We are pleased to offer the second in a series of team-teach workshops in Santa Fe NM : Dates: September 4-5-6, 2026
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Mixed Media Connections, Material / Scale / Surface
This 3 day workshop is for artists with some prior arts practice who are ready to work at a larger scale toward a deeper level of integration of mixed media materials and execution. However, all levels are welcome.
Collectively led by Julie Schumer, Carl Heyward, and Akiko Suzuki, the workshop explores the intersection of paint, collage, and fiber, with a focus on translating ideas from smaller works onto larger, more complex surfaces.
Through demonstrations, shared dialogue, and substantial studio time, participants will investigate how disparate materials and processes can work together as a cohesive visual language. Emphasis is placed on material contrast, compositional clarity, and decision-making as work progresses.
Participants will work on canvas, wooden panels, or paper and explore strategies for scale, structure, editing, and resolution. Instruction includes intuitive mark making, compositional and concept, and the integration of fiber (hand and machine sewing) as both structural and expressive tools.
This workshop is ideal for artists ready to move beyond experimentation toward more intentional, resolved work.
Tuition:
$2500, basic materials provided, materials list to follow after workshop registration
Tuition includes daily lunch, coffee, tea, water and healthy snacks to keep you fueled and focused.
Carl Heyward
a Bay Area artist, is known for his vibrant and thought provoking mixed media artworks which have been featured in numerous exhibits, publications and on various online platforms. He often explores
themes of identity, culture and social justice. He is an art educator and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow involved in many community art events and the founder of the Global Art Project, a member based international collaborative collective of mixed media artists.
Akiko Suzuki
is an award-winning Bay Area fiber artist whose work focuses on contemporary Japanese art quilts. She combines fiber art with painting, sculpture and installation art and her work has been exhibited in the United States and internationally. Her work involves themes of nature, identity, eros, and cultural heritage. She is involved in many community collaborative projects and teaches mixed media workshops with her husband, Carl Heyward.
Julie Schumer
is a Santa Fe–based abstract painter whose work explores balance, structure, and emotional nuance through layered mark-making and collage. Working primarily in a restrained palette of blacks, whites, creams, and earth tones, she creates compositions that feel both grounded and intuitive. Her paintings invite close looking, encouraging viewers to slow down and discover meaning within texture, gesture, and form. Schumer’s work is held in private collections nationwide and has been exhibited across the United States.
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