HEREKEKE
Inquiring into Sustainability through Creative Practices
Advanced Workshops
 
HEREKEKE provides advanced workshops for emerging artists working in all media and those new to art, with the main goal of cultivating alternative pathways of expression and critical thinking. These are seasonal advanced educational workshops in the form of brief intensive course, a seminar or a series of meetings emphasizing specific art practices, conceptual approaches, and skills.
 
Both the {mEdiALab} and Printmaking Studios can be used simultaneously or independently during workshops as well as the outdoors for community actions, field studies, and other inquiries into sustainability through creative practices.
 
HEREKEKE will fosters programs that have relevance to the local community, stewardship of the land and/or the use of environmentally sound art practices.
 
For those who enroll in workshops, HEREKEKE will provide facilities, equipment, internet access, and basic materials necessary to successfully run the course.  Workshop participants will be charged tuition and a possible studio fee.
 
 
WORKSHOP TUITION & STUDIO FEE
 
$ 500 per person
+ $50 studio fee
includes ink and paper for 10 - 8.5 x 11 in. and 5 - 13 x 19 in. giclée prints
 
{Advanced Workshops}
Space and Luminosity Photographing the New Mexico Landscape Join documentary photographer Regula Franz and digital fine art printer Liliana Mejía in strengthening your photographic vision and digital workflow from capture to output on some of the most memorable and protected private lands in Northern New Mexico. August 1 - 5, 2011 DESCRIPTION August 1, 2011 – August 5, 2011 Photograph open skies and abundant landscapes in contrast with natural sculptures and artifacts set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Carson National Forest. Capture luminosity, shape your sense of composition and learn how to use your camera more effectively in constant changing light with personalized feedback to reach beyond the ordinary image. In the classroom you will have the opportunity to upload and edit your images daily with focused attention on realizing your personal aesthetics. Develop your digital workflow from raw processing, tonal range and local adjustments to sharpening techniques based on final scale and printing media. Focus will be placed on training your eye to see subtle changes in color and tonality to have your final output match your vision. SKILL LEVEL & REQUIREMENTS Beginner to intermediate participants welcome. Digital camera with manual settings is required. Laptop computer with digital processing software such as Adobe Photoshop CS2-CS5 or Adobe Photoshop Elements. (You may download a trial version for the duration of the workshop). Contact us: 575 586 2065, if you need to rent a laptop or if you have any questions related to software requirements. WORKSHOP TUITION & STUDIO FEE $500 per person $50 studio fee includes ink and paper for 10 - 8.5 x 11 in. and 5 - 13 x 19 in. giclée prints LOCATION & ACCOMODATIONS HEREKEKE is located in Lama, New Mexico, 15 miles north of Taos. Participants will have access to 670 acres of private land protected by conservation easements that provide a protected space to freely develop your photographic vision. HEREKEKE does not currently provide housing and can recommend several options in Taos along with putting you in contact with other participants who would like to share a room. Camp sites at HEREKEKE are available with access to a community kitchen and bathroom for $15 per night. 
INSTRUCTORS Instructors Regula Franz and Liliana Mejía developed a lasting friendship while Regula was completing three Artist Residencies from 2005 to 2007 at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. This workshop was developed due to their respect for each other, their great combined knowledge and their relationship to Lama Mountain. REGULA FRANZ Originally from Switzerland, Regula Franz is a professional documentary photographer and educator based in Richmond, Virginia. She teaches classes in digital photography and fine art printing privately and at VCUArts, VMFA Studio School and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. On a spiritual quest for many years, she has observed and photographed sacred places and indigenous cultures all over the globe, most profoundly on a one-year journey through Southeast Asia and Nepal, which resulted in two solo exhibitions, Signs of Immortality in 2003, and Sacred Encounters in 2006. Regula has been a Visiting Artist at HEREKEKE in 2009 and 2010. LILIANA MEJÍA Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Liliana Mejía is a professional fine art printer. For the last decade she has worked in collaboration with Artists and Photographers in realizing their visions into printing media, both privately and as the former Manager of the Digital Media & Photography Department at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado. She Co-Founded HEREKEKE in 2008, where she continues developing her printing work and pursuing sustainability through work in community and stewardship of the land.http://regulafranz.net/portfolio/immortality/index.phphttp://regulafranz.net/portfolio/sacred/index.phpshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1