OFFCenter Events/Workshops

Silk Painting Workshop Silk Painting Workshop Instructor: Claudia Fluegge Sunday, October 7th, 11am - 2pm Cost: $40 Registration and Pre-payment required. Painting on silk is a playful and colorful adventure. If you have never tried it, this is your chance to take an excellent class with the accomplished instructor and artist Claudia Fluegge. Claudia has won numerous national awards for her silk painting work and currently exhibits at Weems Gallery in Albuquerque. Class participants will start by stretching a white piece of silk over a frame. Then Claudia will lead you through an exploration of basic silk painting techniques such as salting, outlining, and applying dyes with a paintbrush. Usually there is enough time to make two pieces. Finished pieces must be steamed to fix the dyes. Claudia will charge $2 per piece if you would like her to do the steaming for you. If you have previously taken this class, she would love to have you back to do more painting. Space is limited to 12 people, so call 247-1172 to register and pre-pay now! Creativity Workgroups Exhibit

OFFCenter July Event Schedule

…iCreate's Albuquerque Music Outreach partner offers studio space, workshops, free and at cost arts, crafts, music and other classes

OFFCenter will be open during a special time JUST FOR KIDS! Kids' Open Studio Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 12:00 pm June 19th - July 26th OFFCenter will be open just for kids during the above times. Kids 15 and under can have full rein of the studio and its materials to create artwork in the medium of their choice! No need to make a reservation, just show up any or all of the days starting June 19th through July 26th.

iCreate Updates

Coming Saturday July 14: Western Music Association (WMA) & iCreate Music Festival, 3-8 pm at the Shaffer Hotel Gazebo, featuring local musicians Byron Ripley and The Tumbleweeds (Western Swing and Honky Tonk) and others. More event details will be posted separately and a poster when available and sent to me. If not, then not. 


Kay Stillion writes about the kids' garden project and about the iCreate music program

Saturday May 5, two children. Samantha T. and Zack T., participated in the iCreate SEEDS Kids' Garden by tilling the bed set aside for the project. They also gathered rocks, bricks and sticks for the border. Samantha is creating a sculpture of two hands holding the world for the arts council's Outdoor Sculpture Project and Show. 


Saturday May 12, Samantha T, who is in the iCreate violin class, performed with the adult violin class at the opening of the Mountainair Farm & Garden Market. Jaiden,  who is also in the violin class, performed at the market with her grandmother, Lenora.  Both children's performances were very well received, as were the adults'.                                                                                                                                                                                     

#iCreate Music Outreach up date

Kay Stillion writes,

iCreate has two new music classes. On Tuesdays in Mountainair, we now offer ukulele and voice at 3:00pm, right before guitar at 4:00pm. Ukulele classes are also available at OffCenter Fridays at 3:30pm, right after guitar at 2:30pm. The guitar classes at the Shaffer have grown quite large, so we now have three guitar teachers. Pegeen Mouser is our new teacher.  

We had a recital at OffCenter, April 13th for Rick Gutierrez. A first for iCreate, this was Rick's second recital, and he did songs left handed. The guitar he had earned earlier was stolen, so he asked to do the program again but left handed. He also performed a right handed song at the recital  that he had written, It was very moving and well received.