SMU Informal Courses in Taos

SMU Informal Courses offers two summer programs in Taos, New Mexico: creative writing and landscape painting.

Summer Intensive Writing Program

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July 8-15, 2012

Six days to cross gaps, connect dots and embrace another level of creativity and productivity.

Come to SMU-in-Taos this July to immerse in your creative nature. Explore the stories within you. Give yourself the time and space to experience the reality you are creating in your writing. Experience concentrated writing time, small class sizes, and individual guidance through one of five intensive, six-day courses.

Landscape Painting Program

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July 9-15, 2012

This class is an exciting and intense week of painting the beautiful northern New Mexico landscape on site and with studio work. Participants should have some painting and/or drawing experience, but all sensibilities, skill levels, and media are welcome. Meet daily at the Art Barn on the SMU-in-Taos campus in the morning for discussion and/or a short lecture, and then drive to our location for the day, where we’ll work until afternoon. We then break for rest and dinner, unless we discuss other arrangements. Locations are based on weather and the needs of the group. Instructor works with students individually through each day, offering technical advice, constructive criticism and encouragement. Rounding out the week are evening slide lectures and night painting sessions. Students bring their own easel and supplies; a suggested list of supplies and things you might need during the week are provided with registration. An orientation session in Dallas in early summer offers a chance to meet fellow travelers and the instructor as well to ask questions.

Except for lunch the first day, all other meals as well as overnight accommodations and travel to and from the fort are arranged individually by participant; hotel recommendations are available.

Registration open through June 15! Early bird registration until May 2