Michele Cassou

Michele Cassou

Michele Cassouis the founder of an original approach to creative painting as a tool for self-discovery. She is known internationally for her ground-breaking work in exploring the spiritual dimensions of the creative process. She is the co-founder of The Painting Experience in San Francisco and has been teaching for over 30 years. Her work has proved to be of interest to a wide range of disciplines including art, psychology, education, therapy and meditative practices. Michele Cassou is author of the book Life, Paint and Passion and Point Zero Creativity Without Limits.

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Sas Colby

Sas Colby

Sas Colby has been teaching and exhibiting art for more than thirty years. Her art encompasses diverse materials and forms, including textiles, photography and painting. She is a pioneer in the artist’s book genre and a spirited teacher. Sas’s classes foster discovery, experimentation and unconventional approaches to making art. Sas Colby’s art work is in the collection of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; and The Oakland Museum, among others. She is represented by the Fenix Gallery in Taos. You can see her artwork on-line at www.sascolby.com

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Natalie Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg is the author of ten books, including Writing Down the Bones, which has sold over one million copies and had been translated into twelve languages. She has also written the beloved Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America, a memoir about her Zen teacher.

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Marcia Rose

Marcia Rose

Marcia Rose lives in Taos, New Mexico. She is the Guiding Teacher for The Mountain Hermitage and founder of Taos Mountain Sangha. She has been studying and practicing Buddhist teachings and meditation since 1970 primarily in the Theravada-Vipassana Burmese Mahasi and Pa Auk Forest Monastery lineages, and in more recent years also in the Dzogchen Tibetan tradition. Marcia regularly teaches at The Forest Refuge and is an occasional visiting teacher at the Insight Meditation Society, both centers being in Barre, MA. She also teaches in other U.S. and international venues. As a Buddhist teacher, Marcia is dedicated to offering the depth and breadth of these ancient teachings and practices in ways that make them accessible and authentic in contemporary culture.

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Harvey Stein

Harvey Stein

Harvey Stein has taught at most of the major workshops in the United States and has led workshops in Europe, South America and Mexico since 1994. Besides currently teaching at the International Center of Photography in New York City, he has been on the faculty of the Rochester Institute of Technology, the New School University, Drew University and Bridgeport University. He is the author of four photographic books, his newest, Movimento: Glimpses of Italian Street Life, was published in December, 2006. He has had 70 one-person exhibits and has been in more than 135 group shows. His work is in over 45 public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Denver Museum of Art, the Portland (OR) Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He has traveled extensively throughout the American Southwest in the past thirteen years. See some of Harvey’s photography at his website, www.harveysteinphoto.com

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Jane Garret

Jane Garret

Jane Garret was a successful caterer in Albuquerque for 10 years before bringing her finely honed cooking skills to Mabel Dodge Luhan House. She has been creating  sensational meals for guests at our Inn and Conference Center for five years.

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