen)
Words and Melody:Intro to Songwriting (Colleen Anderson)
Improvisation: Scenes and Games (Jesse Gray)
Classic Black and White Film Photography (Kent Bowser)
Creating Liturgy: the Art and Story of the Church (Brenda Grauer)
Gone FlyFishing! (Tom Nichols & David Kadlec)
Adult Service Corps – Serve in Ghost Ranch projects five hours daily and use the rest of the week for rest or adventure. In tandem with Sew Corps.
Weld and Wander – for youth ages 14-18 (Connie Burkhart)
Youth SummerVenture – for youth ages 3 to 14

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