Ghost Ranch 2011 Workshop Catalog by Santa Fe Creative Tourism

WELCOME

Photo by Walter Nelson

Dear Friends: Welcome to a new, exciting year of

Mars and the Milky Way

programs at Ghost Ranch!

Kitchen Mesa and kitchen staff Box Canyon and box lunches

Our instructors are among the best

archeologists and artists

in their fields, known nationally

Scripture and song

and internationally. The landscape

Any one of which can begin an

and views in the high desert of

avalanche

northern New Mexico are awe-

of new ideas and insights

some. Inspiration and creativity

challenge and change

are boundless.

healing and hope

God’s blessings in healthy community and sacred space are abundant. Jennifer Saad, a participant in one of the Creative Arts classes put it this way in a poem she wrote on the ranch last summer: Ghost Ranch, place of ancient rock formations and deepened spiritual formation — A place where your world can be “rocked” by: Playwrights and poets thespians and theologians

growth and gain purpose and passion poetry and playfulness These rocky mountains surround you like an ancient fortress where fierce storms and mighty winds carve chinks in your defenses And soon, before you know it, you are transformed, polished by the sands of time by the One who is Rock and Refuge

Peace always,

Gospel singers and songwriters pastors and painters bakers and burros cirrus and cumulus sage and cedar

Debra Hepler Executive Director

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CONTENTS

Index-Guide to Courses New Venues Santa Fe & Special Opera Notes Abiquiu Workshops at Ghost Ranch Stillpoint at Ghost Ranch Transitional Ministries Service Corps College Staff Youth Service Corps Youth Activities Program Youth Medical/Permission Form January-June 26 Spring Festival of the Arts / March 14-20 Blue Grass Camp / May 17-22 Literally Letters Week / June 13-19 Youth Week / June 13-19 Earth-Honoring Faith / June 20-26 Literally Letters Week 2 / June 20-26 Registration Information Travel Information & Map Registration Information Housing/Meal Information/Housing Rates Other Helpful Information June 27-July 3 Family Week July 4-10 July 11-17 Festival of the Arts Week I July 18-24 Festival of the Arts Week II Discerning the Signs of the Times July 25-31 Festival of the Arts Week III August 1-7 Creative Arts Festival Synod of the Southwest August 8-14 Creative Arts Festival August 28-October 31 August-December September 11-17 Artist in ResidencePainting, Photography, Writing October 2-8 October 9-15 Fall Writing Festival October 23-29

9-13 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22 22 23 23 24 25-32 25-26 29-31 32 33 34 35 35-41 37-38 39 40-42 43 44-47 44-45 48-49 50-52 50-51 52-56 52-53 55 56-58 56-5 60-62 60 63 63-64 63 66-67 63, 65 64-66 66-67 67-69 69-71 70-71 71-72

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Cover and this photo by Clay Ellis

H U M A N I T Y F U L LY A L I V E A towering red and yellow cliff wall behind the dining hall at Ghost Ranch is crumbling. A new rock formation is being designed before our eyes and on its own schedule: the schedule of rock. And that takes a long time. Spring seems to be the season when we witness the greatest change. Moisture freezes and thaws in the rocks and in the crevices. Avalanches send piles of tumbling rock down the cliff wall and clouds of powder and dust billowing up in the air. Subtle and dramatic, change is constant throughout the 21,000 acre terrain of Ghost Ranch. The people at Ghost Ranch are accustomed to change as well. Our colorful history — of cattle rustlers, poker games, tenacious women, affluent men, photographers, painters, piano players and Presbyterians – is an ever-changing cast of characters. Call it change or call it transformation, which implies a slower metamorphosis, the vibrant spirit found at Ghost Ranch attracts those willing to fully experience the vital, expansive possibilities of life. Irenaeus said “the Glory of God is humanity fully alive.” You’ll find this reflected in the scope of the courses offered in the Ghost Ranch 2011 Course Catalog. Birding, Archaeology, Earth Honoring Faith, Fly Fishing, Watercolor, Bluegrass, Journaling, Silversmithing, Sustainability, Peace and Justice, Paleontology, and more. All of them vibrant. All of them life-changing. The theme of transformation spans all we do at Ghost Ranch. Our goal is to present opportunities for hearts to open, egos to relax, talents to be explored and the divine to enter. At Ghost Ranch we seek to hold in reverence all of creation, to extend hospitality to all persons and to practice environmental responsibility. We seek transformation for ourselves, our guests and the world.

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LOOK WHO'S TEACHING... Joan Logghe

11-17, “Living Life Twice,

storyteller, snake-charm-

For Joan Logghe, writing

Writing the Sacred

er, good neighbor, friend

and literature is a bridge

Down.”

and lover, minister of the wide-eyed gospel of hope

to emotional activism, Carrie Newcomer

beauty. Voted Santa

Carrie Newcomer is a

Fe’s Poet Laureate in

rare breed of singer/

Carrie Newcomer is

2010, Logghe has been

songwriter: the kind

teaching: “Writing

an integral part of New

who illuminates life with

Mindfully: Exploring the

Mexico's Poetry Renais-

startling depth, humor

Sacred Ordinary in Song

sance. She writes poetry,

and clarity. Her ability

& Story,” July 11-17.

non-fiction, and reviews,

for sharp observation of

teaching writing as a key

the world lead the Dallas

Larry Rasmussen

to emotional activism.

Morning News to rave,

One of the world's

Author and editor of

"She's the kind of artist

foremost Christian

numerous books, Logghe

whose music makes you

environmental ethicists,

has been presenter, key-

stop, think and then say,

Dr. Rasmussen has men-

note speaker, or reader

'that is so true'."

tored a generation of Christians in eco-theolo-

at a variety of settings in New Mexico and nation-

Praised by Billboard as

gy and “green religion.”

ally.

a "soaring songstress,"

He spearheaded the

Newcomer is an ac-

“greening” at the Union

Logghe has been an in-

claimed musician who

Theological Seminary as

structor at Ghost Ranch

continues to create

an institution and rooted

for the last 19 years.

music from her uniquely

his courses and scholar-

Consistently, partici-

spiritual and poignant

ship in the practice of

pants praise her teaching

take on the world.

environmental justice with communities and

methods, feeling deeply

and grace."

cultural awareness and

inspired and uplifted

Writer Barbara King-

their leaders. He has

from her course.

solver has this to say

published more than

about Newcomer: “To

a dozen books, includ-

Joan Logghe is teach-

my mind - a writer's

ing the award-winning

ing two courses: April

mind - Carrie Newcomer

Earth Community, Earth

17-23, “Hiking, Writing

is much more than a

Ethics.

& Yoga,” and September

musician. She's a poet,

Instructor

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Rasmussen is currently

The week of April 17-

to the experience of

in the third year of di-

24, Chemberlin will be

learning watercolor from

recting this 10-year proj-

teaching “A Holy Week

Pamona Hallenbeck.

ect on Earth-Honoring

Retreat: Journey Into

Faith at Ghost Ranch.

Easter in the Footsteps

John Dear

His course, “This Planet

of Jesus.”

John Dear is an interna-

as Paradise: Beauty &

tionally known voice for

Ecological Restoration”

Pomona Hallenbeck

peace and non-violence.

is July 20-26.

“I believe involvement

A Jesuit priest, pastor,

with art should be in

peacemaker, organizer,

Peg Chemberlin

partnership with the

lecturer and retreat

Peg Chemberlin is a

quest for spiritual under-

leader, he is the author/

nationally known retreat

standing...” – Pamona

editor of 25 books,

leader with special focus

including his autobi-

on interfaith. Chember-

An established watercol-

ography, “A Persistent

lin is the President of

orist, Pamona has taught

Peace.” In 2008, Dear

the National Council of

courses at Ghost Ranch

was nominated for the

Churches, an organiza-

for 20 years. Her stu-

Nobel Peace Prize by

tion with a constituency

dents cover the spectrum

Archbishop Desmond

of 45 million in more

from experienced artists

Tutu.

than 100,000 local

in need of a fresh per-

congregations across the

spective and approach

As a practitioner and

country.

to their skill, or people

teacher of nonviolence,

who dream of painting

the list of Dear’s accom-

In 2009, Chemberlin

one day and are ready

plishments is astonish-

was appointed to Presi-

to jump in. A voice of

ing. We invite you to

dent Obama’s Advisory

inspiration, experience

visit his website to learn

Council on Faith-based

and whimsy, Pamona

more: www.FatherJohn-

and Neighborhood

guides students of all

Dear.org.

Partnerships. On the

levels on their paths of

council, she serves on

exploration.

the task force focused on

August 8-14, Dear will be teaching “Jesus and

economic recovery and

With a variety of courses

the Way of Peace, Hope

fighting poverty.

and as the Fall Art Fes-

& Love.”

tival’s artist in residence at Ghost Ranch, we suggest you to treat yourself

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This guide to the 2011 courses is organized by subject. Under the subject courses are listed by date followed by the course title and page number.

Aug 8-14m Artful Journalingm 63 Sept 25-Oct 1m Let the Stones Shout Out!m 66 Oct 9-15m To Dye For: Shibori Silk Scarves m 69

All courses are held at Ghost Ranch Abiquiu unless another location is specified.

Calligraphy - Literally Letters

ARCHAEOLOGY GEOLOGY & PA L E O N T O L O G Y June 13-19m Paleontologym 33 June 27-July 3m Dinosaurs, Fossils & Fun!m 46 July 25-31m Archaeology at Ghost Ranch (Week 1)m 59 Aug 1-7m Archaeology at Ghost Ranch (Week 2)m 61 Sept 25-Oct 1m Geology of the Southwestm 66 Oct 2-8m Fall Paleontologym 69

ART March 14-20m Introduction to Stained Glass m 26 March 21-27m Stone Carving m 27 March 21-27mExploring Your Spiritual Journey: A Contemplative Art Retreatm28 July 4-10m Fuji Transfer Collagesm 47 July 4-10m Japanese Basket Weaving II m 47 July 4-10m Lessons in Asian Brushwork (All levels)m 47 July 4-10m Visual Journals & Booksm 48 July 11-17m Introduction to Stained Glassm 50 July 18-24m Beginning Stone Carving m 52 July 18-24m Stained Glassm 53 July 25-31m Joyful Basketrym 57 July 25-31m Stained Glassm 57 July 25-31m Stone Carving (Intermediate & Advanced)m 58 July 25-31m Your Story: Telling Tales From the Pastm 58 Aug 1-7m Acting the 10-Minute Playm 60 Aug 1-7m Artful Journalingm 60 Aug 1-7m Mapmaking: The Art of the Personal Atlasm 60 Aug 1-7m A Print is Worth A Thousand (Well, Maybe A Hundred) Wordsm 60 Aug 1-7m Traditional Spanish Colonial Santo Carvingm 60

June 13-19m Color It Luscious, Featuring Flowers with Colored Pencilsm 32 June 13-19m Love Your Lettersm 32 June 13-19m The Spontaneous Mark & Alternative Imagem 32 June 20-26m Foundation Meets Bone (Intermediate/Advanced)m 35 June 20-26m Ghost Ranch Sketchbook: A Visual Journeym 35 June 20-26m Using the Pointed Pen to the Max!m 35 Jewelry

March 14-20m Beginning Beaded Jewelry m 25 March 14-27m Creative Hands, Creative Minds: Jewelry & Lapidary Arts (Intermediate/Advanced)m 26 March 21-27m Fused Glass is Hot (All levels)m 27 July 11-17m Beginning Beaded Jewelrym 50 July 11-17m Beginning Silversmithing m 50 July 18-24m Bead Embroidery with Cabochons (Beginner)m 52 July 18-24m Sustainable Jewelry from Recycled and Found Materialsm 53 July 18-24m Stone, Shell & Silverm 53 July 25-31m Classic Southwestern Jewelry with a Contemporary Twistm 56 July 25-31m Discover the Magic of Metal Claym 57 Oct 2-8m Beginning Beaded Jewelry m 67 Metal Arts

March 14-20m Fire It Up! Metal Sculpturem 26 March 21-27m Fire It Up! Metal Sculpturem 27 April 10-16mThe Art of Blacksmithingm 28 April 17-23mThe Art of Blacksmithingm 29 June 27-July 3m Traditional Blacksmithing: Transformation Through Fire & Iron (Beginner)m 46 July 4-10m Traditional Blacksmithing: Transformation Through Fire & Iron (Intermediate/ Advanced)m 47

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ART - CONTINUED July 11-17m Fire It Up! Metal Sculpture Im 50 July 18-24m Fire It Up! Metal Sculpture IIm 52 July 25-31m Fire It Up! Metal Sculpture IIm 57 Sept 25-Oct 1m Blacksmithing Nature: Explore Nature's Shapes in Ironm 65 Painting & Drawing

March 14-20m The Art of Pastelsm 25 March 14-20m Brilliant Color! Introduction to Silk Paintingm 25 March 14-20m Drawing on the Right Side of the Brainm 26 March 21-27m The Art of Pastelsm 27 March 21-27m Landscape Drawing at Ghost Ranchm 28 May 9-15m Drawing Animals of the High Desertm 29 May 9-15m Watercolor, O'Keeffe's Backyard & Northern New Mexicom 30 June 13-19m Watercolor Sketching Northern New Mexico & Its Churchesm 33 June 20-26m Mesa Magic! Capturing Landscape on Site in Oils & Acrylics (All levels)m 35 June 20-26m Watercolor Sketching Northern New Mexico & Its Churchesm 35 July 4-10m Yoga, Painting & Sketching in the Ghost Ranch Landscapem 48 July 11-17m The Art of Pastelsm 50 July 11-17m Brilliant Color! Introduction to Silk Paintingm 50 July 11-17m Off & Running! An Introduction to Watercolorm 50 July 18-24m The Magic Place, O'Keeffe's Backyard, & Intermediate Watercolor m 53 July 18-24m Pastels in the Painted Desert m 53 July 25-31m Watercolor-What You See & How You Use It (Advanced only) m 56 July 25-31m Field Sketching Ghost Ranch Fauna & Flora (All levels) m 57 Aug 1-7m The Abstract Landscape in Acrylics (All levels)m 60 Aug 8-14mOil Pastel Workshopm63 Aug 8-14m Plein Air Painting in the O'Keeffe Landscapem 63 Aug 8-14m Watercolor, Big, Bold & Beautifulm 63 Aug 28-September 12m One-on-One Sessions with the Ghost Ranch

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Artist-in-Residence: Watercolor, What's Your Pleasure?m 67 Sept 25-Oct 1m People in Nature: Adding Figures to Your Landscape Paintingsm 65 Sept 15-30m One-on-One Sessions with the Ghost Ranch Artist-in-Residence: Plein Air Paintingm 67 Oct 2-8m Pastels & Color (All levels) m 68 Oct 2-8m Plein Air Painting in Georgia O'Keeffe Countrym 68 Oct 2-8m Watercolor by Designm 68 Oct 9-15m Watercolor, O'Keeffe & Ghost Ranch-Get Inspiredm 69 Oct 9-15m Plein Air Painting in the O'Keeffe Landscapem 69 Oct 23-29mRenew, Refresh, Review: Watercolor Painting for the Spirit m 71 Photography

March 14-20m Shoot the Ranch: Black & White Photographym 26 March 21-27m Shoot the Ranch: Black & White Photographym 28 June 20-26m The Visible & Invisible: Photography & Spiritualitym 35 July 18-24m Shoot the Ranch: Black & White Photographym 53 July 25-31m Digital Photography in an Ancient Landm 56 Sept 1-30m One-on-One Sessions with the Ghost Ranch Artist-in-Residence: Photographym 67 Oct 2-8m Basic Digital SLR Photography (Beginning/Intermediate)m 67 Pottery

March 21-27m Centering Yourself (A Course in Clay)m 27 May 9-15m Micaceous Pottery-Big Potsm 29 July 4-10m Raku: An Exploration in Potterym 47 July 11-17m Playing with Fire: Clay From Start to Finish (All levels)m 51 July 18-24m Playing with Fire: Clay From Start to Finish (All levels)m 53 Aug 1-7m Let's Play with Fire & Claym 60 Oct 2-8m Micaceous Pottery & Fall Traditions of Northern New Mexicom 68 Oct 9-15m White Heatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cone 10m 70 Oct 23-29mClay Lanterns at Ghost Ranchm 71

Textile Arts March 14-20m The Colors of Ghost Ranch: A Dye Class for Textile Artistsm 25 March 21-27mContemporary Tapestry Weaving in a Southwestern Setting (All levels)m 27 July 11-17m Weave & Wonderm 51 July 18-24m Quilting for Self Expressionm 53 July 25-31m Quilting the Landscape: Landscapes in Fabricm 57

CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILY June 13-19m The Third Annual Youth Week for Middle & Senior High School Studentsm 33 June 13-19mYouth Activities Programm 33 June 20-26mYouth Service Corpsm23, 36 June 20-26mYouth Activities Program m23, 36 June 27-July 3m One Family Family Weekm 44-45 Building Fantasy Birdhouses Faithful Practices to Energize Your Family's Faith Fused Glass is Hot Landscape Lunacy Making Music as Families Micaceous Pottery Outdoor Adventures Origami: Paper Folding & Transformation Step Into the Water-Watercolor That Is! Stone Carving with Hand Tools Adobes a Go Go June 27-July 3m Let's go to Ghost Ranch with Grandma & Grandpam 46 June 27-July 3mYouth Service Corps m20, 47 June 27-July 3mYouth Activities Program m23, 47 July 4-10mYouth Service Corps m20, 49 July 4-10mYouth Activities Program m23, 49 July 11-17m Youth Service Corpsm 23, 52 July 11-17m Youth Activities Program m 23, 52 July 18-24m Youth Service Corps m 23, 54 July 18-24m Youth Activities Program m 23, 54 July 25-31m Youth Service Corpsm 23, 59 July 25-31m Youth Activities Program mm 23, 59

Aug 1-7m Youth Service Corpsm 23, 62 Aug 1-7m Youth Activities Program m 23, 62

HEALTH & WHOLENESS April 17-23mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women-Springtime Editionm 29 June 20-26m Mindful Motherhoodm 36 June 27-July 3m Let's Go to Ghost Ranch with Grandma & Grandpam 46 July 4-10m Yoga, Painting & Sketching in the Ghost Ranch Landscapem 48 July 4-10m Open the Heart, Still the Mind, Connect with the Divinem 48 July 11-17m Yoga for Wellbeingm 51 July 18-24m Congregations & Common Good: Leading Congregations to Lead Communities in Health Reformm 54 Aug 1-7mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women Im 61 Aug 8-14mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women IIm 64 Oct 9-15m T'ai Chi Ch'uanm 71

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS May 17-22m Ghost Ranch Bluegrass Camp m 31 June 20-26m Soulful Singing: Finding & Singing Our Songsm 36 July 11-17m The Ghost Ranch Chorale: Sing to the Powerm 51 July 11-17m Writing Mindfully: Exploring the Sacred Ordinary in Song & Storym 51 July 11-17m The Prayerful Harp: A Celtic Harp Adventurem 51 July 18-24m Sing Your Heart Out: Community Singing From Around the Worldm 58 July 25-31m Gospel Music With Pastor Todd & Lindam 58 August 1-7mThis Is Your Life In Music m 61 Aug 7-13m Opera II: Drama, Music & Meaningm Santa Fe Sage Innm 15 Aug 14-20m Opera III: Drama, Music & MeaningmSanta Fe Sage Innm 15

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OUTDOOR ADVENTURES January 24-29m Winter Magic at Ghost Ranch: Cross-Country Skiing in the Land of Enchantmentm 25 April 17-23mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women-Springtime Editionm 29 May 9-15m Hiking Northern New Mexicom 30 May 9-15m Birds of Ghost Ranchm 30 June 13-19m Hiking Northern New Mexicom 33 June 20-26m Outdoor Adventuresm 36 June 20-26m Wildflowers Anyone?m 36 July 4-10m High Desert Spiritual Questm 48 July 4-10m Outdoor Adventuresm 48 July 4-10m Streams of Living Water: Fly Fishing Northern New Mexico (All levels)m 48 July 11-17m Outdoor Adventuresm 51 July 18-24m Journeys in the Wildernessm 54 July 18-24m Outdoor Adventuresm 54 July 25-31m Outdoor Adventuresm 58 Aug 1-7m Outdoor Adventuresm 61 Aug 1-7mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women Im 61 Aug 7-13m Golf in the High Desert: Seeking the Hole-in-One & the Holy Onem Santa Fem 15 Aug 8-14mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women IIm 64 Sept 25-Oct 1m Ancient Sites, Ancient Watersm 66 Oct 2-8m Hiking Northern New Mexico m 68 Oct 2-8mStreams of Living Water: Fly Fishing Northern New Mexico m 69 Oct 23-29mHiking Ghost Ranchm 72

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES March 21-27mLosses of Our Livesm26 April 17-24mHoly Week Retreatm 29 June 20-26mEarth-Honoring Faith- This Planet as Paradise: Beauty & Ecological Restorationm34 June 20-26m The Visible & Invisible: Photography & Spiritualitym 35 July 4-10m High Desert Spiritual Questm 48 July 4-10m Making Space: An Exploration in the Creation & Use of Ritual Spacem 49

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July 4-10m Speaking the Word: The Ancient Art of Biblical Storytellingm 49 July 4-10mUnderstanding Islam Todaym49 July 18-24m Discerning the Signs of the Times-Surely Some New Revelation is at Handm 55 July 18-24m Ancient Voices, Artful Practicesm 56 July 25-31m The Heavens Declare the Glory of God: The Sky at Nightm 59 July 25-31m Sex, Faith & Culture: Understanding the Mix in Our Lives & Society m 59 July 25-31m Growing the Church Deep and Wide: Transformation Toward Diversity and Inclusionm 59 Aug 8-14mBalaam's Ass, or The Heavens Are Declaring, But Are We Listening?m 64 Aug 8-14mEcoTheology: A Look at Religion & Ecologym 64 Aug 8-14mJesus and the Way of Peace, Hope & Lovem 64 Aug 8-14mWhat's Happening to Christianity?m 65 Oct 2-8m Soul Collage? As a Spiritual Path: It's All in the Cards m 69 Oct 9-15mEarth-Speak Listening to Land & Scripturem 71 Oct 23-29mSail On, Silver Girl!-Women's Mid-Life Spiritual Journeym 72

CASA DEL SOL March 21-27mPassionate Women, Then & Now: A Woman's Retreatm28 April 1-7mExploring Your Spiritual Journey: A Contemplative Art Retreatm28 April 8-11mHow Do Raisins Really Taste: Mindfulness Meditation for Beginnersm28 April 25-May 1 m Feeding the Body, Feeding the Soul: An Exploration into the Wholeness & Hope of Foodm 29 May 9-15m Wisdom of the Desert Mothers for Today's Spiritual Pilgrimm30 May 30-June 5m Nourishing the Heart with Sound, Silence & Yogam 32 June 6-12m Memorable Meals, Meaningful Moments, Feeding the Soul and the Body: Memoir Writing at Ghost Ranchm 32 June 20-26m Soulful Singing: Finding & Singing Our Songsm 36 June 27-July 3mExplorations in Creative Prayingm46 July 4-10mYoga, Painting & Sketching in the Ghost Ranch Landscapem 48

July 11-17m Honoring Earth's Body: Ancient Wisdom & The New Consciousnessm 51 July 18-24m Honoring Earth's Body: Ancient Wisdom and the New Consciousnessm 56 July 25-31m Honoring Earth's Body: Ancient Wisdom and the New Consciousnessm 58 Aug 1-7m Walking in Sacred Footprints: St. Francis of Assisim 61 Sept 25-Oct 1m Journey Toward an Undivided Life: An Introductory Circle of Trust Retreatm 66 Oct 2-8m Journeying Toward Renewal: A Theological & Practical Exploration of Sabbathm 68 Oct 9-15mEarth-speak: Listening to Land & Scripturem 71

CONTINUING ED F O R PA S T O R S February 21-26mTransitional / Interim Ministry Education - Weeks One & Twom 20, 29 April 26-30mBeyond Basics Interim Ministries Training m 21, 29 Aug 1-7mSynod of the Southwest m 63

PEACE & JUSTICE Aug 1-7m Issues: A Faithful Response to Immigrationm 62 Aug 1-7m Speaking Out for Peace & Justice: Writing, Preaching & Speakingm 62 August 8-14mBlessings on the Journey: Discovering the Beatitudes of Building Beloved Communitym 64 Aug 8-14mJesus and the Way of Peace, Hope & Lovem 64

SERVICE May 9-15m Help Get the Ranch Ready for Summerm 30 June 13-19mService Corpsm22, 33 June 20-26mService Corpsm22, 36 June 20-26mYouth Service Corpsm23, 36 June 27-July 3mService Corpsm22, 47 June 27-July 3mYouth Service Corps m23, 47 July 4-10mService Corpsm22, 49 July 4-10mYouth Service Corpsm23, 49 July 11-17mService Corpsm22, 52 July 11-17mYouth Srvice Corpsm23, 52 July 18-24m Service Corpsm 22, 54 July 18-24m Youth Service Corpsm 23, 54 July 25-31m Service Corpsm 22, 59 July 25-31m Youth Service Corpsm 23, 59 Aug 1-7m Service Corpsm 22, 61

Aug 1-7m Youth Service Corpsm 23, 62 Aug 8-14m Service Corpsm 22, 65

SOUTHWEST May 9-15m Adobe 101m 30 June 13-19mArchitecture of the Southwestm33 June 27-July 3mDinosaurs, Fossils & Funm46 June 27-July 3mMythology & the Night Skym46 June 27-July 3mSacred Objects & Sacred Places in the Southwestm46 July 11-17m Southwest Sampler: Introduction to the History & Culture of the Southwestm 52 Aug 1-7mUnder Ghost Ranch Skiesm61 Aug 1-7m*Intensive Conversational Spanish Week Im61 Aug 8-14m*Intensive Conversational Spanish Week IIm64 Sept 25-Oct 1m Geology of the Southwestm 66 Sept 25-Oct 1m Through Hopi Eyesm 66

WRITING April 17-23mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women-Springtime Editionm 29 July 4-10mRestless Hearts: Writing Our Way Toward Homem49 July 25-31m Your Story: Telling Tales From the Pastm 58 Aug 1-7mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women Im 61 Aug 1-7mWheelbarrow, Hammock & Pomegranate: The Furniture of Poetrym62 Aug 8-14mGhost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women IIm 64 Sept 25-Oct 1mAn Unedited Heart of Poetry Alchemym65 Oct 1-9 & 16-31m One-on-One Sessions with the Ghost Ranch Artist-in-Residence: Writingm 67 Oct 9-15mThe Art of Letter Writingm 70 Oct 9-15mBuilding the Ship As We Sail It: Risk-Taking in Writing Poetrym 70 Oct 9-15mLooking for the Language Angelsm 70 Oct 9-15mStorm Catching: Writing In And About Hard Timesm 70 Oct 9-15mEntering Place in Time & Textm 71 Oct 9-15mKISS: Keep It Short & Shapelym 71 Oct 9-15mPure Joy: Writing for Childrenm 71

Santa Fe Opera Photos by Ken Howard

S A NTA FE PROG RAM & O UT R EACH

The governing board decision in 2010 to close the operations at our Santa Fe location was a difficult and emotional one. Still we are working to have a meaningful presence in Santa Fe, while being fiscally responsible with our operating and donated revenue. It is truly a blessing for me to work with such dedicated and passionate employees, volunteers, and community friends. Our outreach in Santa Fe will continue as in the past with work groups and youth service corps doing meaningful work projects. The Farm in Abiquiu provided food in 2010 for the Santa Fe Food Bank, which distributes to nine counties in New Mexico. A grant received from the Presbyterian Hunger Program will allow us to expand that outreach in 2011. We've aligned with Santa Fe Sage Inn as our lodging partner and two popular programs traditionally held at our Santa Fe location will be held at Santa Fe Sage Inn with the same professional and enthusiastic instructors. Other events and lectures will begin in 2011 and grow in number and locations in 2012 and beyond. Thank you for your encouragement and support in this time of transition. As our friend Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev of Santa Fe says, “Ghost Ranch is full of Godanimated energy!” Amen.

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Ghost Ranch is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Santa Fe Sage Inn, a delightfully friendly and hospitable lodging option next to the new Railyard shopping and dining area and close to the historic Plaza. Santa Fe Sage Inn will host both Opera II and Opera III programs. Santa Fe Sage Inn has inviting contemporary Southwestern style rooms, all rooms have remote control color television, AM/FM clock radio, individual climate control, complimentary wireless Internet access, in-room coffee makers, full size iron/ironing boards and hairdryers. With plenty of free parking and a downtown shuttle the hotel has all the modern amenities you’d expect of quality Santa Fe lodging. Ghost Ranch is working closely with Santa Fe Sage Inn to ensure that our guests receive the same warm welcome and feeling of “family” enjoyed at Ghost Ranch in Santa Fe.

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N e w Ve n u e s August 7-13 G11O822 Golf in the High Desert: Seeking the Hole-in-One & the Holy One $1,025 (includes registration fee, housing, breakfasts and most dinners) Play on several dramatic New Mexico courses, amidst incomparable views with ten hours of group golf instruction with a PGA-pro. For those who play at least several rounds a year, as well as those who play regularly. Learn about environmentally sensitive course design and engage in group-led spiritual reflection. Guy Wimberly, Albuquerque, NM Herb Wimberly, Las Cruces, NM Rob Craig, Columbus, IN

August 7-13 G11A82 Opera II: Drama, Music & Meaning $1475 (includes tuition and double occupancy housing) Commuter fee: $1050; Non-participant accompanying participant $360 (housing) Join us for a week of opera: Gounod’s Faust (8/8), Vivaldi’s Griselda (8/9), Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Last Savage (8/11), Alban Berg’s Wozzeck (8/12), with lectures, opera tickets and behind-the-scenes tour. Option to see Puccini’s La Bohème (8/10). Mary Kime, Santa Fe, NM August 14-20 G11A83 Opera III: Drama, Music & Meaning $1475 (includes tuition and double occupancy housing) Commuter fee: $1050; Non-participant accompanying participant $360 (housing) Join us for a week of opera: Gounod’s Faust (8/15), Puccini’s La Bohème (8/16), Alban Berg’s Wozzeck (8/17) and Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Last Savage (8/18). Option to see Vivaldi’s Griselda (8/19). Noemi Lugo, Lexington, KY

Opera Options • Transportation to 4 Operas $80 • Ticket to 5th Opera $145 • Transportation to 5th Opera $20 • Single occupancy room add $360 Opera Cancellation Policy No refund of the fees will be processed for any reason after June 1, 2011, unless the cancelled space is actually filled by another participant, in which case a refund of the payment, minus a $100 fee, will be made. Opera Transportation Policy Round-trip transportation to the Opera is available for an additional fee listed on the registration form above. Shuttle service is limited so we ask that you sign up for transportation when you register. It may not be added at course time and it is non-refundable.

Please register for Santa Fe courses online at www.ghostranch.org or by calling the registrar at 505.685.4333 ext. 4152.

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Dear Friends, I saw the red cliffs of Ghost Ranch more than thirty years ago and fell in love with the country. The landscapes of this area are to me, personally, just about the most stupendous and inspiring on earth. That is why a few years ago I helped found the Abiquiu Workshops with the photographer Walter Nelson and a small group of dedicated painters, writers, photographers and sculptors. We are very pleased and proud to offer the 2011 Abiquiu Workshops in partnership with Ghost Ranch, to bring you intensive, week-long creative explorations in various artistic disciplines—writing, painting, sculpture, and photography. A portion of proceeds from the Workshops support the good work of Ghost Ranch. The Abiquiu Workshops go beyond the technical. While you will learn important techniques and skills, the ultimate goal of each workshop is to engage mind, body, spirit, and soul in the creative process. The workshops are taught by instructors of international stature; among them Alexandra Morosco and Candyce Garrett, sculptors in massive stone; the renowned painter Ciel Bergman; David Michael Kennedy, the celebrated photographer of musicians from Bruce Springsteen to Isaac Stern; the writer Evans Lansing Smith, myself, Walter Nelson, and others. The workshops are based at the comfortable and elegant Abiquiu Inn, where workshop participants will be lodged and take their meals. The workshops take full advantage of the astonishing landscapes of the area, including the Valley of Shining Stone, the Chama River, Abiquiu Lake, the dramatic Pueblo ruins of Tsiping, the White Place, and Ghost Ranch itself. Sincerely,

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N e w Ve n u e s A B IQUIU W OR KSH O PS Ghost Ranch and The Abiquiu Workshops have partnered to create an offering of creative workshops called The Abiquiu Workshops at Ghost Ranch. There is a natural connection between these partners, located only fifteen miles apart in the spacious landscape of the Piedra Lumbre Valley. We're neighbors working to accomplish the March 28–April 1 Creative Mythologies - Images of Change and Transformation: Joseph Cambell/C. G. Jung Evans Lansing Smith Cheryle Van Scoy April 25–29 Ribbons of Time — Special Poetry/Photography Workshop: Dalquest Research Site Canyon, Big Bend, Texas Alan Lee Birkelbach Karla Morton Walter W. Nelson May 2-5 Calm Within the Chaos: Deepening the Creative Process in Nature Jacqueline Mallegni May 16–20 Photography: Documentary Portraits of People From Northern New Mexico Villages Debbie Fleming Caffery May 23–27 Abstract Painting: Intuitive Painting in Nature Ciel Bergman June 20-24 Stone Sculpture: Honoring the Stone Candyce Garrett Alexandra Morosco

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same goal — offering workshops and courses designed for people who are seeking a creative connection to their creator. "In union there is strength," Aesop said. The offerings of Ghost Ranch and The Abiquiu Workshops enhance one another. Ghost Ranch can now appeal to travelers who prefer an elegant lodging experience as lodging and most meals will be based at the Abiquiu Inn. July 4–8 Photography: Exploring the Spirits of Landscapes and People of Northern New Mexico David Michael Kennedy August 8–12 Sculpture In Clay: So Much More than the Figure Debra Fritts Sept 5–9 Sculptured Shrines: Sacred Shrines in the Landscape Walter W. Nelson Sept 26–30 Writing/Photography: The Writer’s Vision Douglas J. Preston Christine Preston Walter W. Nelson October 17–21 Creative Writing-Dwellings: Landscapes of the Heart Linda Logan The Abiquiu Workshops at Ghost Ranch has 11 courses scheduled for 2011. All registration is taken through Abiquiu Workshops. Email: info@abiquiuworkshops.com or call 505.685.0921

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Be Still and Listen... The Next Steps on Your Spiritual Journey Ghost Ranch now partners with Stillpoint: The Center for Christian Spirituality to produce major spiritual events and experiences at Casa del Sol, the Spiritual Retreat House at Ghost Ranch. At the heart of these experiences is spiritual direction and contemplative practice. Stillpoint at Ghost Ranch brings the highly regarded Stillpoint Art of Spiritual Direction Formation and Training Program in southern California to the exhilarating landscapes of New Mexico. This program is rooted in the deep contemplative Christian tradition and honors the sacred listening practices of other traditions as well. The program is offered in two parts: The Spiritual Journey open to all who are exploring the next steps in their spiritual life, ministry and journey AND a two year spiritual direction formation program for those who wish to train in spiritual direction.

August 8-15 The Spiritual Journey $800 registration + housing and meals Early registration is strongly recommended. This week long spiritual retreat supports participants in a deep exploration of their personal spiritual lives in a small group setting, deeply enriching their relationship with God/Spirit and recognizing the ways that God is present and working in their lives. Experienced spiritual directors facilitate and guide participants in developing their skills in deep listening and personal discernment. The program introduces members to the deep and expansive practices of Christian spiritual formation, the ancient practice of Spiritual Direction, and a process whereby participants will discern the next steps of their spiritual journey. Open to all and required for those who desire to become spiritual directors. Clergy, lay ministry leaders, pastoral care providers, hospice and hospital chaplains, and other helping professionals are frequent participants. Rev. Judith Favor, Christopher McCauley, and Ravi Verma Begins Monday, August 8 with dinner at 5:00 p.m. and concludes on Monday, August 15 at 10:00 a.m.

N e w Ve n u e s Spiritual Direction is an ancient ministry, a unique one-on-one relationship in which a trained person assists another person in the search for an ever-closer relationship with God. Directors listen carefully to the unfolding of directee’s lives to help discern the ways in which God is leading them. The term “spiritual director” has a long, rich history and is still used today, although the practice consists more of “holy listening” than “direction” in the sense of offering guidance or advice. Contemporary spiritual directors are truly spiritual companions.

The Art Of Spiritual Direction Formation and Training Program is scheduled to begin with classes being held over the period November 2011 through March 2013. Note: The Spiritual Journey is a prerequisite for this program. Certificate awarded at completion of program. Fees per week: $1622 + housing & meals Arrive Monday 5:00 p.m. — Depart Monday 10:00 a.m. Week 1 November 7-14, 2011 Week 2 April 23-30, 2012 Week 3 October 8-15, 2012 Week 4 April 22-29, 2013 Participants who apply and are accepted in the program will travel to Ghost Ranch for four, one-week residential intensives (two separate weeks each year). An experienced staff of distinguished spiritual directors will facilitate sessions using presentations, role-plays, discussions, demonstrations, spiritual practices, contemplative exercises, and prayer. The Stillpoint program is noted for engagement and is a practicum.

We practice the art of spiritual direction with hours of practice with participants and staff so that graduates may experience and perfect their gifts in being spiritually present to others. Participants find that their lives change as their gifts of deep listening and presence emerge. Vickie Garrison, Christopher McCauley, and Ravi Verma Applicants must complete a written application, submit two personal/ spiritual references, and be available for a telephone interview with Stillpoint staff. To APPLY, please contact Stillpoint with any questions or concerns regarding your discernment, program content, or faculty. Email: info@stillpointca.org or call 323.340.8036 for further information.

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February 21-26 Transitional Interim Ministry Education Weeks One & Two For the Curious, the Aspiring, and the Experienced Transitional Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Choose either Week One or Week Two $300 + housing & meals Begin February 21, in the afternoon â&#x20AC;&#x201D; End on February 26, with breakfast. G11CE241a Week One provides an introduction to transitional (interim) ministry, enabling participants to discern if transitional ministry is a calling for them and preparing ministers to serve in interim settings. Members of Committees on Ministry and Presbytery staffs are welcome to attend. G11CE241b Week Two focuses on integrating the learnings in Week One with at least six months of transitional ministry experience. Participants must provide proof of week one completion as well as involvement in transitional ministry for at least six months. Both Week One and Week Two programs require advanced reading and preparation. These requirements will be sent to registered participants by the lead teacher of the week. Week Two persons should register at least one month in advance in order to complete the requirements. The Revs. Edie Gause, Andrew Short, and Mary Wright - all experienced interim pastors and transitional faculty.

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BEYOND THE BASIC INTERIM MINISTRIES TRAINING You must have completed Weeks One and Two of Basic Interim Ministry Education and had experience in the practice of interim/transitional ministry. First Response Ministry requires presbyter or Committee On Ministry approval and leader acceptance into the seminar. Choose one of the following three courses: First Response Ministry: A New Specialty G11CE241a $300 + housing & meals Sometimes congregations experience sudden, traumatic loss of pastoral leadership. FRM arrive quickly to serve with a Presbytery team until the congregation settles down and other arrangements can be made. This seminar invites experienced interim ministers recommended by their presbytery and presbytery/COM persons to join in preparation for crisis intervention with skilled pastoral teams. FRM must be prepared to be idle for a while and then suddenly engaged in demanding pastoral work. The Rev. Andrew Short & The Rev. Dr. Edie Gause Co-founders and active FRM Pastors Weaving Spiritual Work with Transitional Work G11CE241b $300 + housing & meals Transitional times can be opportunities for meaningful and intentional spiritual examination and practice. Our journey for the week will include exploring and refreshing our own sense of spiritual well-being as well as the spiritual dynamics of a congregation. This is an opportunity for self-care as well as becoming a more spiritually sensitive leader with congregations in transition. The Rev. Mary Wright, Transitional & FRM Pastor

Moving to Health Beyond Anxiety, Conflict & Destructive Behavior G11CE241c $300 + housing & meals Take a deep breath, interim pastor. This seminar will help you reflect on the history you inherit and to choose your responses. Has there been pastoral misconduct or other destructive behavior behind the conflict or dysfunction in your congregation? Practice your own self-differentiation – reduce your own anxiety – offer the best hope to reduce church anxiety and change the status quo. Course involves theological reflection on Bowen Family Systems Theory. The Rev. Dr. James Roghair, Interim Pastor, Family Systems Specialist

SCHEDULE for the Week TUESDAY April 26 - arrive by 3:00 p.m. Welcome reception, orientation and opening worship, dinner and evening in seminar groups WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY •Seminar Sessions are mornings and evenings after dinner •Siesta, Reflection, and Joint Seminar work with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance on Compassion Fatigue and Spiritual Self-care fill the afternoons. •We will worship and dine as a community Welcome from PDA: John Robinson, National Associate; Laurie Kraus and Bruce Wismer, members of the National Response Team. SATURDAY – breakfast and depart The Three Seminars will share some time together focused on Compassion Fatigue and Spiritual Self-care in transitional ministry.

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Registration: $50, includes Service Corps t-shirt. Participants pay one-half the room and board costs which includes meals. Campers pay one-half the tent/ trailer fee and get one free meal in the dining hall per day. Registration is on a weekly basis from Monday to Sunday and no other course may be taken while in Service Corps.

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C O L L E G E S TA F F May 29-August 7 (with the 29th and the 7th as travel days) Summer at Ghost Ranch with memories and friends to last a lifetime! Join the College Staff at Ghost Ranch. The program begins with orientation week on Sunday, May 29th and ends on Sunday, August 7th. Students applying should have completed their sophomore year in college. Students receive a ten-week stipend of $1,650 ($165 per week) plus room and board. Twelve students will be chosen to work as instructors with the children and young peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program and running the cantina. Other positions available for college staff include lifeguards, food services, outdoor adventures, recycling, library, office interns, youth service corps leaders and wranglers. For more information about these positions or applications, contact Debbie Manzanares 505.982.8539 x 4159 or at debbiem@ghostranch.org.

YOUTH SERVICE CORPS Are you part of a youth group that is interested in performing meaningful mission work in northern New Mexico communities? Are you a teenager who will be visiting Ghost Ranch this summer with your family? Join a crew of other young adults, sharing their talents, skills and desires for helping others. Each week, youth groups and possibly some youth in senior high-school will be working on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. In addition to the important service performed, you’ll have the chance to meet new friends, learn about northern New Mexico’s unique culture, participate in worship, and take part in the spirit and beauty that makes Ghost Ranch such a magical place. Fees are listed under weekly descriptions.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES PROGRAM Age-appropriate activities for 3-year olds through 12th Weeks starting June 13 and ending August grade. $100 per child for the entire week.7 While adults spend mornings and evenings immersed in a course of their choice, youth spend mornings and evenings experiencing all kinds of new things under the guidance of our trained staff. Some adult courses have afternoon or all-day schedules - please take note of this when registering and make arrangements for child care during these non-youth program times. Youth program times are 9 a.m. until noon and 7-8:30 p.m. “Grade” refers to the grade the student will be entering in the fall of 2011. Age divisions (during most weeks): Pre-Kindergarten (minimum age is 3) • 1st-3rd Grade 4th-6th Grade • 7th-9th Grade • 10th -12th Grade* Youth Program Themes include the following (view full descriptions at www.ghostranch.org): Expressive Arts • Outdoor Experience • The Cultural Gifts of Northern New Mexico • Creating Community Among Diverse Groups • Environmental Stewardship • Spirituality Activities and Discussions • Fun and Games *NEW Senior High Youth Initiative 10th-12th graders should register for this course which includes choices of service projects on and off the ranch, time to work with the younger children, and time to work with the horses. There will also be activities that all senior highs have enjoyed in the past including the waterfront, overnight campout, and ropes courses. The times are more flexible than the regular youth programming and may include some afternoon hours also. Note: If you choose not to register for the Senior High Youth Initiative, 10th-12th graders must be registered for Youth Service Corps or an adult course.

The Family Center at Ghost Ranch is a safe, comfortable place for infants and young children, under the age of three, to play and rest. Children must have their own caregiver. See page 45 for a full description.

YOUTH MEDICAL/PERMISSION FORM ONE FORM PER CHILD Child’s Name I give permission for my child to participate in the Youth Program. I understand that my child will be participating in swimming, field trips in the Ghost Ranch area, ropes courses and overnight campouts (Jr/Sr High); that it is Ghost Ranch policy that my child be in attendance during Youth Programming hours, unless arranged with the staff; that if I have an elementary age child (up to 6th grade), I will drop them off and pick them up in a timely fashion; that I will be held accountable for my child during non-programming hours over the course of the week; that I agree to have my child photographed for Ghost Ranch publicity purposes.

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Mon-Sat Winter Magic at Ghost Ranch: Cross-Country Skiing in the Land of Enchantment G11O141 $300 + $325 housing & meals Enjoy the winter beauty at Ghost Ranch on a pair of cross-country skis. We'll glide over trails at the ranch and nearby areas. Marvel at the red cliffs and blue skies against a backdrop of pristine white while learning about the ranch. We might even try snowshoeing. Registration fee includes cost of skis, transportation and a special spa/soak dinner package on the closing night. Willie Picaro, Abiquiu, NM

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Mon-Sat BEYOND THE BASIC INTERIM MINISTRIES TRAINING Prerequisite for Beyond Basics Interim Ministry Training. See page 20.

S P R I N G F E S T I VA L OF THE ARTS March 14-20 The Art of Pastels G11A331a $360 + housing & meals Explore the vibrant and fascinating medium of pastels with a study of materials, tools and techniques. Make your own pastels and painting surfaces, and enjoy in-depth discussions of color, light and composition. With studio and plein air painting, supportive and enriching instruction will be offered for inexperienced and seasoned artist. Susan Daugherty, Albuquerque, NM

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Beginning Beaded Jewelry G11A331b $325 + housing & meals Learn bead-stringing techniques, pearlknitting and basic wire wrapping for making elegant jewelry. Bring your favorite beads! Some supplies will be provided; additional materials may be purchased. Crea Lynn, Santa Fe, NM Brilliant Color! Introduction to Silk Painting G11A331c $340 + housing & meals Experience the brilliant colors and translucent quality of dyes on silk. We'll begin with silk painting basics then experiment with other techniques. Create exciting textures and designs on a variety of silk scarves. Cheri Reckers, Jarales, NM The Colors of Ghost Ranch: A Dye Class for Textile Artists G11A331d $315 + housing & meals Learn to create an unlimited range of colors in the dye studio using Lanaset/ Sebraset Dyes, and receive dye samples for all colors dyed in this class. When taken in conjuction with Contemporary Tapestry Weaving in a Southwestern Setting (see page 27, March 21-27) students can work on a color range for their tapestries. Cornelia Theimer Gardella, El Rito, NM

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www.ghostranch.org Introduction to Stained Glass G11A331i $335 + housing & meals Learn copper-foil and stained glass design in this class for beginners and advanced students. Additional materials may be purchased. Luanne Herman, Phoenix, AZ

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March 14-20 Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain G11A331f $315 + housing & meals If you want to draw, you can. Learn by accessing your creative abilities in the right hemisphere of your brain. Whether you have never drawn, doubt your talent, or are not happy with your work, this class will give you confidence. You will gain a new set of skills and learn to see as an artist. If you want to draw, you can. Julianne Schempf, Fort Collins, CO Fire It Up! Metal Sculpture G11A331g $345 + housing & meals Learn the basics of oxygen-acetylene welding while making functional and artistic works. We will use ferrous materials in combination with glass, stone and non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, aluminum.) Studio time will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 9-3 on Saturday. Tom Nichols, Fort Worth, TX Connie Burkhart, Lyons, CO Shoot the Ranch: Black & White Photography G11A331h $360 + housing & meals Experience the deeply spiritual landscape of O'Keeffe country through hiking and your lens. This class will cover landscape theory, film development, and printing in a traditional, classic darkroom. Bring your own film and paper. Kent Bowser, Santa Fe, NM

Creative Hands, Creative Minds: Jewelry & Lapidary Arts (Intermediate/Advanced) This is a two-week class; both weeks are required. G11A331e $700 for the 2 weeks + housing & meals Week 1 begins March 14th. This class, for intermediate and advanced students in silver and stonecutting, will focus on new skills, including simple casting, form folding, cold connections, advanced designs, advanced mosaic, wire soldering, pillowing and cabochon making. We'll take field trips to stone and jewelry suppliers and perhaps a working studio. The program will begin Monday evening and end Saturday night. On the Sunday between sessions, we may take a cultural trip or go out to dinner. Participants must sign up for both sessions. Judith Foster, Rochester, NY Dale Smith, Santa Fe, NM

March 21-27 Losses of our Lives G11S341 $250 + housing & meals From birth until our last breath, life continually presents us with unwanted losses. We'll explore the myriad ways we face loss daily, a posture of responding to loss without holding too tightly, and how even wrenching loss can lead to growth. Nancy Copeland-Payton, Sandpoint, ID

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Stone Carving G11A341b $330 + housing & meals The art of stone carving is as old as the mesas, and in the spirit of earlier peoples, this class concentrates on hand-carving skills. We will use rasps and rifflers, sandpaper and sealer on soapstone, alabaster, and wonderstone. Class meets mornings and afternoons; no evening sessions. Robin Keck, Golden Valley, MN

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Centering Yourself (A Course in Clay) G11A341c $350 + housing & meals Come find your own center on the potters wheel. Learn new skills or improve your old ones with stoneware and porcelain clays. Throwing, decorating, glazing, firing techniques will all be explored. Discover how your own innate talents can help others find theirs. Peter Jones, Camden, ME Contemporary Tapestry Weaving in a Southwestern Setting (All levels) G11A341d $325 + housing & meals Explore the unique surroundings at Ghost Ranch and find inspiration for a woven tapestry. This course will guide students of all levels through the design and weaving process, focusing on color and design theory as well as tapestry techniques. (see page 25, March 14-20) Cornelia Theimer Gardella, El Rito, NM Fire It Up! Metal Sculpture G11A341f $345 + housing & meals Learn the basics of oxygen-acetylene welding while making functional and artistic works. We will use ferrous materials in combination with glass, stone and non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, aluminum.) Studio time will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 9-3 on Saturday. Tom Nichols, Fort Worth, Connie Burkhart, Lyons, CO Fused Glass is Hot! (All levels) G11A341g $335 + housing & meals Create bright and colorful jewelry from glass that is fused at high temperatures. Learn to create jewelry objects from glass, using high temperature firing to slump, fuse, and finish the glass. Simple methods for incorporating hot glass into jewelry forms will be taught. Firings will be nightly, with the last firing unloading early on Sunday morning. Olive Smith, Santa Fe, NM

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March 21-27 Shoot the Ranch: Black & White Photography G11A341h $360 + housing & meals Experience the deeply spiritual landscape of O'Keeffe country through hiking and your lens. Landscape theory, film development, and printing in a traditional, classic darkroom are covered in this class. Bring your own film and paper. Kent Bowser, Santa Fe, NM Landscape Drawing at Ghost Ranch G11A341i $350 + housing & meals This is an exciting opportunity to learn drawing for the first time or to further develop your drawing skills. Students will work with a variety of black & white, as well as color, materials. We will work outdoors and in the studio from field sketches. Camille Rendal, Mead, CO

Casa del Sol Exploring your Spiritual Journey: A Contemplative Art Retreat G11CDS351 $320 + housing & meals Art is a perfect metaphor for the contemplative experience. Create drawings expressing your spiritual journey, trust your intuitive process and discover your heart-centered perspective in a safe, supportive environment. We will meet in the intimate, contemplative setting of Casa del Sol. An optional field trip (cost not included) to the Georgia O'Keeffe Home in Abiquiu will be available. Suzanne Frazier, Longmont, CO

April 8-11 Casa del Sol How Do Raisins Really Taste: Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners G11CDS411 $250 + housing & meals This beginners mindfulness meditation class will explore conscious awareness of our thoughts, feelings and sensations, especially taste and hearing. In addition, instruction will be provided in both sitting and walking meditation, as well as loving kindness meditation. The class will be held in the beautiful, serene environment of Casa del Sol beginning Friday night and continuing through Monday. Natasha Torres, Santa Fe, NM

April 10-16 Casa del Sol Passionate Women, Then and Now: A Woman's Retreat G11CDS341 $300 + housing & meals This course will focus on passionate women in the Bible as well as passionate women mystics. Morning sessions will focus on biblical texts, afternoons are free with optional field trips available, and evening sessions will focus on different women mystics. The goal of this retreat will be to help us live our lives passionately by following the Spirit's leading and by doing so, to be the mystics of today. Linda Forsberg, Newport, RI

The Art of Blacksmithing G11A421 $350 + housing & meals Learn the basics of blacksmithing. Transform the shapes of iron into artistic and functional pieces. Comfortable cotton clothing and leather footwear recommended. Safety glasses will be provided. RenĂŠ Zamora, Santa Fe, NM

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Ghost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for WomenSpringtime Edition G11H431 $340 + housing & meals Immerse yourself in the awakening of spring at Ghost Ranch. Hike from morning to mid-afternoon, stretching and writing in the beauty of northern New Mexico, then enjoy dinner and evening programming at the ranch. Enjoy new friendships, yoga practice and writing from your heart. Participants must be able to walk 6-8 miles a day over uneven terrain at elevations from 6,500 to 11,000 feet. Susan Weber, Medanales, NM Dona Bolding, Wellesley, MA Joan Logghe, La Puebla, NM

Casa del Sol Feeding the Body, Feeding the Soul: An Exploration into the Wholeness & Hope of Food G11CDS425 $425 + housing & meals More than a course about food and eating, this course is about the connection between spirituality and theology, community, the environment, economics, public policy, and food. Feed your body and soul by cooking, learning and praying togther. Assist on a nearby farm, visit the Santa Fe Farmers Market and lunch at a restaurant that uses local ingredients. Mark Zaineddin, Abiquiu, NM

The Art of Blacksmithing G11A431 $350 + housing & meals Learn the basics of blacksmithing. Transform the shapes of iron into artistic and functional pieces. Intermediate/advanced level preferred, but all levels are welcome. Comfortable cotton clothing and leather footwear recommended. Safety glasses will be provided. RenĂŠ Zamora, Santa Fe, NM

April 17-24 A Holy Week Retreat: Journey Into Easter in the Footsteps of Jesus Full week: April 17-24 G11S431: $650 + housing & meals Part 1: April 17-20 G11S431a: $300 + housing & meals Part 2: April 20-24 G11S431b : $410 + housing & meals This Holy Week Retreat is divided into two parts: participants may sign up for the entire week, or either part. Part 1 focuses on the themes of wind, fire, water and earth, while Part 2 focuses on the themes of bread, pilgrimage, silence, and Easter. Rev. Peg Chemberlin, Minneapolis, MN Rev. Dr. Jay T. Rock, Sarasota, FL

April 26-30 Tues-Sat Beyond Basics Interim Ministries Training - choose 1 of 3 courses See page 21. May 9-15 Drawing Animals of the High Desert G11A521 $330 + housing & meals Learn to draw for the first time or hone your skills with guided sketching techniques as you draw the creatures of the desert. With pencil and charcoal you will study and draw the body, composition and movement of these animals. In the studio, we will work on realistic renderings of a variety of high desert animals. Outdoor time will be spent sketching the natural environment for use in finished compositions. Alice Gemmell, Aurora, CO Micaceous Pottery - Big Pots & Figurines (All levels) G11A522 $325 + housing & meals Explore traditional micaceous pottery using pinch pot, slab, and coil technique. Using native clays and traditional outdoor firing, make a large pot and large figurine. We'll take a field trip to a nearby historic site. Camilla Trujillo, Santa Cruz, NM

www.ghostranch.org Hiking Northern New Mexico G11O522 $300 + housing & meals Explore the wonders of northern New Mexico on foot, from trails on Ghost Ranch to hikes in the surrounding canyons, mountains and mesas. Hikes will average seven miles at altitudes of between 6,500 and 11,000 feet. Evenings will offer optional hikes and presentations. Willie Picaro, Abiquiu, NM

May 9-15 Watercolor, O'Keeffe's Backyard & Northern New Mexico — Gather Your Images G11A523 $315 + housing & meals Beginning watercolorists will enjoy filling a sketchbook with drawings, then adding watercolor and value notes back at the ranch. This is a unique opportunity to gather images of the multi-hued Ghost Ranch landscapes of Georgia O'Keeffe's "backyard". Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Adobe 101 G11SW521 $335 + housing & meals Experience playing in the mud again! Make adobe bricks the old-fashioned way, so that you can make adobes for garden walls, "hornos" (outdoor earthen ovens) or domed buildings. Visit an adobe factory and various adobe structures in the area. Learn about adobe as an environmentally friendly construction material, a major part of the area's cultural heritage. Wayne Williams, Santa Fe, NM

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Casa del Sol The Wisdom of the Desert Mothers for Today's Spiritual Pilgrim G11CDS521 $325 + housing & meals Casa del Sol The ancient desert mothers, the ammas, have much to teach today's spiritual pilgrim. This retreat will explore their wisdom and relate it to your own life and times. Come into the desert to meet these ammas, listen to their stories and be transformed. Perhaps you will also become an amma, a person wise in the ways of the heart and spirit. Margaret Guelker, Andover, MN Birds of Ghost Ranch G11O521 $300 + housing & meals You will enjoy observing and learning about the more than 100 species of birds around Ghost Ranch. Requires all-day field trips away from the Ranch, with relaxed walking, returning around 3:00 p.m. Evening will have discussion and presentations. Steven Cox, Albuquerque, NM Help Get the Ranch Ready for Summer G11SC521 $50 + half-price housing & meals Summer is coming! Help spruce up Ghost Ranch for summer while making new friends and enjoying its spectacular beauty. Spend five hours a day repairing screen doors, painting picnic tables and other valuable work, to be determined by the maintenance staff. Enjoy free time the rest of the day and evening. Ghost Ranch Maintenance Staff

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May 17-22 Ghost Ranch Bluegrass Camp G11M531 $350 + housing & meals Is there anything better than a weekend stay at Ghost Ranch? YES, a few days more than weekend of Bluegrass Music at Ghost Ranch! Fine tune your ensemble playing and harmony singing while you enjoy the magnificent scenery. During your stay at Ghost Ranch you will sharpen your skills on your instrument, make new friends and get a Bluegrass band together and perform for the other campers, all in a low stress, high fun environment. Learn the basics of Bluegrass on six instruments, along with ensemble playing, harmony singing, performance and songwriting. Enjoy the magnificent scenery, learn your instrument, make friends and form a Bluegrass band and perform for the other campers. We'll close our time together with an open air concert and jam session. Leadership for the Bluegrass Music Camp will be provided by Mike Finders and Friends. Mike is a singer, songwriter, guitarpicker and professional educator transplanted to Colorado from the Midwest. He began playing solo guitar at 18, and has produced seven recording projects. His most recent project is the Bluegrass/Americana band Finders and Youngberg. Their 2008 release, Keep Your Suitcase Packed was the fifth most played CD on independent Colorado radio stations. Mike will be joined by members of Finders and Youngberg and other music professionals to guide novice and intermediate players through standard instrument techniques, including rhythm and lead playing. Additional instruction will be available in singing, harmony singing and songwriting.

Camp Classes include: Instrument Classes - Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, Banjo, Bass and Clawhammer Banjo. Beginning Vocals - Learn how to get the most out of your voice, conquer inhibitions, find your range and how to choose the correct key. Harmony Vocals - How does harmony work in Bluegrass? Work on tenor and baritone vocal parts, learn tricks for arrangements of vocal parts and get lots of practice trying harmony. Ensemble & Performance How do Bluegrass bands get away with using just one microphone? Where should I stand? What should I say in between songs? How loudly should I sing my harmony? These questions and more will be answered. Mike Finders, Fort Collins, CO Cahalen Morrison, Tierra Amarilla, NM Eli West, Seattle, WA Gregg Daigle, Albuquerque, NM Ryan Drickey, Boulder, CO Matt Flinner, Nashville, TN Aaron and Erin Youngberg, Fort Collins, CO

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May 30-June 5 Casa del Sol Nourishing the Heart with Sound, Silence & Yoga G11CDS551 $300 + housing & meals Casa del Sol Rejoice in your identity, live in the rhythm, and sing your soul's song. Experience the synthesis of yoga, chanting, poetry, meditation and rhythm in this dynamic and nourishing retreat. Throughout the week we will utilize the beauty and vastness of the land to inspire us on this journey. Sita Jamieson, Santa Fe, NM Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa, Espa単ola, NM Melinda Hess, Abiquiu, NM Patricia Roberts, Abiquiu, NM Gregory Gutin, Santa Fe, NM

June 6-12 Casa del Sol Memorable Meals, Meaningful Moments, Feeding the Soul and the Body: Memoir Writing at Ghost Ranch G11CDS611 $300 + housing & meals Casa del Sol We all have stories to tell and ultimately by putting our words on the page we feed our souls and benefit our physical selves as well. We'll read three memoirs which include a food theme; this will serve as a foundation for our week together. Our main goal is to develop our own personal writing that we have put off or have recently begun. Dr. Helen Molanphy, Santa Fe, NM

Color It Luscious, Featuring Flowers with Colored Pencils G11A621a $300 + housing & meals Discover the humble pencil as a medium to create beauty and elegance. Learn color blendings, shading, hatching, layering, fine detail work and more using the beautiful flowers of Ghost Ranch. We'll create a small technique sample book and experiment using pencil by itself and in combination with other media. Nancy Culmone, Serafina, NM Love Your Letters! G11A621b $315 + housing & meals Would you like to use your own lettering to enliven your artist's books, greeting cards or other artwork, but feel it doesn't quite measure up? This then is the class for you! Using everyday writing tools, we'll explore basic lettering principles that will help you to better integrate your lettering with your artwork. Anna Pinto, Hoboken, NJ The Spontaneous Mark & Alternative Image G11A621c $300 + housing & meals Using coke pens, brushes, sticks, and many other unusual writing implements you will wind your way through exercises designed to help you investigate your handwriting and your unique spontaneous mark. Instruction and testing of each technique will be explored and a final book incorporating the processes produced. Pamela Paulsrud, Chicago, IL

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June 13-19 Watercolor Sketching Northern New Mexico & Its Churches G11A622 $325 + housing & meals Week 1 of a two-week course; register for either week or both. Join us for a watercolor sketching adventure as you expand your awareness of northern New Mexico villages and its oldest churches. Entry into special areas will be provided as a tool for on-site watercolor resource gathering. All-day sessions include field trips to the High Road to Taos, the Sanctuario de Chimayo, and more. See page 35 for week 2 description. Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Victoria Lopez, Espa単ola, NM Hiking Northern New Mexico G11O621 $325 + housing & meals Explore the wonders of northern New Mexico on foot. Learn about plants, animals, and environmental issues as you hike the beautiful canyons and mountains of the area. Hiking will be at least 7 miles a day over uneven terrain at altitudes between 6,500 and 11,000 feet. Evenings will include optional short hikes and presentations. Willie Picaro, Abiquiu, NM Service Corps G11SC621 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA Architecture of the Southwest G11SW622 $315 + housing & meals We will explore the creation of Southwestern architecture as influenced by culture, natural resources, environment and religion, answering who, where, why and when. We will see many architectural examples when we visit Chaco Canyon, Taos and Santa Fe. William Dakin, Granbury, TX

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Paleontology at Ghost Ranch G11SW621 $300 + housing & meals Join us for a week of paleontology field work amid spectacular scenery. Work with graduate students and the Ghost Ranch paleontologist collecting vertebrate fossils at Hayden Quarry during the day, then clean and repair fossils in the evening. Note: day work is in the hot sun at an altitude of 6,500 feet. Alex Downs, Medanales, NM

YOUTH WEEK The Third Annual Youth Week G11YW621 $350 (includes registration, housing & meals and all activities) The Third Annual Youth Week at Ghost Ranch includes both a Middle School and a High School track. Daily activities include plenary sessions, worship, small groups, back-home groups, art, music, drama, high and low ropes courses and hiking. For more information or to inquire about bringing your church youth group, contact registrar@ghostranch. org or call 1.800.821.5145, ext 4152. Rev. Tully Fletcher, Phoenix, AZ Diana Bell, New York City, NY Rev. Ken Page, Phoenix, AZ Mark Zaineddin, Abiquiu, NM Youth Activities Program G11Y621 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18, See page 23 for details.

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June 20-26 EARTH-HONORING FAITH

This Planet as Paradise: Beauty & Ecological Restoration G11S631 $300 + housing & meals Early Christian rituals taught the perception of beauty in creation. This course will explore this theology and create rituals and practices to cultivate an appreciation of God's role in creation. The week will include exploration of Ghost Ranch with field trips to Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo and the Monastery of Christ in the Desert to explore their understanding of and reverence for beauty and the spirit, and see the ways in which they express this. Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we. . . sense them. The least we can do is try to be there. Annie Dillard In the churches' first millennium, beauty in creation was doubly focused: (1) understanding God's vivid presence in nature and the human world, and (2) learning to use the Spirit's power to help life flourish in peace. We will explore the theology of this planet as paradise and create rituals and spiritual practices to cultivate love of beauty and a right relationship with creation. This will include a study of paradise texts, incuding the New Jerusalem Bible's version of Rev. 21-22; Native American cosmologies of beauty, with a day at a Pueblo Feast Day; attention to the land and deep human ties to landscapes; the ethics and aesthetics of redemption/ restoration, and worship as the matrix for perceiving and proclaiming the beauty of restored creation.

The anchor book of the week will be Saving Paradise by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Parker, a Publisher's Weekly selection for best books of 2008. Rita Nakashima Brock, Oakland, CA Barbara Rossing, Chicago, IL Daniel Spencer, Missoula, MT Larry Rasmussen, Santa Fe, NM Janet Parker, Arlington, VA Marty Haugen, Eagan, MN

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L I T E R A L LY LETTERS II: CALLIGRAPHY June 20-26 Foundation Meets Bone (Intermediate/Advanced) G11A631a $310 + housing & meals Be prepared to learn to walk all over again. This class will begin with a study of the beautiful, strong, round Foundation alphabet and morph into the Bone alphabet. It is based on the very formal Carolingian but is manipulated to create a wild, amorphous, sexy alphabet. Once you master these manipulated letters, this skill seeps into your other alphabets and gives them new life and bounce. Carrie Imai, Canoga Park, CA Ghost Ranch Sketchbook: A Visual Journey G11A631b $300 + housing & meals Explore and record the beauty of Ghost Ranch with a combination of drawing, painting, calligraphy and writing to create a visual journal of your experience during the week. Learn to use your own handwriting for visual interest and become familiar with a simple cursive mono-line italic. Exercises in composition and design will help you pull all the visual elements together in your books, two of which will be bound in class. Sharon Zeugin, Austin, TX Using the Pointed Pen to the Max! G11A631c $300 + housing & meals The pointed pen is an extremely versatile and indispensible tool in the lettering artist's arsenal. Our studies will focus on putting it to work to create many different styles of lettering and calligraphy from fairly traditional to contemporary. We will work in black, white and color, using a variety of media and finally gather our info and work into a simple small workbook for future reference. Douglas Boyd, San Diego, CA

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Mesa Magic! Capturing Landscape on Site in Oils & Acrylics (All levels) G11A631 $300 + housing & meals Paint on site in the Ghost Ranch area, either in oils or acrylics (even in a desert climate). Develop your personal response and style as you explore the colors and shapes of the formations. Using a limited palette of colors, learn to mix color effectively and develop form with lovely shadows and values. Bring your own art materials. Louise Minks, Leverett, MA

The Visible & Invisible: Photography & Spirituality G11A632 $300 + housing & meals Explore photography by using your eyes. Explore spirituality by using your experience. Make photographs to explore connections of the visible and the invisible. So that we may share our images, digital cameras only, please. Beginners and experienced photographers welcome. David Young, Louisville, TN Watercolor Sketching Northern New Mexico & Its Churches G11A633 $325 + housing & meals Week 2 of a two-week course; register for either week or both. Join us for a watercolor sketching adventure of northern New Mexico villages and its oldest churches. See page 33. Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Victoria Lopez, Espa単ola, NM

www.ghostranch.org Wildflowers, Anyone? G11O632 $335 + housing & meals John Hayden will guide hikers and wildflower lovers to locations on and around Ghost Ranch to search out and record some of the many flowering species in their natural settings. Participants should be suitably equipped and able to hike 3-8 miles each day over uneven terrain at high elevations (6,500 to 10,000 feet). John Hayden, Tijeras, NM

June 20-26 Casa del Sol Soulful Singing: Finding & Singing Our Songs G11CDS631 $300 + housing & meals Casa del Sol Songs and singing, like nothing else, have the power to connect us to one another, heart to heart and soul to soul. Using the Psalms as one model we will sing songs of lament, protest, thanksgiving and joy. Songs from a variety of singing traditions including Native American chants, folk music and contemporary hymns will have you leaving Ghost Ranch with new songs in your heart. Renita Sheesley Banks, Charlottesville, VA Mindful Motherhood G11H631 $310 + housing & meals Join a group of moms to experience a set of practices designed for cultivating mindfulness, dealing with stress, making parenting decisions, and connecting with spirit, including yoga, meditation, contemplative prayer, creativity and time in nature. Cassandra Vieten, Sausalito, CA Outdoor Adventures G11O631 $300 + housing & meals Come participate in hiking, orienteering, canoeing or kayaking, and Low and High Ropes challenge courses. While all activities will be moderately physically demanding, no experience is necessary. Just bring your sense of ADVENTURE! Outdoor Adventures Staff

Service Corps G11SC631 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA Youth Service Corps G11YSC631 Mission Groups: $320 per week per participant (includes housing, meals, registration and special t-shirt) Youth accompanying family to Ghost Ranch: $50 + 1/2 price for housing, meals - includes special t-shirt) Each week, youth groups and senior high-school individuals will work on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. See page 23. Youth Activities Program G11Y631 or G11SHYI631 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18, See page 23 for details.

T R AV E L I N F O R M AT I O N Travel Days - The first and last course dates are travel days and are considered arrival and departure days. Plan to arrive at Ghost Ranch by 5:30 on arrival day. Check-out time is 10:00 a.m. on departure day. New Partnership and Santa Fe Shuttle Pick-up and Drop-off.

Ghost Ranch is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Santa Fe Sage Inn, a delightfully friendly and hospitable lodging option close to the Rail Runner depot and the historic Plaza. Santa Fe Sage Inn has inviting contemporary Southwestern style rooms, all rooms have remote control color television, AM/FM clock radio, individual climate control, complimentary wireless Internet access, in-room coffee makers, full size iron/ironing boards and hairdryers. With plenty of free parking and a downtown shuttle the hotel has all the modern amenities you’d expect of quality Santa Fe lodging. Ghost Ranch is working closely with Santa Fe Sage Inn to ensure that our guests receive the same warm welcome and feeling of “family” enjoyed at Ghost Ranch in Santa Fe. Santa Fe Sage Inn is offering special rates to guests who would like to stop over for a stay in Santa Fe on their way to or from Ghost Ranch. Contact Santa Fe Sage Inn at 505-982-5952. Be sure to ask for the special “Ghost Ranch” rate. IF YOU FLY The nearest major airport is in Albuquerque, 65 miles south of Santa Fe. It is approximately an hour’s drive from Albuquerque to Santa Fe and an hour and a half between Santa Fe and Ghost Ranch Abiquiu. Allow at least two and a half hours driving time between Albuquerque and Ghost Ranch Abiquiu (not counting connections or waiting time). Private transportation between the Albuquerque airport and Santa Fe Sage Inn: Sandia Shuttle Service (van) 1.888.775.5696 www.sandiashuttle.com

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IF YOU TAKE THE TRAIN We advise that you arrive in Santa Fe a day before your course begins due to train schedules (most arrive at 3:00 p.m). When you make your Amtrak train reservation, book through to Santa Fe. Your train ride will end in Lamy and an Amtrak shuttle will take you to Santa Fe Sage Inn. (There is a $20 charge for the Lamy to Santa Fe shuttle — add this when you make your train reservation.) IF YOU NEED A SHUTTLE FROM SANTA FE TO GHOST RANCH ABIQUIU Ghost Ranch provides shuttle service from Santa Fe Sage Inn to Ghost Ranch on arrival day and from Abiquiu to Santa Fe Sage Inn on departure day. The first and last course dates are travel days and are considered arrival and departure days. Rates are per person: round-trip: $35, one-way: $20 Non-Summer Shuttle Schedule On arrival day the shuttle leaves Santa Fe Sage Inn for Ghost Ranch at 4:00 p.m. On departure day the shuttle leaves Ghost Ranch for Santa Fe Sage Inn at 10:00 a.m. Summer Schedule (June 13-August 14, 2011) On arrival day the shuttle leaves Santa Fe Sage Inn for Ghost Ranch at either 1:oo or 4:00 p.m. On departure day the shuttle leaves Ghost Ranch for Santa Fe Sage Inn at either 8:30 or 10:00 a.m. Indicate your time choices on your registration form. Cancellation policy: Written notification must be received no later than 30 days prior to the start date of your course in order to receive a refund of your Ghost Ranch Shuttle fee. No refunds will be processed after that time.

MAP TO GHOST RANCH Ghost Ranch 14 miles north of Abiquiu

IF YOU DRIVE Ghost Ranch is located 135 miles north of Albuquerque, 65 miles northwest of Santa Fe (35 miles beyond Española) on U.S. 84. Meal service at Ghost Ranch is not available after 6:30 p.m. Please plan your arrival time with this in mind. Coming from Albuquerque, take I-25 north towards Santa Fe. You may take the 599 bypass to U.S. 84/285 (this will save approximately 20 minutes of travel) or take the St. Francis Drive exit. St. Francis Drive becomes U.S. 84/285 at the north end of Santa Fe. Once in Española continue through town to the Fairview/ Riverside intersection (Walgreen’s and the Bank of America are on the corners). Turn left on Fairview to cross the river; then turn right on Paseo de Oñate (U.S. 84). Once on Highway 84, watch for the Ghost Ranch sign between mileposts 224 and 225 (approximately 14 miles north of Bode’s Store in Abiquiu).

R E G I S T R AT I O N I N F O R M AT I O N Mail: Phone: E-mail: online:

HC 77 Box 11, Abiquiu, NM 87510 877.804.4678, ext. 4152 or 4155 registrar@ghostranch.org www.ghostranch.org

Everyone coming to Ghost Ranch must be registered in advance via mail or online. Please call if you have not received confirmation within two weeks from sending your registration form; check your confirmation for accuracy and notify the Registrar’s Office for corrections. In order to provide individual attention and opportunity for field trips, class sizes may be limited, so sign up early! Your early registration will also help us ensure that the course will have enough participants to proceed. Registration Fee: The appropriate fee is listed below the course name. The noncourse participant fee of $100 is charged for those who are not registering for a course themselves but are accompanying someone who is registering for a course. The registration fee does not include housing and meals. How to Register: Please register online or fill out the registration form included here using one form per person registering for a course; include any non-course participant family members or friends accompanying those enrolling for a course, all children, and anyone using the campground. Full payment is due with your registration. If you are unable to pay in full, please contact the Registrar’s Office to make other arrangements. Payment may be made by check (payable to Ghost Ranch), Visa, or MasterCard. Your cancelled check or credit card statement is your receipt. Financial Assistance: Ghost Ranch is blessed with many individuals who contribute funds so that financial assistance is available towards a portion of your class registration fee. Scholarships are given (but not limited) to clergy persons, first-time visitors and our neighbors in northern New Mexico. For a scholarship form, please contact the Registrar’s Office. Cancellation & Transfer Policy: See page 15 for special Opera policy. Written notification must be received no later than 30 days prior to the start date of your course in order to receive a refund, minus a $50 processing charge. No refunds will be processed after that time. We reserve the right to announce a change in leadership or cancel any program 30 days prior to the first day of the course. In that unlikely event, you may transfer to another course without charge or we will refund the full course payment. If you decide to transfer from one course to another, there will be a $25 fee per transfer, per person. Course Dates & Class Hours: The first and last dates listed are considered travel days. Most summer classes have morning (9 a.m.–12 p.m.) and evening (7-8:30 p.m.) sessions, with afternoons free. Some courses may offer optional afternoon studio time, or an occasional field trip. These are noted in the course description. Off-season courses have morning (9 a.m.-12 p.m.) and afternoon (1-3 p.m.) sessions. Please note: Afternoon child care is not provided in the summers. The Youth Activities Program is only available June 13-August 7. Check-in Information: Check-in will begin after 2 p.m. on the first stated date of your course (early arrivals must make reservations with the Front Desk), with dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by a Ghost Ranch orientation. Individual classes will meet briefly thereafter. The week ends with an 8:30 a.m. Sunday worship service during summer weeks. Some off-season weeks may also have a Sunday worship service at 8:30 a.m. Check-out time from your room is 10 a.m. on the last date of your course. Pastoral Continuing Education Credit: Upon request, a letter can be processed for you as proof of successful completion of your Ghost Ranch course for a $15 fee. Please contact the Ranch at ext. 4121.

H O U S I N G / M E A L I N F O R M AT I O N Housing and meal costs are in addition to registration fees unless otherwise noted. Anyone coming earlier or staying later than the stated course dates needs to make reservations with the front desk and pay the per person, per day rate to stay in their room, unless they are remaining for the following full course week, in which case there will be no additional charge. Please contact the registrarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office for more information. We observe the honor system at Ghost Ranch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there are no locks on guest room doors, and no phones, televisions, alarm clocks, or radios in the rooms. Maid service and porter service are not available. Rooms are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to those with accessibility requirements. Bed linens and towels are furnished. Single occupancy rooms may not be available during peak course weeks. For other months of the year single occupancy rooms may be available for an additional $360 for the week on a space available basis. Housing & Meals Fee: The costs shown include housing for 6 days/ nights and all meals for one person. Meals begin with dinner on the first evening of your course through breakfast on the last morning. No refunds are made for missed meals or voluntary early departure. Meals: Non-vegetarian and vegetarian entrees plus a salad bar are offered at lunch and dinner each day. Meals are served cafeteria style, with choice of indoor or outdoor dining. The Food Services staff will make every attempt to meet your special dietary needs; please list them on your registration form. However, extremely restricted diets may be problematic; those on such diets may want to consider bringing some supplementary foods.

H O U S I N G D E S C R I P T I O N S & R AT E S WHERE TO STAY AT GHOST RANCH Ghost Ranch offers rustic, comfortable housing accommodations reflective of its origins as a working ranch. All are within walking distance of classroom buildings, the dining hall and library and other structures via dirt paths and roads. None of our trails, roads, paths or walkways are paved. Expect loose gravel. All units provide breathtaking vistas of colorful sandstone cliffs, cottonwoods, and distant mountains. After sundown, our expansive skies offer dazzling panoramas of the planets and stars (and in August, the Perseid meteor showers) without pollution of city lights. Towels, sheets, pillows and blankets are provided. Guest rooms have no clocks, radios, TV or Internet capabilities (Wi-fi is available in the dining hall and library, and our computer lab is open 24 hours a day.) Since we are located at an altitude of 6,500 feet, no housing units have air-conditioning, but they do have screened windows and screen doors. Main Ranch Level housing is nestled near the base of the multi-hued cliffs and mesas, within walking distance of the dining hall, library, front office, stables, pool, computer lab, campground, convocation hall, chapel and most classrooms. Mesa Level housing offers the most spectacular views of our cliffs, canyons, mountains and Abiquiu Lake. These units sit up on a mesa (flat top hill) between the library and the campground. Several moderately steep switchback trails lead down to the dining hall and the main Ranch level. Guests can also drive to and from the main Ranch level, however, we prefer to keep traffic to a minimum. Note: In all housing options, if you do not register with a companion, a roommate may be assigned to you during busy periods on the Ranch. A private room can be guaranteed for an extra $360 per week in addition to the price listed when space is available.

IMPORTANT All housing fees are per person per week (6 nights) and include all meals ($29.50 per day), access to the swimming pool (seasonal), the family center, recreation area, hiking trails, library, computer lab, museums, visitor center, art shows, exhibitions, special lectures and concerts (when scheduled) for the course week. The first and second person sharing a room will each be charged the fee listed for your housing choice. The third and subsequent persons in that same room pay only for meals for the week. Adults (ages 11 & older, including non-course guests): $177 Youth (ages 4 through 10): $88.50 No charge for those ages 3 and under. MESA LEVEL Mesa Suite – with Living Room /Bath $834 per person Each suite is attractively appointed with simple furnishings reflective of the Southwest. Each suite has 1 bedroom with 2 beds (either a queen + twin, or double + twin), a dresser, nightstand with lamp, chair and closet; and a living room with 2 twin-bed-sized sleeper sofas. Each suite can sleep up to five people. A limited number is available. Mesa Room – with Bath $774 per person Comfortably appointed with neutral hues and a Southwest theme, each room has 2 beds (a queen + twin, or double + twin) and a dresser, nightstand, lamp, chair and closet. They can sleep up to 3 people. A limited number is available. Mesa Level – Communal Bath $390 per person Ghost Ranch’s most affordable housing option, these rustic, cozy units have 1 bedroom with 2 beds (2 sets of bunks, or a twin + bunk bed) and a dresser, chair, shelf, mirror and reading lamp. Many rooms have a sink. Shared bathrooms with a sink and a toilet are located in each building, down the breezeway. Showers are located in nearby buildings. These units sleep up to 3 people. Some buildings have a central lounge area with large screen windows that have stunning views. MAIN RANCH LEVEL Main Ranch Level – with Bath $774 per person The most charming housing on the Ranch, these historic adobe units are nestled under leafy cottonwoods in the shady area behind Ghost House. They offer sweeping views of fruit trees, the alfalfa field and Pedernal, our landmark mountain. Most have inviting front porches. Most sleep 2-3 people. Bedrooms have one double bed, or two beds (double + twin, or two twin beds) and a desk, lamp, dresser, mirror and chair. Note: the two rooms above the library are spacious but require climbing stairs. A limited number is available. Main Ranch Level – Semi-Private Bath $534 per person These spacious, comfortably appointed rooms sit in the historical sections of Ghost Ranch, close to the dining hall and library. These older units each have a bedroom with 2 beds (a double + twin, or 2 twin beds), a dresser, nightstand with lamp, chair and closet. Every room shares a bath with an adjoining room; the bath is located between the two rooms. In a few select units, two rooms also share a sitting area. Each room sleeps up to 3 people. A limited number is available. Main Ranch Level – Communal Bath $450 per person One of Ghost Ranch’s most affordable housing options, these rustic guest rooms are located in former ranch bunkhouses, with ample lawns for reading, relaxing or playing Frisbee. Bedrooms can sleep 2-3 people (2 beds: a double + twin, 2 twin beds, or double + bunk bed) or 3–5 people (combination of double + twin + bunk beds.) A few rooms sleep up to 7-8 people and are perfect for groups. Rooms also have a closet, dresser, chair and desk; some have closets and sofas. Large communal bathrooms and showers are located outside, a few steps down a breezeway.

CASA DEL SOL This charming, historic hacienda was built in the 1930s and is the former home of the Director of Ghost Ranch. Anchored under the Puerto de Cielo rock formation two miles from the main Ranch campus, it has a spacious courtyard looking out on the desert and Pedernal, Ghost Ranch’s landmark mountain. A small heart-shaped labyrinth is nearby. Casa del Sol hosts Ghost Ranch courses that are spiritual in nature, and its rooms are set aside for participants in such classes (with a “CDS” in the course number.) Casa del Sol has a kitchen and a homey gathering room with a fireplace and small library. Casa del Sol $534 per person Six bedrooms share three bathrooms; Most rooms have doors that open onto the courtyard. Casa del Sol with Bath & Hermitages $774 per person A seventh bedroom in the main building has a private bath. Ghost Ranch also offers three individual rooms next to Casa del Sol for private retreats. Two have one twin bed; one has a double bed. Each room has a private bath, a microwave oven, a small refrigerator, plates and silverware, and a desk, chair and lounge chair. CAMPGROUND - Please note: No pets are allowed in the campground. Our spacious 56-site campground is set on the main Ranch level in a juniper-dotted desert landscape near the base of cliffs and mesas. Most sites have a picnic table and a fire ring (Please note: campfires are prohibited in windy weather, which is common in the spring; during fire season, and all other times designated by the U.S. Forest Service.) Few sites have shade, but nine sites have ramadas (small shade structures made of branches). Juniper trees separate each site to assure privacy. The campground has three types of campsites: tent sites, electric sites and RV sites with full hook-ups. An RV is defined as any motorized vehicle (van camper, pop-up trailer, motor home, 5th wheel, or truck camper). The total length of the vehicle + any towed trailer (plus any extra vehicles) must be included on the registration form. Water and a dump station are available throughout the campground, but not necessarily at specific sites. Full hook-up sites include water and a dump station at the site, and 30- and/or 50-amp electric hook-ups. These sites are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. There is one central campground bathhouse. It has an ice machine, refrigerator, showers, flush toilets, sinks, microwave, sink for dishwashing, ironing board and coin-operated laundry. The campground is a 15-20 minute walk to the dining hall and meeting rooms. On arrival day, campers who are registered for a Ghost Ranch course should check in first at the Front Desk and then with the campground host. Note: When you register for a class, you are guaranteed a campsite, but campsites are not pre-assigned. Specific sites may not be reserved in advance. The campground is rarely full. Rates are for the full course week (6 nights): Tent sites with no electricity: $114 Tent/RV site with electricity only: $132 RV site with full hook-ups: $175 MEALS for Campers Campground rates do not include meals. A meal package for the week may be purchased when you register for a class or upon arrival. Cost is $177 for adults per week, and $88.50 for ages 3-11 Children under 3 are free. Individual meal tickets may be purchased at the Front Desk and, during summer, at the dining hall. Cost is $7.50 for breakfast, $10 for lunch and $12 for dinner. All meals include fresh fruits and vegetables, a salad bar and a vegetarian entrée.

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O T H E R H E L P F U L I N F O R M AT I O N Health: Ghost Ranch is committed to accommodating all individuals who wish to participate in its programs and be part of the community at the Ranch. Located in the high desert at an altitude of 6500 feet, Ghost Ranch is very remote from medical facilities. The nearest hospital is 35 miles away, and the Ranch provides only basic first aid services. The Abiquiu Clinic is 15 miles away but has limited hours and services. There is a 5-15 minute walk from most rooms to the dining hall, library, museums and meeting rooms. We strongly urge people with health challenges to consult with their physician before registering. Remember to bring a sufficient supply of medications for the week. Weather: The high desert altitude (6500 feet) can produce extremely variable weather. Winter and spring temperatures can range from lows of zero or below at night to highs of 70° at midday; be prepared for rain and/or snow. Summer temperatures range from 50° to 95°, with afternoon thunderstorms possible. What to Bring: To make your stay more comfortable you may want to pack the following: • comfortable, casual clothes you can layer • sturdy walking shoes • rain gear • hat • flashlight • sun block • toiletries • alarm clock • hair dryer • bathrobe • small box of laundry detergent • small portable fan for room (summer) • cash for vending machines and Cantina purchases. There is no on-site ATM machine available. Computers & Telecommunications: Due to Ghost Ranch’s remote location, cell phones may not work. Some phones are available for guest use; make longdistance calls with a phone card (available at the Trading Post). Some wireless hot spots (for cell phones and laptops) may be found at various places on the Ranch. Computers with Internet access are available in the computer lab (open 24 hours). Children in the computer lab should be accompanied by an adult. Persons with Special Needs: Children and adults with disabilities are welcomed at Ghost Ranch. Please contact the Registrar’s Office to discuss the type of accommodations you may need. This includes, but is not limited to, wheelchair accessible bedrooms, bathrooms and special diets. A limited number of golf carts are available for use by persons with special needs. Cost per week is noted on the registration form. A valid driver’s license is required and a golf cart policy agreement must be signed. Please call ext. 4152 for golf cart needs. Please note all of your special needs on the registration form. If you use a wheelchair or scooter and need shuttle service from the Albuquerque airport to Ghost Ranch call ext. 4152. Pet Policy: NO PETS are allowed at Ghost Ranch, including the campground, with the exception of assistance animals with prior notification to the Registrar’s Office. Please call Black Mesa Kennels at 505.753.9530 for information about boarding pets. Amenities: (Note: some amenities are only available during the summer.) • swimming pool • hiking • horseback riding • Bodywork Program (massages) • Trading Post (store) • three Museums and gift shops • 24-hour library with Children’s Room • Family Center (for children under age 3 and their accompanying parent/adult) • children’s playground • Georgia O’Keeffe and the Ghost Ranch Landscape Tour • Challenge courses and kayaking • cantina (snack shop) • labyrinth and karesansui (meditation garden)

www.ghostranch.org Families are welcome at Ghost Ranch every week of the year. Family week is a specific week set aside for intergenerational classes.

Rivers walkin', people talkin, children play throughout the day. All around us mountains sound us, We - Together One Family.

June 27-July 3 O N E FA M I LY: Family Week Overview **$350 per family of two members; **$550 per family of three or more + housing & meals Family Week begins each day with intergenerational worship, then morning classes for adults and young people. Children will participate in youth activities. The afternoons offer special activities for the whole family. Evenings include campfires, movie night, a musical concert, and the week ends with a 4th of July parade, cookout, and fireworks on Saturday, July 2. This week is hosted by Ed and Becky DeLair, Washington, Pennsylvania. Ed and Becky DeLair met at Ghost Ranch in the summer of 1978 and were married there in the spring of 1981. Becky is the program director for the Interfaith Hospitality Network. Morning Classes meet from 9 a.m. until noon. We invite adults to choose one morning class. Teens and children (12 years and younger with an adult) should register for a morning class or the Youth Activities Program. Afternoon Classes - short versions of the morning classes and"Adobe A Go Go", will be offered in a two-day block of Tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday/ Friday. Registration for these afternoon sessions will take place on the front

porch of the Welcome Center on Monday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and then again after orientation. Registration is on a first-come-first served basis, so come prepared with your choices. Family Week: Building Fantasy Birdhouses with Your Family (All skill levels) G11F641a see fees in overview Create a castle for your kestrel, a spa for your sparrow or a condo for your chickadee. Build wonders worthy of your birds or home decor in this multimedia class. Use hand/power tools, recycled wood, metal, glass, or family keepsakes. Bring imagination and willingness to see old objects in new ways. The minimum age is 12; children must come with an adult. Tom Nichols, Fort Worth, TX Family Week: Faithful Practices to Energize Your Family's Faith G11F641b see fees in overview A fast-paced, hands-on workshop offering families the essential elements for creating a family environment that encourages faith development with meaningful experiences and essential conversations. Rick Davis, Tulsa, OK Family Week: Fused Glass is Hot (All levels) G11F641c see fees in overview Learn to create jewelry objects from glass, using high temperature firing to slump, fuse and finish the glass. Simple methods for incorporating hot glass into jewelry forms will be taught. Nightly firings, with the last firing and unloading early on Sunday morning. Olive Smith, Santa Fe, NM Family Week: Landscape Lunacy! G11F641d see fees in overview Capture the essence of Ghost Ranch using the earth pigments and minerals of the natural environment. Collect the vari-colored soils of the Ranch and, with a little "magic" convert them into pigments for painting on the traditional wooden canvas of the 'retablo', a Spanish Colonial art tradition of northern New Mexico. Literally take home a piece of Ghost Ranch. No experience necessary! Juanito Jimenez, Santa Fe, NM

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June 27-July 3 O N E FA M I LY Family Week: Making Music as Families G11F641e see fees in overview Join the Zehnder twins in creating music! We'll learn songs to sing at worship, around the campfire, and other times and places. We'll play fun music games and perhaps create a new Family Week song for 2011. (Mornings only.) Tom Zehnder and Tim Gibbs-Zehnder, Los Angeles, CA Family Week: Micaceous Pottery G11F641f see fees in overview Explore traditional Native American micaceous pottery using pinch pot, slab and coil techniques (no pottery wheels). Create your own small pots or 'animalitos' (little animals). We will use native clays and have a traditional outdoor firing. All levels welcome! Camilla Trujillo, Santa Cruz, NM Family Week: Outdoor Adventures G11F641g see fees in overview Come participate in hiking, canoeing, orienteering, or kayaking, and Low and High Ropes challenge courses. All activities will be moderately physically demanding, but no experience is necessary. Bring your sense of ADVENTURE! Children 8 to 12 must enroll with an adult and may not be able to participate in the high ropes challenge course due to safety issues. Outdoor Adventures Staff Family Week: Origami: Paper Folding & Transformation G11F641h see fees in overview Learn the gentle art of origami, an art form dating back to the creation of paper more than 1,500 years ago. Create birds, containers, butterflies, frogs and flowers. Hear a brief history of origami, how paper folding is used in science and as a tool for art therapy. Joan Son, Houston, TX Family Week: Step into the Water-Watercolor, That Is! G11F641i see fees in overview And run it will--called wet in wet! You will learn how to do it, and how to

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do dry brush, mix color, lay washes, and see tonal patterns. Learn some basic watercolor techniques, a bit about drawing, and a lot about seeing. A great beginning in watercolors! Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Family Week: Stone Carving with Hand Tools (All levels) G11F641j see fees in overview Discover what might lie beneath the surface of a stone.With rasps and rifflers in hand, sculpt alabasters and soapstones into animals and other figures. Finish the creations with sandpaper and polish. Robin Keck, Golden Valley, MN Family Week: Adobes A Go Go Register for this upon arrival - no fee. Adobe is nothing but dirt and a little water. For that reason, it's the world's most common building material. We'll learn a little bit about that as we mix and make miniature adobe bricks and learn how to build garden walls, domes and hornos (ovens). Make a take-home project. Afternoon only. Wayne Williams, Santa Fe, NM

FA M I LY W E E K Children under 12 must enroll in the family week courses with an adult. The Family Center is available for parents with children under age 3.

The Family Center at Ghost Ranch was made possible by generous friends who recognized the need for a safe, comfortable place for infants and young children under the age of three to play and rest. The Center is furnished and supplied with the needs of young children and their family members in mind. There are carpeted areas for floor play, cribs, a changing area, a child sized bathroom and a kitchen with sink, refrigerator and microwave. In summer months a staff member is present to suggest and assist with activities for the children and the family member responsible for each child.

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June 27-July 3 Traditional Blacksmithing: Transformation Through Fire & Iron (Beginning) G11A641 $350 + housing & meals Transform iron into functional and artistic items using basic blacksmithing techniques. Comfortable cotton clothing and leather boots or shoes are recommended. Safety glasses will be provided. Rene Zamora, Santa Fe, NM

Casa del Sol Explorations in Creative Praying G11CDS641 $345 + housing & meals How is the Spirit calling in your life, and how can your own creativity support your response? Come for a week of celebrating the creative process and the colors of your life through various prayer forms, scripture, discussion, reflection and hands-on expression with art materials with a community of like-minded people. Simple art materials (paint, collage and clay) will be used in a non-threatening manner focusing on the process rather than the end product. No previous art experience is necessary. Glenda Dietrich Moore, Lincoln, NE Let's Go to Ghost Ranch with Grandma & Grandpa! G11H641 $300 for family of 2 people + housing & meals; $500 for family of 3 or more + housing & meals Here is a week to build fond childhood memories for our grandchildren at

Ghost Ranch. The children participate in the youth programming mornings and evenings. Optional activities will be scheduled in the afternoons or early mornings for grandparents and grandkids to do together. We will write stories to pass along to our grandchildren (once again, with guest speakers) with nearby field trips for grandparents only, perhaps a trip to the hot spring at Ojo Caliente. Group rates for some of the activities may apply (not included in course cost). John & Helenmarie Zachritz, Espa単ola, NM Dinosaurs, Fossils & Fun! G11SW641 $520 for one adult and first child, $100 for each additional child + housing & meals Come young and old! This course is for children ages 8-11 and the grandparents/parents/adults accompanying them who want to learn about rocks, fossils and dinosaurs at Ghost Ranch. Make a dinosaur float for the 4th of July parade and explore the geology and history of the Ranch. Some afternoon and evening sessions. Alex Downs, Medanales, NM Pita Martinez-McDonald, Cuba, NM Mythology & the Night Sky G11SW642 $300 + housing & meals Have you ever wondered about the stories behind the constellations in the night sky? Come to Ghost Ranch's clear starry skies and hear about the myths and the mythology that led to their names. We'll learn how the stars got their names too, and learn to recognize the constellations. Luis Lopez, Grand Junction, CO Sacred Objects & Sacred Places in the Southwest G11SW643 $315 + housing & meals Sacred Objects and Sacred Places will provide an in-depth exploration of the concept of sacredness for indigenous peoples in the American Southwest with class lectures and discussion, field trips to cultural sites, and relevant slide shows and films. Andrew Gulliford, Durango, CO

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June 27-July 3 Service Corps G11SC641 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA Youth Service Corps G11YSC641 Mission Groups: $320 per week per participant (includes housing, meals, registration and special t-shirt) Youth accompanying family to Ghost Ranch: $50 + 1/2 price for housing, meals - includes special t-shirt) Each week, youth groups and senior high-school individuals will work on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. See page 23. Youth Activities Program G11Y641 or G11SHYI641 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18, See page 23 for details.

July 4-10 Fuji Transfer Collages G11A711 $385 + housing & meals Capture the magic of Ghost Ranch. Create beautiful, one-of-a-kind photography-based artworks that reflect the splendor of northern New Mexico while exploring Transfer and Emulsion Lift techniques using Fuji Film, which is replacing Polaroid film. For students of all levels. No darkroom experience or equipment needed. Sheila Cunningham, Richardson, TX

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Japanese Basket Weaving II G11A712 $300 + housing & meals Learn Japanese basketweaving techniques including hexagonal weave and several rim finishes, ranging from plain to functional to elaborately decorative. Visit galleries and make several baskets, including a traditional backpack out of cane. Beginners to advanced basketmakers welcome! Donna Sakomoto Crispin, Eugene, OR Lessons in Asian Brushwork (All levels) G11A713 $330 + housing & meals This week-long class is for anyone who uses a brush for their artwork. The focus is on technique, discipline, and an awareness of the possibilities between ink, brush and paper. The class will cover the five main strokes of brushwork and learn The Three Friends: bamboo, pine and plum. The final project will be a scroll, created and painted by each student. Pat Marsello, Albuquerque, NM Raku: An Exploration in Clay (All levels) G11A714 $360 + housing & meals We will explore non-functional forms using stoneware clay. Students will build their pieces with the intention of creating a marriage between artist, technique, usage and chance. All levels welcome, including beginners. Barbara Campbell, El Rito, NM Traditional Blacksmithing: Transformation Through Fire & Iron (Intermediate/Advanced) G11A715 $350 + housing & meals Students will employ basic techniques to transform iron into functional and artistic items. Comfortable cotton clothing and leather footwear are recommended. Rene Zamora, Santa Fe, NM

www.ghostranch.org experience and deepen our connection to ourselves, others and the divine! Students are asked to provide their own journal. Susan Weber, Medanales, NM

July 4-10 Visual Journals & Books G11A716 $340 + housing & meals Make one-of-a-kind books to delight your creative spirit. Learn how to make star books, accordion books, embellishments and a personal visual journal. We will use pastels, paint collage and dye techniques for surface treatment of papers. Our inspiration will be the natural world and our own personal experiences. Jami Hooper, Memphis, TN Casa del Sol Yoga, Painting & Sketching in the Ghost Ranch Landscape G11CDS711 $330 + housing & meals Come do art and yoga! Awaken your creative potential with Kundalini Yoga and meditation. Then produce your personal visual art journal in the magnificence of the Ghost Ranch landscape using a variety of sketching materials and/or watercolor. Jerry Kimmel, San Marcos, TX Jim Kimmel, San Marcos, TX Open the Heart, Still the Mind, Connect with the Divine! G11H711 $320 + housing & meals The desert will lead you to your heart, where I will speak: Hosea 2:14 This course will align, strengthen and open the body with daily yoga and movement and still the mind with meditation (walking and sitting). Sacred texts and poetry will be read for journaling and discussion. Consciousness-raising exercises, an art project and field trips will enhance our

Outdoor Adventures G11O711 $300 + housing & meals, Come participate in hiking, orienteering, canoeing or kayaking, and Low and High Ropes challenge courses. While all activities will be moderately physically demanding, no experience is necessary. Just bring your sense of ADVENTURE! Outdoor Adventures Staff Streams of Living Water: Fly Fishing in Northern New Mexico (All levels) G11O712 $375 + housing & meals Explore entomology and enjoy daily fishing on some of the best trout streams in the West, from the Rio Chama to the famous San Juan. Participants must be able to walk at least a mile at 6500 feet elevation across uneven terrain. We will share fish and human stories and encounters with God in the process. Bring your own equipment. Bill Wylie, Chama, NM Tom Herman, Phoenix, AZ High Desert Spiritual Quest G11S711 This course is about deepening our spirituality, experiencing the beauty of the wilderness, pushing ourselves beyond what we thought we could do and opening ourselves to more profound reflections on who God calls us to be in the world. Join us for a journey into the wonder of creation and the mystery of the spirit. Enjoy a night hike, exploration of ancient cultural sites, an engagement with indigenous peoples, a visit to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, an overnight wilderness sojourn and the adventure of rafting the Chama River, with two nights camping away from the ranch. Brandon West, Tucson, AZ Connie Burkhart, Lyons, CO

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July 4-10 Making Space: An Exploration in the Creation & Use of Ritual Space G11S712 $335 + housing & meals Making Space utilizes a variety of natural and built, public and religious spaces in the vicinity of Ghost Ranch to address key concepts for the creation of space for worship. We will visit El Santuario de Chimayo, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, Dar Al Islam Mosque and Madressa, the Santa Fe Plaza and the environs of Ghost Ranch. Troy Messenger, New York, NY Speaking the Word: The Ancient Art of Biblical Storytelling G11S713 $300 + housing & meals Revitalize your relationship with scripture as you see, taste, smell, hear, and touch the scriptures in this handson, experiential workshop in biblical storytelling. Donna Marie Todd, Black Mountain, NC

Understanding Islam Today G11S714 $310 + housing & meals Brothers Alan and Ronald Stone will lead a fascinating journey of the development and place of Islam, focusing on its relationship with Christianity. Topics will include Muhammad and the Koran, the development of Islamic law, the spread of Islam worldwide, the present schism with Christianity, terrorism and jihad (just war), and the reality and promise of Christian-Muslim dialogue. Alan Stone, Scottsdale, AZ Ron Stone, Pittsburgh, PA

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Restless Hearts: Writing Our Way Toward Home G11W711 $300 + housing & meals Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee. - St. Augustine Home isn't necessarily our permanent legal address. Rather, it's where we're free to be ourselves in healthy relationships with others and with God. Participants will talk, read and share their writing about finding our way toward this moveable home. Bill Tammeus, Kansas City, MO Service Corps G11SC711 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA Youth Service Corps G11YSC711 Mission Groups: $320 per week per participant (includes housing, meals, registration and special t-shirt) Youth accompanying family to Ghost Ranch: $50 + 1/2 price for housing, meals - includes special t-shirt) Each week, youth groups and senior high-school individuals will work on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. See page 23. Youth Activities Program G11Y711 or G11SHYI711 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18, See page 23 for details.

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www.ghostranch.org Introduction to Stained Glass G11A721d $335 + housing & meals Learn copper-foil and stained glass design in this class for beginners and advanced students. Additional materials may be purchased. Luanne Herman, Phoenix, AZ

July 11-17 F E S T I VA L O F THE ARTS I The Art of Pastels G11A721a $360 + housing & meals Learn to paint the glorious Ghost Ranch landscape with pastels. Get in-depth instruction in materials and techniques of pastel painting. Learn to make your own pastels and painting surfaces. Discussions on use of color and how to compose a painting will help students in their adventures into becoming a capable pastelist. Susan Daugherty, Albuquerque, NM Beginning Beaded Jewelry G11A721b $325 + housing & meals Learn bead stringing techniques, pearlknotting, and basic wire wrapping for making elegant jewelry. Bring your favorite beads! Some supplies will be provided; additional materials may be purchased. Crea Lynn, Santa Fe, NM Beginning Silversmithing G11A721c $490 + housing & meals Learn the basics of silversmithing through hands-on work of sawing, soldering, cabochon stone setting, decorating and finishing. Seriousminded youth 12 and up are encouraged to enroll. All tools and equipment will be provided. Silver and selected cabochons will also be for sale. Dale Smith, Santa Fe, NM Judith Foster, Rochester, NY

Brilliant Color! An Introduction to Silk Painting G11A721e $340 + housing & meals Experience the brilliant colors and translucent quality of dyes on silk. We'll begin with silk painting basics, then experiment with other techniques. Participants will create exciting textures and designs on a variety of silk scarves. Cheri Reckers, Jarales, NM Fire It Up! Metal Sculpture I G11A721f $345 for one week + housing & meals; $670 for 2 weeks + housing & meals Learn the basics of oxygen-acetylene welding while making artistic and functional works. We will use ferrous materials in combination with glass, stone, and non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, aluminum). Class meets 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday-Friday and 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Saturday. The facility and equipment will only be available to students during these hours. Tom Nichols, Fort Worth, TX Connie B. Burkhart, Lyons, CO Off & Running! An Introduction to Watercolor G11A721g $300 + housing & meals And run it will - called wet in wet! You will learn how to do it and dry brush, mix color, lay in washes, see tonal patterns, some basic watercolor techniques and more. You will learn a bit about drawing and a lot about seeing. A great beginning! Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX

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July 11-17 Playing with Fire: Clay From Start to Finish (All levels) G11A721h $360 + housing & meals A certain intrigue occurs when heat and smoke interact with the surface of earthenware or open bodied stoneware. Students will participate in the meditative process of working in clay and then enhancing their work in smoke and fire. We will explore the intimate connection associated with control and interplay of the elements. Barbara Campbell, El Rito, NM Weave & Wander G11A721i $340 + housing & meals Learn to weave on a floor loom or expand your weaving skills to create a unique hand-woven scarf or liturgical stole. Intermediate students will explore Suzanne's popular double-weave or African-inspired strip weaving techniques. A day will be devoted to visiting weavers in Los Ojos, Taos and Chimayo. Suzanne Halvorson, Bloomington, IN Honoring Earth's Body: Ancient Wisdom & The New Consciousness G11CDS721 $400 + housing & meals We live in the midst of a new consciousness, a growing awareness of the inter-relatedness of all things. Holiness is to be found in wholeness, not in separation. Spirit is to be found in matter and in honoring earth's body. The program will be led by John Philip Newell and Ali Newell in collaboration with Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev, and Rahman Lutz of the nearby Sufi Muslim community in Abiquiu. Philip and Ali Newell, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nahum Ward-Lev, Santa Fe, NM Rahmah Lutz, Abiquiu, NM Yoga for Well-Being (All levels) G11H721 $300 + housing & meals Come and immerse yourself into an eclectic approach to Hatha Yoga and its amazing ability to awaken and strengthen the body's own healing power. Asanas (yoga postures), pranayama (breath work), and simple

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meditation and visualization techniques will be shared for a renewed sense of well-being! Susan Weber, Medanales, NM The Ghost Ranch Chorale: Sing to the Power! G11M721 $330 + housing & meals The human longing for peace transcends time, culture and religion. This year's Chorale embraces the theme of peace with music from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Native American traditions, as well as secular titles, all culminating in a concert open to the Ghost Ranch community. All singers are invited. No auditions - just come and sing! David Poole, Albuquerque, NM Matalie Wham, Albuquerque, NM The Prayerful Harp: A Celtic Harp Adventure G11M722 $300 + housing & meals Experience the magic of this ancient instrument. Music background not needed and you're never too old. Whatever your goal, the journey can be soulful and delightful. Let your inner musician out to play. NOTE: Rental harps available by prior reservation. Linda Larkin, Santa Fe, NM Writing Mindfully: Exploring the Sacred Ordinary in Song & Story G11M723 $300 + housing & meals Many songwriting workshops focus on the craft of writing a marketable pop song, but few of them encourage a songwriter to explore more spiritually powerful artistic statements. This workshop is about a way of seeing and walking through this world that will enrich your songwriting. Carrie Newcomer, Bloomington, IN Outdoor Adventures G11O721 $300 + housing & meals Come participate in hiking, orienteering, canoeing or kayaking, and Low and High Ropes challenge courses. While all activities will be moderately physically demanding, no experience is necessary. Just bring your sense of ADVENTURE! Outdoor Adventures Staff

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July 11-17 Southwest Sampler: Introduction to the History & Culture of the Southwest G11SW721 $315 + housing & meals Learn about the Southwest from Ancestral Puebloans to the Atomic Age. Compressing 1,000 years of history into one in-depth week, we will focus on the tri-cultural contributions and heritage of Native Americans, Hispanics and Anglos with slide shows, storytelling and field trips to northern New Mexico historic and cultural sites. Andrew Gulliford, Durango, CO Service Corps G11SC721 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA

Beginning Stone Carving G11A731b $330 + housing & meals The art of stone carving is as old as the mesas, and under their spirit we will concentrate on hand-carving skills. Using assorted files and rasps, students will uncover and sculpt threedimensional forms with soapstone and alabaster. Sandpaper and polish will make the creations gleam. This week of carving will be geared to those who are new to this old art, but all levels are welcome. Class meets mornings and afternoons; no evening sessions. Robin Keck, Golden Valley, MN

Youth Service Corps G11YSC711 Mission Groups: $320 per week per participant (includes housing, meals, registration and special t-shirt) Youth accompanying family to Ghost Ranch: $50 + 1/2 price for housing, meals - includes special t-shirt) Each week, youth groups and senior high-school individuals will work on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. See page 23.

Fire It up! Metal Sculpture II G11A731c $345 for one week + housing & meals $670 for 2 weeks + housing & meals Learn arc & oxyacetylene welding with emphasis on design, construction and refinement of art pieces. Class meets from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday & 9 a.m.-3p.m. Saturday. The facility and equipment will be available to students only during these hours. Tom Nichols, Fort Worth, TX Connie B. Burkhart, Lyons, CO

Youth Activities Program G11Y721 or or G11SHYI721 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18. See page 23 for details.

Bead Embroidery with Cabochons (Beginner) G11A731a $330 + housing & meals Cabochons are highly polished rounded stones on one side and flat on the other side for setting into beaded or metal bezels. Make one spectacular neck piece combining bead embroidery, cabochons, pattern design and drafting, and finishing techniques. This class uses beading needles, fireline, seed beads and miscellaneous beads. Crea Lynn, Santa Fe, NM

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July 18-24 The Magic Place, O'Keeffe's Backyard & Intermediate Watercolor G11A731d $300 + housing & meals The majesty of Ghost Ranch is powerful! Color study, value patterns and design tools with watercolor demonstration will enable you to record what you see. Field trips take us into O'Keeffe's "backyard" for image gathering, for painting development. Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Pastels in the Painted Desert G11A731e $335 + housing & meals Come paint on location the glorious landscape of Ghost Ranch. Paint the rich colors of the mesas, sunsets and O'Keeffe's red hills. Learn how to capture the changing light through value, color and composition. We will make soft pastels; supply list provided. All levels of experience welcome. Juliana Crownover, Garland, TX Playing with Fire: Clay from Start to Finish (All levels) G11A731f $360 + housing & meals A certain intrigue occurs when heat and smoke interact with the surface of earthenware. Students will participate in the meditative process of working in clay and then enhancing their work in smoke and fire. We will explore the intimate connection associated with control and interplay of the elements. Barbara Campbell, El Rito, NM Quilting for Self-Expression G11A731g $325 + housing & meals Express your thoughts or feelings on a quilt, or bring a project you would like help with. Explore new techniques. Use machine and hand piecing/applique, free motion embroidery, fabric painting and beading. Karena Koeberle-Wells, Papillion, NE

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Shoot the Ranch: Black & White Photography G11A731h $360 + housing & meals Experience the deeply spiritual landscape of O'Keeffe country through hiking and your lens. The unique shapes of the mesas, mountains, cliffs and arroyos make this area a photographer's playground. Landscape theory, film development and printing in a traditional, classic darkroom are covered in this class. Bring your own film and paper. Kent Bowser, Santa Fe, NM Stained Glass (All levels) G11A731i $335 + housing & meals This class in copper-foil and stained glass design is for beginners, intermediate, and serious-minded students from 14 years and up. Students will make anything from a suncatcher to a reasonably sized piece. Basic materials and tools will be furnished, but students may bring their own for special projects. Books and patterns will also be available for use. Olive Smith, Santa Fe, NM Stone, Shell & Silver G11A731j $345 + housing & meals Learn to create silver mountings for inlay and channel work. Use channels made of sterling silver with colored stones in unique combinations. An intermediate/advanced class; basic silversmithing techniques required. Silver and inlay materials available. All-day sessions. Judith Foster, Rochester, NY Sustainable Jewelry from Recycled & Found Materials G11A731k $315 + housing & meals Make art from tin cans, aluminum street signs and bottle caps, using simple, portable tools. This class will explore many jewelry formats created from recycled and found materials. Learn techniques such as sawing, riveting and filing. Bryan Petersen, Bozeman, MT

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July 18-24 Sing Your Heart Out: Community Singing From Around the World G11M731 $300 + housing & meals Singers of all experience levels are invited to come together and create a week-long singing community, learning songs from a variety of powerful choral traditions in a supportive and fun-loving atmosphere. For many of us, having the chance to sing with others has become a rare experience. Amity Baker & Michael Brown, Burlington, VT Journeys in the Wilderness G11O731 $325 + housing & meals In this course, we will hike in the beautiful regions in and around Ghost Ranch and study journey stories in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures as a means of exploring the metaphor of journey and wilderness in our own lives. You must be able to hike 4-6 miles over rugged, moderately steep terrain at elevations ranging from 6,500 to 11,000 feet. John Hayden, Tijeras, NM Nahum Ward-Lev, Santa Fe, NM Outdoor Adventures G11O732 $300 + housing & meals Come participate in hiking, orienteering, canoeing or kayaking, and Low and High Ropes challenge courses. While all activities will be moderately physically demanding, no experience is necessary. Just bring your sense of ADVENTURE! Outdoor Adventures Staff Service Corps G11SC731 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA Youth Service Corps G11YSC731 Mission Groups: $320 per week per participant (includes housing, meals, registration and special t-shirt) Youth accompanying family to Ghost

Ranch: $50 + 1/2 price for housing, meals - includes special t-shirt) Each week, youth groups and senior high-school individuals will work on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. See page 23. Youth Activities Program G11Y731 or G11SHYI731 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18. See page 23 for details. Congregations & Common Good: Leading Congregations to Lead Communities in Health Reform G11H731 $300 + housing & meals The quest for health is universal, yet America, the richest nation on earth, has continually failed to make basic health care available to all. The Institute of Medicine estimates that 18,000 U.S. lives are lost yearly from a lack of care that results from no health insurance coverage. Despite media coverage, and the growing number of Americans directly affected, this quiet, daily carnage remains unaddressed. Failure to correct this growing crisis is one of the greatest moral failures of our time. This course seeks to ask and answer some important questions about American health care, but more importantly about public life, public policy, and the role of the church as an agent for social change and justice. Return to your congregations not only with a working understanding of health care policy and the options for reform, but with a new vision for your role and the role of your church in leading their communities in crucial conversations about values and choices in the pursuit of the common good. The interactive and engaging course includes content in these areas 1) Health Care in America 2) Public Policy and Social Values 3) Bringing Faith to Policy 4) Models for Faith Based Activism in Creating Policy Change 5) Advocacy Skills Building Grants are currently pending that would allow scholarships to cover the expenses of many of the participants. Mark Earnest, Denver, CO Chris Adams, Denver, CO

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July 18-24 DISCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES Surely Some New Revelation Is at Hand G11S732 $300 + housing & meals Conveners: Dean Lewis and Barbara Howell William Butler Yeats’ 1919 poem, “The Second Coming,” is often quoted to describe these present times: “Things fall apart, the center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, the blood-dimmed tide is loosed and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned. The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Not often noted is the line immediately following that sounds a note of possible hope: “Surely some revelation is at hand...” That is the theme for Discerning the Signs of the Times 2011, a forum asking ethical questions about critical issues. Three presenters who are eminently qualified to comment perceptively on current conditions in the life of the church, in the domestic political scene, and in the international arena will lead the discussion for this 23rd year of “Discerning the Signs of the Times” at Ghost Ranch. Eleanor Clift, contributing editor for Newsweek Magazine and regular panelist on the syndicated talk show, The McLaughlin Group, will discuss the new political dynamic in Washington after the 2010 mid-term elections and the transformative changes media are undergoing. Change, but is it the change we wanted? “The election of the first black president together with the Democrat’s more assertive role for government has resulted in a populist movement on the Right with the Tea Party shaking up the GOP and vaulting Sarah Palin to the front of the presidential pack.” Ms. Clift writes the weekly Capitol Letter in Newsweek and has written several books. This will be her third time as a leader in this course. The first was the summer after

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the 9/11 attacks. She serves on the board of the International Women’s Media Foundation, the Center on Politics and Journalism and the National Hospice Foundation. Serene Jones will focus on religion in America today from her perspective as President of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She describes the seminary students she sees as “bringing fresh energy and insight to our understandings of faith in our increasingly global society. They are earnest activists committed to ending poverty and saving the planet… they bring gusto to the task of building communities and breathing life into our next phase of Christian history. A large question remains, however: Will they fill our traditional pulpits or will their sanctuaries spring up elsewhere? What does the church of their future hold?” Dr. Jones is a prolific and popular scholar in the fields of theology, religion and gender studies. Her books include Feminist Theory and Theology, Calvin and the Rhetoric of Piety and Trauma and Grace. She became the first woman president in Union’s 172-year history in 2008. Bill Stewart was born in Scotland, grew up in the United States, and now lives in Santa Fe where he writes a weekly column in the Santa Fe New Mexican on international affairs and foreign and domestic policy issues. He spent 10 years in the United States Foreign Service, posted to India, Washington, and Vietnam. He was also for 20 years a correspondent and writer for Time Magazine, reporting from the Middle East, India, Vietnam, Japan, Washington, and Southeast Asia. Reflecting on the Discerning Theme for 2011, Bill writes, “We live in troubled and interesting times in which the center is falling apart in various places around the world. There is nothing new in this, but nevertheless our values and security are now severely challenged. But even as the violence continues in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East, and the US goes through a painful contraction, the forces of reconciliation still make themselves heard.”

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July 18-24 Ancient Voices, Artful Practices G11S731 $300 + housing & meals A look at essential voices of the Christian tradition - Augustine, John Cassian, Chrysostom, Patrick, Francis, Claire of Assisi, Hildegard of Bingen, Simone Weil and Marguerite Porete their key writings/ teachings and gifts to those of faith, and an exploration of faith practices that we associate with them for use in our lives today. A New Mexican artist will help us examine art as a way to develop deeper awareness of and participation with God's presence in our lives. The Rev. Richard Davis, Tulsa, OK Juanito Jimenez, Santa Fe, NM Casa del Sol Honoring Earth's Body: Ancient Wisdom & the New Consciousness G11CDS731 $400 + housing & meals This retreat, (designed especially, but not exclusively, for Companions of Casa del Sol) will use as its basic text the Casa del Sol Song of Mary. We live in the midst of a new consciousness, a growing awareness of the inter-relatedness of all things. Holiness is to be found in wholeness, not in separation. Spirit is to be found in matter and in honoring earth's body. John Philip Newell, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Ali Newell, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK David Poole, Albuquerque, NM

Classic Southwestern Jewelry with a Contemporary Twist (Beginning) G11A741a $335 + housing & meals This class is designed for beginning jewelry students. Use the jeweler's saw, solder silver and set stones, stamp to decorate and file to develop edge designs. Cast in tuffa stone and cuttlebone. As a class we will then go to Contemporary Southwest Design to see what is happening now in jewelry. Bill Derrevere, Tulsa, OK Watercolor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; What You See & How You Use It! (Advanced only) G11A741b $300 + housing & meals Searching for a new means of personal expression? Join us as we explore and develop more meaningful work in the setting of Ghost Ranch. Test your willingness to try the challenges and delights of new or different approaches to watercolor and personal expression. Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Digital Photography in an Ancient Land G11A741c $325 + housing & meals Build your own spectacular portfolio of O'Keeffe Country! Using the current techniques available in digital photography, we will explore the ancient vistas of New Mexico from the red rocks and yellow cliffs to the Chama River and Pedernal. Learn to use many of the photographic techniques such as cropping, close-ups, or distorting size and scale relationships. We'll capture morning and evening light, photograph the same subject from varying points of view, and review our work as we proceed through the week. Marcia Reifman, Cerrillos, NM

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July 25-31 Discover the Magic of Metal Clay G11A741d $375 + housing & meals Precious Metal Clay (PMC) opens the world of metalsmithing to everyone! Create one-of-a-kind beads, pendants, brooches and much more from this ecologically friendly, innovative material from Japan. Easy to use. Even those who consider themselves creatively challenged find their imagination has no limits. Mold it, shape it and when your design is complete, we'll fire it and watch as it is transformed into a beautiful piece of fine silver jewelry. Annie Goodwin, Santa Fe, NM

Field Sketching Ghost Ranch Fauna & Flora (All levels) G11A741e $300 + housing & meals The desert will be in bloom! Join us to identify and record its plants and creatures. On short walks and field trips, hone your skills of observation and practice the art of nature journaling. We will also work on a Ghost Ranch nature guide â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an ongoing project since 2009. Instruction will cover field sketching and botanical illustration techniques in several media. Helen Byers, Maynard, MA Janet Darrow, Mesilla, NM

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Fire It Up! Metal Sculpture II G11A741f $345 for one week + housing & meals $670 for 2 weeks + housing & meals Learn arc & oxyacetylene welding with emphasis on design, construction and refinement of art pieces. Class meets from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday & 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. The facility and equipment will be available to students only during these hours. This class is project-oriented with less emphasis on beginning instruction. Tom Nichols, Fort Worth, TX Connie B. Burkhart, Lyons, CO Joyful Basketry G11A741g $340 + housing & meals Learn to make a market basket or wood bottom bowl using basic reed weaving techniques. Students will complete three or more baskets, adding their own special touches to personalize their creations using natural and dyed reed, various weaving techniques, decorative woven handles, seagrass and found objects. All materials and tools wll be provided. Sherry Mayfarth, Gig Harbor, WA Quilting the Landscape/ Landscapes in Fabric G11A741h $325 + housing & meals Recreate a landscape photo into fabric art invoking the spiritual energy of Ghost Ranch. Create fabric with watercolor painting and finish with free motion thread work. Take home several matted, frameable pieces of art. No sewing experience required. Tracy Trevethan, Chaska, MN Stained Glass (All levels) G10A741i $335 + housing & meals Learn copper-foil and stained glass design. This class is for beginners, intermediate and serious-minded students from 14 years and up. Basic materials and tools will be furnished. Students may bring their own for special projects. The studio is available all day and early evening. Olive Smith, Santa Fe, NM

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July 25-31 Stone Carving (Intermediate & Advanced) G11A741j $330 + housing & meals This class is designed for the stone carving student who wishes to go beyond the basics. We continue the zen of hand tools in sculpting three dimensional figures, but will experiment with the dremel in design. Multiple projects are encouraged and one morning will be spent speed carving. A basic file set and 4-in-hand is required. Other tools are fine. A limited number of beginning students will be accepted. Full day schedule. Robin Keck, Golden Valley, MN Your Story: Telling Tales From the Past G11A741k $300 + housing & meals Throughout history, storytelling has entertained, taught, celebrated important moments and brought people together. Everyone can be a storyteller. All it takes is an open heart and an interested mind. Learn the art of storytelling, including vocal and body techniques and perform for fellow class members. Writers of stories will also benefit. Bring specific stories you want to develop and a passion for learning. Karen Vuranch, Fayetetteville, WV

Casa del Sol Honoring Earth's Body: Ancient Wisdom & The New Consciousness G11CDS741 $400 + housing & meals This retreat, (designed especially, but not exclusively, for Companions of Casa del Sol) will use as its basic text the Casa del Sol Song of Mary. We live in the midst of a new consciousness, a growing awareness of the inter-relatedness of all things. Holiness is to be found in wholeness, not in separation. Spirit is to be found in matter and in honoring earth's body. John Philip Newell, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Ali Newell, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Gospel Music With Pastor Todd & Linda G11M741 $300 + housing & meals Experience the full range of gospel music, both traditional and contemporary. Learn new music and sing old favorites with new zeal. Make the vigas (roof beams) ring with prayerful song. We will showcase our songs in a lively concert for the Ghost Ranch community at week's end. Instruction for choir directors will be part of this class. All welcome! Todd & Linda O'Neal, Cincinnati, OH Outdoor Adventures G11O741 $300 + housing & meals Come participate in hiking, orienteering, canoeing or kayaking, and Low and High Ropes challenge courses. While all activities will be moderately physically demanding, no experience is necessary. Just bring your sense of ADVENTURE! Outdoor Adventures Staff

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July 25-31 The Heavens Declare the Glory of God: The Sky at Night G11S741 $335 + housing & meals Celebrate the witness of the starry heavens. Biblical themes and exciting study activities will lay the foundation for nighttime discovery of hundreds of galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, planets, comets, meteors and moons, all seen through giant home-built telescopes under spectacular desert skies. The heavens declare the glory of God (Psalms 19:1). You will too! Steve & Terry House, St. Charles, MO Sex, Faith & Culture: Understanding the Mix in Our Lives & Society G11S742 $310 + housing & meals Using the controversial 1991 Presbyterian report "Keeping Body and Soul Together" as a springboard for discussion, Marvin Ellison and Sylvia Thorson-Smith (two of its authors) will invite broad reflection on human sexuality issues that have influenced personal, social and ecclesiastical changes in the past 20 years. Sylvia Thorson-Smith, Tucson, AZ Marvin Ellison, Portland, ME Ghost Ranch Archaeology Week I G11SW7411 $300 + housing & meals for one week; $500 + housing & meals for two weeks Come celebrate the 40th year of the Ghost Ranch Archaeology Seminar. A two-week stimulating field class where work continues on the excavation of two Ghost Ranch rock shelters - one dating back 8,000 years and the other 2,000 years of seasonal use. Don't like summer heat? Catalog artifacts from previous excavations in the lab. Participants can take one week, but we encourage taking both weeks. Class times are 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in the field or lab, and 7:00- 8:30 p.m. for nightly lectures. See page 60 for Week II. Cheryl Muceus, Abiquiu, NM Richard Binggeli, Marina del Rey, CA Maisie Morris, National City, CA John Hayden, Tijeras, NM

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Service Corps G11SC741 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Roger & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA Youth Service Corps G10YSC741 Mission Groups: $320 per week per participant (includes housing, meals, registration and special t-shirt) Youth accompanying family to Ghost Ranch: $50 + 1/2 price for housing, meals - includes special t-shirt) Each week, youth groups and senior high-school individuals will work on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. See page 23 Youth Activities Program G11Y741 or G11SHYI741 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18. See page 23 for details.

Growing the Church Deep & Wide: Transformation Toward Diversity & Inclusion G11PJ741 $300 + housing & meals Explore biblical visions and practical steps to facilitate holistic growth for individuals and congregations in becoming more diverse and inclusive. Examine faith communities in which this exciting spiritual transformation is now occurring, with lives enriched and congregations revitalized. Scholarship information is available by contacting the Rev. Raafat Girgis at 1.888.728.7228, ext. 5233 or raafat. girgis@pcusa.org, or you may contact your denominational national office. Rev. Dr. Robert Chesnut, Santa Fe, NM Rev. Raafat Girgis, Louisville, KY

www.ghostranch.org Let's Play With Fire & Clay! G11A815 $325 + housing & meals Share in the centuries-old tradition of clay at Ghost Ranch. Find the clay, prepare it and create your own 21st century artifact using the same materials and firing techniques that indigenous peoples used on this site 1,000 years ago. Doug DeLind, Mason, MI

August 1-7 CREATIVE ARTS F E S T I VA L The Abstract Landscape in Acrylics (All levels) G11A811 $345 + housing & meals An acrylic class for all levels of experience. Learn simple concepts about abstraction, basic composition and color theory. Individual expression will be emphasized. Laura Young, Iowa City, IA Acting the 10-Minute Play G11A812 $300 + housing & meals Love to act or want to learn? Experience the 10-minute play. Acting exercises will spur our imaginations; the plays will be rehearsed/performed in a supportive, generous environment. No memorization required. All levels of experience encouraged. Kate Snodgrass, Somerville, MA Artful Journaling G11A813 $340 + housing & meals Work with an artist and a writer to record your written and visual responses to the world. With specific exercises designed to tap your imagination, develop artistic techniques and writing skills and combine them on original journal pages. A blank journal will be provided. Carol Zika, Randallstown, MD Jane Taylor, Oklahoma City

Mapmaking: The Art of the Personal Atlas G11A816 $325 + housing & meals Explore the world of maps as art. Learn to create maps based on personal journeys using artmaking techniques such as painting, drawing, found text and images, and mixed media. At the end of the week you will assemble your maps into a handmade atlas/book that you can take home. Guillermo Delgado, Chicago, IL A Print is Worth A Thousand (Well, Maybe A Hundred) Words G11A817 $345 + housing & meals This workshop will introduce participants to the linocut. Participants will use this form of print-making to explore line and mass, positive and negative space, pattern and metaphor in their creative work. They will learn to cut blocks, pull prints by hand and create a print to accompany a poem. Laura B. DeLind, Mason, MI Traditional Spanish Colonial Santo Carving G11A819 $325 + housing & meals New Mexican santos (a religious art form unique to New Mexico) have been a part of the state's religious and cultural landscape for hundreds of years. Learn some of the history, symbolism and woodcarving and painting techniques associated with diverse styles of ancient and contemporary 'santero' art, while carving a 'bulto' (threedimensional image), or a bas-relief image. This is a hands-on class where the student is helped every step of the way, and both beginners and students with limited prior carving experience from ages 12 and up may enroll. Joseph A. Lopez, Espa単ola, NM

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August 1-7 Casa del Sol Walking in Sacred Footprints: St. Francis of Assisi G11CDS811 $315 + housing & meals Explore the beauty of creation in the inspiration of St. Francis of Assisi. This spirituality characterizes the traditional life and spirit of northern New Mexico. The beauty of the earth, wind, sun and stars moves one to sense God walking on sacred ground. Prayer, contemplation, guest speakers and field trips will enhance this course. Fr. Larry Gosselin, OFM, San Miguel, CA Ghost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women I (All yoga levels) G11H811 $340 + housing & meals Experience the beauty of Ghost Ranch from another angle! As we hike, write and stretch, we'll attune our senses to the landscape, friendship and the refreshment of our spirits. For women over age 18 who can walk 6-8 miles a day at high altitudes. Dona Bolding, Wellesley, MA Susan Weber, Medanales, NM This is Your Life - In Music! G11M811 $325 + housing & meals What music elates you? What music comforts you? Construct a musical timeline of your life's events as you rediscover the powerful role music plays in experiencing life fully and richly. Use your timeline to live your life forward with wisdom and grace. This course will conclude with a program of selections from participants' timelines. Cheryl Duerr, Lexington, MA Outdoor Adventures G11O811 $300 + housing & meals Come participate in hiking, orienteering, canoeing or kayaking, and Low and High Ropes challenge courses. While all activities will be moderately physically demanding, no experience is necessary. Just bring your sense of ADVENTURE! Outdoor Adventures Staff

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Ghost Ranch Archaeology -Week II G11SW81 $300 + housing & meals for one week; $500 + housing & meals for two weeks Come celebrate the 40th year of the Ghost Ranch Archaeology Seminar. A two-week stimulating field class where work continues on the excavation of two Ghost Ranch rock shelters - one dating back 8,000 years and the other 2,000 years of seasonal use. Don't like summer heat? Catalog artifacts from previous excavations in the lab. Participants can take one week, but we encourage taking both weeks. Class times are 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in the field or lab, and 7:00- 8:30 p.m. for nightly lectures. See page 59 for Week I. Cheryl Muceus, Abiquiu, NM Richard Binggeli, Marina del Rey, CA Maisie Morris, National City, CA Under Ghost Ranch Skies G11SW812 $310 + housing & meals Explore the night sky's beauty, starting with a human perspective, including that of the Ancestral Pueblo Peoples. Observe the stars and their patterns, and the constellations and their lore and legends, under the heavens of Ghost Ranch. Ron Olowin, Lafayette, CA Intensive Conversational Spanish (Week I) G11SW813 $550 (for the 2 weeks) + housing & meals for each week A two-week intensive course where small groups will practice skills in Spanish through structured oral activities and informal conversation. A basic level in Spanish is recommended. Morning, afternoon and evening classes and cultural activities will stretch over 12 days - week 2 August 8-14. See page 63. Margo Chavez-Charles, Santa Fe, NM Sharon Franco, Santa Fe, NM Service Corps G11SC811 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA

www.ghostranch.org Youth Service Corps G11YSC811 Mission Groups: $320 per week per participant (includes housing, meals, registration and special t-shirt) Youth accompanying family to Ghost Ranch: $50 + 1/2 price for housing, meals - includes special t-shirt) Each week, youth groups and senior high-school individuals will work on meaningful projects both at the ranch and in surrounding communities. See page 23.

August 1-7 Speaking Out for Peace & Justice: Writing, Preaching & Speaking That Make a Difference G11PJ811 $310 + housing & meals This course will focus on how to speak out on critical issues more effectively. We will do a close study of sample essays, sermons, and other works by people such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy Day. We will also research a northern New Mexico justice issue. This class is for ordained and lay people working for peace and justice. Greg Garrett, Austin, TX

August 1-7 Issues: A Faithful Response to Immigration G11PJ811 $300 + housing & meals Cosponsored by Presbyterian Voices for Justice and the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. Discerning God's call to advocate for a just immigration system requires people of faith to have a knowledgable understanding of the issues related to modern global migration. Julia Thorne, Manager of Immigration Issues and Immigration Counsel in the Office of General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (USA), will help us understand present immigration law, Presbyterian Church policy on immigration reform and how detention and deportation policies impact both migrants and our communities.

Wheelbarrow, Hammock & Pomegranate: The Furniture of Poetry G11W818 $300 + housing & meals A poem is a space to inhabit, for just a moment or for a lifetime. Like a room one enters, it can be light and airy, dark and oppressive, or funky and playful. A room's appeal can depend on the furniture one finds there, its design and arrangement. So, too, with the language and detail of a poem. Come visit some poetic spaces that are inviting, and create some of your own. Anita Skeen, Okemos, MI Youth Activities Program G11Y811 or G11SHYI811 $100 For children and youth ages 3 to 18. See page 23 for details. Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado Escobar, PCUSA Mission co-workers, will share their experiences with the many players on the border â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the undocumented, Border Patrol agents, faith communities, rich and poor, humanitarians, landowners and communities on both sides of the border. As momentum builds to reform U.S. immigration, our voice as informed faith communities advocating just policies and practices is the challenge we face. Learning about the newcomers in our communities and how to create environments to serve everyone follows a biblical mandate. Julia Thorne, Louisville, KY Mark Adams, Douglas, AZ & Agua Prieta, Mexico Miriam Maldonado Escobar, Douglas AZ & Mexico Jane Hanna, Santa Fe, NM (coordinator)

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August 1-7 Synod Of The Southwest Kaleidoscopes - A series of seminars on Biblical Preaching at Ghost Ranch Struggling with Scripture Let the context of Ghost Ranch enhance a week of exploring biblical preaching with innovative and outstanding leaders: Frances Taylor Gench, Herbert Worth and Annie H. Jackson, Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and the Reverend Roger J. Gench, senior pastor of The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington DC. This week is made possible through a grant from the General Assembly Council

August 8-14 C R E AT I V E A RT S F E S T I VA L Oil Pastel Workshop G11A821 $335 + housing & meals A beginning course in color and abstracting the landscape taught with oil pastels: a versatile medium, perfect for travel. They can be successfully used by the beginner or more advanced student. Learn beginning color theory, color mixing and blending will be taught. Oil pastels will be provided. Laura Young, Iowa City, IA Artful Journaling G11A822 $340 + housing & meals Work with an artist and a writer to record your written and visual responses to the world. With specific exercises designed to tap your imagination, develop artistic techniques and writing skills to combine on original journal pages. Carol Zika, Randallstown, MD Anita Skeen, Okemos, MI

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to the Synod of the Southwest and is open to Presbyterian pastors in the Synod of the Southwest. Preference will be given to those who are actively serving congregations. Registration is limited to 60 participants. Registration is through Synod of the Southwest and is available after February 1st at www.synodsw.org. Total cost for a week is $105 and includes double occupancy housing, event registration and transportation to Albuquerque International Sunport. (Synod of the Southwest will book flights or mileage will be reimbursed at $0.35 per mile with reimbursement not exceeding lowest airfare available 21 days in advance.) For questions, contact Synod of the Southwest 520-791-9600 or at www.synodsw.org.

Plein Air Painting in the O'Keeffe Landscape G11A823 $300 + housing & meals Come paint the O'Keeffe landscape at Ghost Ranch. Scenes made famous by the paintings of one of America's great modern masters will be our subjects for the week. Intensive workshop where participants will work en plein air with demonstrations, group discussions, and lots of time in the field painting. Work in the medium of your choice; bring all supplies and materials. Ann Painter, Santa Fe, NM Watercolor, Big, Bold & Beautiful! G11A825 $300 + housing & meals Are you blocked by the DITSIESâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; those tight, always the same, watercolors? This class includes some intense color theory, experiments with various big papers, big brushes, and rich gooey pigment! Come play! Be bold! Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX

www.ghostranch.org Balaam's Ass, or The Heavens Are Declaring, But Are We Listening? G11S821 $300 + housing & meals This class will review what we have learned through scientific inquiry about the character of the universe that God is creating and will focus on how what we have come to know about God's creation is significant for the worship, education and mission of local congregations. Rev. James B. Miller, Summerville, SC

August 8-14 Ghost Ranch Hiking, Writing & Yoga for Women II G11O821 $340 + housing & meals Continue our hiking, writing and yoga connection as we explore the high country around Ghost Ranch. We'll hike off-ranch from morning to midafternoon, stretching and writing in the beauty of northern New Mexico, and enjoy evening programming on the Ranch. Renew friendships, sustain your yoga practice, and write from your heart. Come back and see us. For women who have participated in Ghost Ranch Hiking, Writing and Yoga for Women I and for other experienced hikers only. Dona Bolding, Wellesley, MA Susan Weber, Medanales, NM Blessings on the Journey: Discovering the Beatitudes of Building Beloved Community G11PJ821 $300 + housing & meals Explore the spirituality that sustains us as we work to dismantle racism and build community, through prayer, reflection, bible study and dialogue. The journey to dismantle racism is a difficult one that brings blessings and challenges. Teresa Chavez Sauceda, San Francisco, CA Dr. David B. Bowie, Atlanta, GA

Intensive Conversational Spanish (Week II) G11SW821 $550 (for the 2 weeks) + housing & meals for each week See page 61 for full description. EcoTheology: A Look at Religion & Ecology G11S822 $300 + housing & meals Our environmental crisis is global in scope as well as local in impact. Using the elemental themes of Earth, Water, Fire and Air, this course is intended to explore the relationship between religion and ecology, between creator and creation. The course's scope is primarily academic, and not devotional, and is intended to serve as an introduction to the study of ecology, our moral praxis, our spiritual identities and their environmental implications. A host of resources and access points will be provided. Ron Olowin, Lafayette, CA Jesus & the Way of Peace, Hope & Love G11S823 $300 + housing & meals Join author, lecturer, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee John Dear for a week of classes, reflections and discussion on peace, hope and love, the great themes of the spiritual life. What gives you hope? How can we live more at peace with ourselves and others? How can we love others more unconditionally? What are the spiritual dimensions of peace, hope and love? Rev. John Dear, Cerrillos, NM

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What's Happening to Christianity? G11S824 $300 + housing & meals Christianity seems to be changing all around us. The descriptive phrase Emerging Christianity is used in regard to the major shifts in style and substance that are occuring. This course will balance a study of current literature with prayerful reflection and dialogue on the topic. Ken Cuthbertson, Albuquerque, NM

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Service Corps G11SC821 $50 + 1/2 cost of housing & meals Participants work in service to the Ranch approximately five hours a day in different areas around the ranch. See page 22. Billie Rogers & Dennis Smith, Yacaipa, CA

September 12-18 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Casa del Sol Journey Toward an Undivided Life: An Introductory Circle of Trust® Retreat G11CDS921 $315 + housing & meals Based on the work of Parker J. Palmer, this Circle of Trust® Retreat will explore the intersection of our personal and professional lives. Using poetry, silent and guided meditation, group dialogue, stories, music, movement, relaxation and journaling, we'll foster renewal of body and mind. Those engaged in professions such as organizational leadership, education, community service, law and medicine know the challenge of sustaining ourselves and our commitments to deeply held values and beliefs. The more passionate we are about our work, the more vital it is that we take time to renew our spirit — to reconnect with the wellspring of our service to others. Valerie Brown, New Hope, PA

An Unedited Heart of Poetry Alchemy Leading to the Days of Awe G11W941 $315 + housing & meals How can poetry turn the lead, loss or longing, in your life into gold? Writing our way into our lives, reading the poems of the mystics, the Beats, and other lovely poets, we’ll journey that path between heart and mind. Both the ordinary and the sacred will fuel us, clarifying our sense of self and others. Joan Logghe, La Puebla, NM Blacksmithing Nature: Explore Nature's Shapes in Iron G11A941 $350 + housing & meal Students will transform iron into beautiful and delicate shapes of nature. Wear comfortable cotton clothing and leather footwear for maximum comfort and safety. Safety glasses provided. Rene Zamora, Santa Fe, NM People in Nature: Adding Figures to Your Landscape Paintings G11A942 $315 + housing & meals If you have ever wanted to add a hiker or animals into your landscape, this is the class for you. Learn to break figures into light, shadow, color and shape. We will use outdoor studies and photos to paint figures into the landscape - as if from life. Demos will be in pastel; please bring pastels or any medium you wish. Juliana Crownover, Garland, TX

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September 25-October 1 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Let the Stones Shout Out! G11A943 $320 + housing & meals Stone has played a part in religious tradition since ancient times; it has served as support, protection, healing, ritual and decoration. This class will utilize hand carving tools and stone as well as sacred scriptures, presentations, reflection and discussion as we consider our personal groundedness and connection to the earth. Evenings will consist of presentations and discussions; and mornings will be spent carving our own intentional stone sculpture(s). No experience needed. Robin Keck, Golden Valley, MN Diane Gardner, Bloomington, IL Ancient Sites, Ancient Waters G11O941 $330 + housing & meals Hike the canyons and mountains of northern New Mexico while exploring ancient archaeological sites. Field trips to ancient pueblos, petroglyph areas, and a remote Gallina culture village highlight this week. Participants should be able to walk five miles a day over uneven terrain at elevations of 8,000 feet. All-day sessions. Martha Yates, Hancock, NH & Vallecitos, NM

Sacred Stories, Our Stories: Finding Ourselves in Biblical Narratives G11S941 $300 + housing & meals Well-told stories move us, change our moods and attitudes, and spark ah-ha! moments about ourselves and our world. In the characters we most love or hate, we see ourselves, our friends, and our enemies; in the complexities of plot, we recognize how choice and chance shape a life. We'll explore our reactions to stories of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and reflect on how we fill in the gapsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the information that's not given and the motives that aren't named. Through journaling, small group conversation and creative writing, we'll play in the intersection of sacred stories with our own. Julia M. O'Brien, Lancaster, PA Geology of the Southwest G11SW941 $330 + housing & meals Within a short distance of Ghost Ranch are several spectacular geology localities - the Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary sequence of the Colorado Plateau, the Valles Caldera, the Taos volcanic field, the Rio Grande rift and a world famous mineral location. We'll take three full-day excursions and one half-day hike to view these areas and collect samples for later rock and mineral identification. Bring appropriate clothing and gear for hiking. Lincoln Hollister, Princeton, NJ Through Hopi Eyes G11SW942 $1,000 (includes registration, all housing & meals, and transportation to & from Hopi reservation; see course description on website for specifics) The Hopi are a tribe of 8,000 people who live in 12 villages on three mesas in northeast Arizona. Spend the first two days at Ghost Ranch discussing the Hopi past and present. Travel by van for a three-day stay at the Hopi Reservation to explore the deep cultural context of Hopi arts and crafts, tour the 1,000-year-old village of Sipaulovi and see one of the finest petroglyph sites in the Southwest. Ramson Lomatewama, Hotevilla, AZ Janice and Joseph Day, Second Mesa, AZ

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August 28September 12 Artist in Residence Watercolor? What's Your Pleasure? G11A850 $75 per day + housing & meals Active in the fields of illustration, textile design, paper-making, hand book binding, Pomona established the atelier Alleyworks in Austin, Texas. Spend one-on-one time with this award-winning, internationally-known artist when she resides at Ghost Ranch. For more information about her and her works, see www.sketchboxstudio. com. Note arrival, departure and dates with artist on your registration. Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX

September 1-30 Artist in Residence Photography G11A910 $75 per day + housing & meals (appropriate lab fees will be charged for materials used) Photograph the glorious autumn light on this vast and diverse landscape with Kent, who has 19 years of teaching and shooting experience here. The B&W darkroom is well equipped and handles 35mm through 4x5 formats. Whether you need beginning instruction or brushing up on old skills and fine printing, this prime season offers something for all levels of experience. Note arrival, departure and dates with artist on your registration. Kent Bowser, Santa Fe, NM

September 15-30 Artist in Residence Plein Air Painting G11A920 $75 per day + housing & meals Landscape students often find themselves overwhelmed on site by 360° of possible views, plus changing conditions (light, shadow, color, shapes).

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We'll focus on these issues and work on site in the glorious Ghost Ranch landscape. Students should bring their media of choice and all accompanying equipment, plus outdoor easel and compatible umbrella. Note arrival, departure and dates with artist on your registration. Janet Palin, Petersham, MA

October 1-9 and 16-31 Artist in Residence Writing G11W1010 $75 per day + housing & meals A wonderful option for writing at Ghost Ranch with Ina Hughs. Ina recently retired as a columnist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel, and is giving the month of October to Ghost Ranch writers. Ina's columns and poems and especially her works using themes relating to children, have made her an accomplished writer and humanitarian. Work one-on-one with Ina in your area of interest for as short as a period of one day or as long as a week. Note arrival, departure and dates with artist on your registration. Ina Hughs, Santa Fe, NM

October 2-8 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Basic Digital SLR Photography (Intermediate) G11A1011 $315 + housing & meals Expand your knowledge of what your camera can do for you. Review camera controls and settings, elements of a good exposure and what makes a good composition. We'll shoot on and off-Ranch, including two early morning shoots and an extended field trip. Bring DSLR camera and equipment. Claudia Tammen, Silverado, CA Beginning Beaded Jewelry (Beginner/Intermediate) G11A1012 $330 + housing & meals Learn bead stringing techniques, pearl-knotting and basic wire wrapping for making elegant jewelry. Bring your favorite beads! Some supplies provided. Additional materials may be purchased. Crea Lynn, Santa Fe, NM

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October 2-8 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Micaceous Pottery & Fall Traditions of Northern New Mexico G11A1013 $325 + housing & meals Work on projects using a locally harvested clay. Explore local autumn traditions. Take a field trip to gather pigments for pottery decoration. Endof-week primitive firing, all tools and materials included. Camilla Trujillo, Santa Cruz, NM Pastels: Light & Color (All levels) G11A1014 $310 + housing & meals Capture the luminous light and color of Ghost Ranch as only pastel painting can. Learn painting principles of value, color, form and space, and how light affects each. Focus on the color palette of canyons, arroyos, creeks, and skies. Hike up to 1/2 mile carrying supplies. Dianne Grammer, Austin, TX Plein Air Painting in Georgia O'Keeffe Country G11A1015 $300 + housing & meals Based on the principles of the French Impressionists who first took their studios outdoors to paint "en plein air" this course will cover the importance of simplification of shapes, correct color-values and light/shadow patterns to create well-designed compositions. Students will do two paintings per day. Demos, individual instruction and group critiques. Michelle Chrisman, Taos, NM

Watercolor by Design G11A1016 $315 + housing & meals From field sketch to painting resolution, this course will afford painters experienced with watercolor techniques the opportunity to stretch their skills. With resource gathering field work and studio development, the focus will be on design elements and principles and developing painting skills that go beyond mere reporting to artistic creation. Basic skills in drawing & watercolor techniques required. Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Casa del Sol Journeying Toward Renewal: A Theological & Practical Exploration of Sabbath G11CDS1011 $300 + housing & meals Is your life too crowded with calendar entries, technology, work or family demands? Do you need respite from a too-busy schedule, a too-busy life, or a difficult experience that won't let go of your thoughts? Reconnect to the concept of Sabbath rest: a leaving of other things behind in order to make space for the Spirit. Examine the biblical and spiritual history of Sabbath with time for rest, reflection and renewal. Dr. Melissa Bane Sevier, Versailles, KY Hiking Northern New Mexico G11O1011 $330 + housing & meals Converse about plants, animals, and environmental issues as you hike the beautiful canyons and mountains of the area. Hiking will be at least 7 miles a day over uneven terrain at high altitudes that may exceed 10,000 feet. Willie Picaro, Abiquiu, NM

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October 2-8 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Streams of Living Water: Fly Fishing in Northern New Mexico G11O1012 $375 + housing & meals The class will include entomology, and daily fishing on some of the best trout streams in the West, from the Rio Chama to the famous San Juan. The class is open to people of all experience levels. Participants must be able to walk at least a mile at 6,500 ft. elevation across uneven terrain. Participants should bring their own equipment. Bill Wylie, Chama, NM Tom Herman, Phoenix, AZ SoulCollage® As A Spiritual Path: It's All in the Cards G11S1011 $360 + housing & meals Immerse yourself in the soul-satisfying process of SoulCollage® where you will create a personal deck of collaged cards. Discover your soul's true voice as you enter the beautiful world of imagery and intuition. No artistic skill or experience is necessary! Kathryn (Kat) Kirby, San Diego, CA Fall Paleontology G11SW1011 $300 + housing & meals Collect Triassic vertebrate fossils at the new Hayden Quarry site. Explore the badlands of Ghost Ranch for new fossil localities. In the evening, clean and repair fossils, learn about the geology and paleontology of Ghost Ranch. All day and evening sessions. Alex Downs, Medanales, NM

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O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe will top off this wonderful week. Pomona Hallenbeck, Ghost Ranch, NM & Elgin, TX Carol Mackey, Chama, NM Plein Air Painting in the O'Keeffe Landscape G11A1022 $300 + housing & meals Come paint the O'Keeffe landscape at Ghost Ranch. Scenes made famous by the paintings of one of America's great modern masters will be our subjects for the week. Intensive workshop where participants will work "en plein air" with demonstrations, group discussions, and lots of time in the field painting. Work in the medium of your choice; bring all your own supplies and materials. Ann Painter, Santa Fe, NM To Dye For: Shibori Silk Scarves G11A1023 $320 + housing & meals The ancient Japanese technique of dyeing fabric was once used to create beautiful kimonos. In this class you'll learn how to create a one-of-a-kind work of art that you can wear or display. Using resist dyeing techniques, you'll make samples of each technique (folding, clamping, binding, and sewing). Once you've practiced these methods, you'll create a silk scarf using one or all of the methods. No special artistic skills necessary. Linda Disosway, Carrollton, TX

October 9-15 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Watercolor, O'Keeffe & Ghost Ranch — Get Inspired! G11A1021 $315 + housing & meals This workshop will bring alive the ideas, habits of work, color theories, form transformation and ways of seeing that created the iconography of Georgia O'Keeffe. A field trip to the

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October 9-15 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday White Heatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cone 10 (All levels) G11A1024 $360 + housing & meals Start with demonstrations that encompass the wheel throwing process as well as hand building techniquesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; pinch, coil and slab work using a smooth and workable clay body. Explore combinations of these processes, as well as surface decoration and applique, giving special attention to our natural surroundings. Barbara Campbell, El Rito, NM

FALL WRITING F E S T I VA L The Art of Letter Writing G11W1021 $300 + housing & meals Through the correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Willa Cather, and other southwest artists/writers, we'll discover how letters can rise to the level of art. Come prepared to compose lively letters, the ones you have been meaning to write. Jane Taylor, Oklahoma City, OK

Building the Ship as We Sail It: Risk-Taking in Writing Poetry G11W1022 $300 + housing & meals Together we will set sail in our ideas for poems, in our boats of leaky metaphors, in our half-constructed structures and learn how to make them float rather than sink into the depths. Learn how to take the risk not only to set out, but to bring on board tools you've never used before, blueprints that may at first seem bewildering. And then start to build. Poems will be discovered and discussed in class daily. Writing assignments will be given every day. Anita Skeen, Okemos, MI Looking for the Language Angels G11W1023 $300 + housing & meals Looking for language angels? Believe me, they are hanging off every mesa and flying through every canyon at Ghost Ranch, just waiting for you. Through daily assignments specifically designed to draw us into the kind of writing that leaves out the flat, boring parts readers skip over anyway, we'll concentrate on style, voice, humor, concrete images, etc. By week's end, everyone will have fallen in love with language all over again. Ina Hughs, Knoxville, TN Storm Catching: Writing In & About Hard Times G11W1024 $300 + housing & meals Writers often use writing to give voice to the difficulties in their lives, but also to name the pain and injustice they see in the world around them. In this workshop, we will read and write pieces that translate hardship into healing and art. Laura Apol, East Lansing, MI

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October 9-15 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Entering Place in Time & Text G11W1025 $300 + housing & meals Place isn't only a destination — it's also a threshold through which we enter time and text, whether we are painters or writers. We will enter Ghost Ranch and its environs and write on site through different developed approaches to writing about place. This course is appropriate for poets and creative nonfiction writers equally. Marcia Aldrich, Okemos, MI KISS: Keep It Short & Shapely G11W1026 $300 + housing & meals Listen to some timeless short essays, then craft your own insights into memorable pieces for reading aloud or radio broadcast. This course will help you gather new ideas for personal essays, express them vividly, and hone your editing skills. Colleen Anderson, Charleston, WV Pure Joy: Writing for Children G11W1027 $300 + housing & meals Writing for children is the purest and most direct form of storytelling. We'll read and discuss everything from picture books to fantasy novels — reading contemporary accomplished authors like Mo Willems, Susan Meddaugh and Lois Lenski — to help you get started on your own ideas, focusing on both your own experiences and your imagination to create new books of wonder for kids everywhere. Mary Elsie Robertson, Winslow, AR T'ai Chi Ch'uan G11H1021 $300 + housing & meals Exercise your body, mind and spirit with this preventative and curative system of Chinese medicine. Learn the standing postures, movements between them, and principles that govern these movements. Jeff Nitz, Abiquiu, NM

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Earth-Speak: Listening to Land & Scripture G11S1021 $300 + housing & meals The landscape of Ghost Ranch and the surrounding area will provide the context for prayerful reflection on familiar biblical texts and excerpts from the works of various writers on humanity's relationship to the natural world. Both individual and group experiences will be involved, including some moderate hiking. Ken Cuthbertson, Albuquerque, NM

October 23-29 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Renew, Refresh, Review: Watercolor Painting for the Spirit G11A1042 $300 + housing & meals Watercolor painting can become an outlet for refreshing and renewing our selves. Learning good technique is a path to good painting and the use of the brush, paper and the paint has a meditative quality that can encourage a focused sprit.This class is appropriate for beginners who would like to learn the basics of watercolor painting or for intermediate students who would like to refresh and improve their technique. Catherine Hillis, Round Hill, VA Clay Lanterns at Ghost Ranch G11A1041 $325 + housing & meals Using locally harvested clay and pigments, we will hand build a variety of light vessels. Votive cups, Japanese style lanterns, and a small oil lamp will be presented. A traditional outdoor firing using local cedar wood and cow pies will complete the pieces. Camilla Trujillo, Santa Cruz, NM

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October 23-29 Fall courses run Sunday through Saturday Hiking Ghost Ranch G11O1041 $315 + housing & meals Experience Ghost Ranch in all its fall glory, with yellow cottonwoods, red rocks and blue skies. Warm daytime temperatures are perfect for hiking. We'll cover 4-8 miles per day over uneven terrain at elevations from 6,500 to 9,000 feet. In the evening we'll go for short walks or enjoy other optional activities. Willie Picaro, Abiquiu, NM Sail On, Silver Girl! Women's Mid-Life Spiritual Journey G11S1041 $315 + housing & meals Mid-life is the gateway to the most sacred time in a woman's life. This soulful and playful workshop is for women 50 and older who are facing the new waters of growing older. As we age, the soul calls us to take stock of what we have become and tests our wills as we toss overboard the wellworn stuff of youth. As we let go of lost dreams and the responsibilities of work, children, spouses, etc., we go deeper on the mid-life journey. Our task is to chart new maps with a renewed vision of ourselves, our destiny, and the next phase of our lives. For the wise woman, this is a quest — a rite of passage — an initiation into the next stage of life in which we become different women. In group experiential activities, we'll support each other as we redefine the word "aging." We'll learn together through the healing activities of storytelling, art, journaling and ceremony as we prepare to sail onward with full sails and a new map. Linda Daley, Santa Fe, NM Cheryl Long, Milwaukee, WI

Abiquiu Studio Tour Every Columbus Day Weekend. October 8, 9, 10 in 2011 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free maps to local artist studios. www.abiquiustudiotour.org 505.685.4454 Outspire Hiking & Snowshoeing offers guided outings near Santa Fe, Abiquiu, Pecos and Los Alamos. www.outspire.com 505. 660.0394 Santa Fe Walkabouts Customized Hikes, Jeep Tours & Cultural Outings www.santafewalkabouts.com 505.216.9161 Westminster Presbyterian Church A small, friendly, multicultural congregation. 841 W. Manhattan Avenue Santa Fe 505.983.8939

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GHOST RANCH MUSEUMS The Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology Imagine the excitement of a child holding the jawbone of a dinosaur in his hands, placed there by the resident paleontologist. That’s been known to happen at the Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology at Ghost Ranch. Ghost Ranch is the site of one of the best known paleontological digs in the Northern Hemisphere. Will that child grow up to be one of the hundreds of scientists who come to Ghost Ranch each year to study at one of the richest quarries of the Triassic era? In 1985 a huge, 8-ton block of plaster-encased dinosaur bones was hoisted by crane onto the back of a flatbed truck and moved to the main campus of Ghost Ranch. The museum was built around it. Today the Museum of Paleontology houses not only the huge block of bones but also numerous exhibits, photographs, and life-sized replicas of dinosaurs found on the Ranch. Well worth a visit. Even if you’re not a child. Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology Among the many feisty women who have called Ghost Ranch their home is Florence Hawley Ellis, one of the first women to receive a PhD in anthropology (from the University of Chicago, in 1934). In her definitive history book called Ghost Ranch (available for purchase at the Trading Post), Lesley Poling-Kempes describes Ellis and her students’ discovery of an archeological site north of the Ranch that rocked the world of anthropology in 1971. Poling-Kempes writes, “…Dr Ellis assured everyone that what had just happened — the finding of so many entire ceramic pots hidden in a lava field — never happens. It was a remarkable site to have stumbled upon…” The Museum of Anthropology at Ghost Ranch displays ancient artifacts from Paleo Indian culture, 10,000 years ago, through ancestral Puebloan times to present time pottery and weavings from local Pueblos. Exhibits of the work of local artists, as well as a fascinating gift shop, add to the excitement of a visit to the Florence Hawley Ellis Museum.

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O'KEEFFE & GHOST RANCH Georgia O’Keeffe’s front yard was across the Valley of Shining Stone to the pinnacle of Cerro Pedernal. Her backyard was walled in by cliffs, studded by the red hills of the Chinle formation where dinosaurs roamed millions of years ago. She walked the dusty roads and trails in her black hat, dresses and boots reflecting her love for this landscape in her paintings. If she wasn’t in the mood to walk she drove her 1929 Model A Ford to the chosen location and swiveled the driver’s seat to face her easel and painted what she saw. When it got too hot, she crawled under the car for shade. Like Thoreau isolating himself at Walden Pond, O'Keeffe immersed herself in this place for a reason. She chose to remove herself from society in order to devote herself to her art. And from that immersion she developed a deep connection to the creative Spirit or, as some might say, the Creator, and others might say, God.

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE & THE GHOST RANCH LANDSCAPE TOUR On a road not open to the public, the Landscape Tour takes you to the places where Georgia O’Keeffe walked, drove and painted. The tour guide shows reproductions of O’Keeffe’s paintings at the actual locations O’Keeffe painted them. Stories of her life, her relationships and her art are told as you drive down the road she traveled, stopping at the places she painted. One hour tours are available mid-March to Thanksgiving - Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The cost is $25. Reservations are required. Call 877-804-4678 for further information or to make your reservation. Though the tour passes the Ghost Ranch home of Georgia O’Keeffe it does not stop there. The house is on private property and is not open to the public. THE GEORGIA O’KEEFFE HOME AND STUDIO TOUR and THE GEORGIA O’KEEFE MUSEUM are not related to Ghost Ranch. Information about the Abiquiu Home Tour and the Museum is available at www.okeeffemuseum.org.

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