Non-Toxic Art Studio
Raven Art Center is Albuquerque’s only non-toxic art studio.
Providing an environmentally aware studio means that children and people
with chemical sensitivities can breathe freely and explore art supplies safely.
Gallery
The gallery at Raven Art Center specializes in original regional art, with a focus on New Mexico artists.
Exhibits are by both emerging and established artists, working across a wide variety of art media.
There are regularly scheduled exhibits and juried shows throughout the year.
On any visit, you might find new paintings, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, photography, or other artwork on display.
We are open for classes and appointments, so call to set up an appointment!
Art Studio/Teaching Space
Owner Nicole White says, “Anyone can make art or express themselves creatively.”
Improve your current skills or try something new in a fun, inviting environment.
Our art studio and teaching space offers a wide range of workshops and classes.
From jewelry making to paint parties, bookbinding to expressive art, we welcome all ages and skill levels.
Check back with our class listings often for new courses!
Off-Site Trainings/Customized Classes
Make your next event a truly special one with a customized class.
Instructors are available for off-site classes at schools, retirement homes,
community centers, public and private facilities.
Raven Art Center is Albuquerque’s only non-toxic art studio.
Providing an environmentally aware studio means that children and people
with chemical sensitivities can breathe freely and explore art supplies safely.
Gallery
The gallery at Raven Art Center specializes in original regional art, with a focus on New Mexico artists.
Exhibits are by both emerging and established artists, working across a wide variety of art media.
There are regularly scheduled exhibits and juried shows throughout the year.
On any visit, you might find new paintings, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, photography, or other artwork on display.
We are open for classes and appointments, so call to set up an appointment!
Art Studio/Teaching Space
Owner Nicole White says, “Anyone can make art or express themselves creatively.”
Improve your current skills or try something new in a fun, inviting environment.
Our art studio and teaching space offers a wide range of workshops and classes.
From jewelry making to paint parties, bookbinding to expressive art, we welcome all ages and skill levels.
Check back with our class listings often for new courses!
Off-Site Trainings/Customized Classes
Make your next event a truly special one with a customized class.
Instructors are available for off-site classes at schools, retirement homes,
community centers, public and private facilities.
IMPORTANT: Raven Art Center strives to ensure the comfort and safety of staff and visitors by encouraging a smoke and fragrance free environment. At this time, we are unable to accommodate cigarette smokers, we apologize for any inconvenience. Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions or concerns.
Nicole White, CHHC, AADP, E-RYT, Author is an art and life coach/facilitator, certified yoga, meditation & qigong instructor, as well as a certified holistic health coach.
She has taught a variety of art classes since 1997 through retirement homes, continuing educations centers, private facilities and Raven Art Center. Previous courses include: watercolor, acrylics, bookbinding, paper marbling, scrap-booking, mixed media, art journaling, oracle card and expressive art, ceramics and fiber arts.
Additionally to Nicole being a lover of arts and crafts, she has taught health classes through Movement, Meditation & Expression Art at UNM's Center for Life since 2013. Since 2005, she also helps many local neighborhoods by teaching health and movement courses to adults and children through many community centers, museums, retirement homes and private studios since 2005.
For more information, contact Nicole.
She has taught a variety of art classes since 1997 through retirement homes, continuing educations centers, private facilities and Raven Art Center. Previous courses include: watercolor, acrylics, bookbinding, paper marbling, scrap-booking, mixed media, art journaling, oracle card and expressive art, ceramics and fiber arts.
Additionally to Nicole being a lover of arts and crafts, she has taught health classes through Movement, Meditation & Expression Art at UNM's Center for Life since 2013. Since 2005, she also helps many local neighborhoods by teaching health and movement courses to adults and children through many community centers, museums, retirement homes and private studios since 2005.
For more information, contact Nicole.
BEST OF INTENTIONS
Raven Art Center hosts workshops that focus efforts in the new year
By Maggie Grimason
Earlier this year, after teaching art classes for more than a decade and courses like “movement, meditation and expressive arts” at UNM's Center for Life, Nicole White decided to centralize her expertise in a single location, now called Raven Art Center(301 Washington SE). After connecting with a community of women also interested in teaching the arts, and emphasizing the relationship between art making and mental health, the center got a firm grounding. White and other instructors will hold several classes to welcome the new year, and enunciate how to meet it successfully. A New Year’s Art Intention workshop will be held on Dec. 30, from 11am to 2pm, and will be followed on Dec. 31 with a Year in Review Oracle Cards and Intuitive Process Art and Journaling workshop from 2 to 5pm. (For registration and further information, visit ravenartcenter.com.) White explained her relationship with intention-setting and how this speaks to art and life.
Alibi: How do you see intention setting working in the lives of other artists you know?
Many artists or people [with] their craft find that they “don’t have enough time,” and I believe that setting the intention to work on one’s craft everyday, even if it’s just five minutes, will create a new ritual or habit that can eliminate blocks and help someone move towards their artistic or life goals however works for them. Setting an intention is the light bulb of focus.
What is the power of identifying goals at the turn of the new year in your eyes?
Identifying what someone really wants, or their goal creates a focus and intention, putting it to work is the real way to make this happen. It’s one thing to make a list of all the things you want to accomplish, next it’s time to take that further. It’s time to flesh out the list into action steps. Having a daily, weekly, monthly goal to get one to where they want to go. Writing down a goal is a good first step, but without taking it further, it may just remain a list that gets lost somewhere. It’s time to flesh out the list, create a mind map or vision board. Making notes, hints and reminders around your environment and on your calendar keeps the goal in mind on the daily. I personally love a physical calendar to assist with this. Just writing a goal in a notebook and not looking at it again until a week, month, year or years later just keeps that dream trapped, the way through is to make it a project, to spend time with what you want and give it solidity through process to make it happen.
What is going to happen at the art intention workshop?
First, we will first do a stream of consciousness writing exercise with a few prompts. Then I will pull an oracle card and do a mini-reading for each participant; this will help solidify the direction for each person for the class. Next, the participants will be guided through [a] visualization process. Attendees will have access to art supplies as well as paper and pen. After the visualization, participants will be guided through the intuitive art process (those who wish to journal are welcome too). We will repeat steps two to four one more time; I will pull an oracle card, do a reading on the new card and then the interpretation of the two cards together, take [guests] through the visualization process then lead them to the intuitive/process art. Based on the card readings, their visualization and what comes out in the process art portion of the class, we will then go through the action step process. Each participant will describe their goal and will be guided to chunk it down into doable action steps to keep them motivated and find their success. At the end of the class, participants will have the opportunity to share their insights and action plan.
What do you hope visitors will get out of it?
I hope that the participants will receive clarity about clear action steps to help them achieve their goals. I hope to assist each participant in pushing through any barriers, including the ones in [their] mind so that they can accomplish this. I also hope to leave each participant with a sense of can-do and [they can take] the process we used in class towards any goal for life and for art.
What will the new year bring for Raven Art Center?
This new year, Raven Art Center is looking forward to hosting a variety of art and wellness classes. We will focus on enhancing the awareness and importance of art by offering articles through our website and newsletter as well as a free video series. [Also] this new year, Raven Art Center is going to branch out, we will be traveling … going to schools, community centers, businesses and retirement facilities to expand the awareness of art and it’s therapeutic properties.
Raven Art Center hosts workshops that focus efforts in the new year
By Maggie Grimason
Earlier this year, after teaching art classes for more than a decade and courses like “movement, meditation and expressive arts” at UNM's Center for Life, Nicole White decided to centralize her expertise in a single location, now called Raven Art Center(301 Washington SE). After connecting with a community of women also interested in teaching the arts, and emphasizing the relationship between art making and mental health, the center got a firm grounding. White and other instructors will hold several classes to welcome the new year, and enunciate how to meet it successfully. A New Year’s Art Intention workshop will be held on Dec. 30, from 11am to 2pm, and will be followed on Dec. 31 with a Year in Review Oracle Cards and Intuitive Process Art and Journaling workshop from 2 to 5pm. (For registration and further information, visit ravenartcenter.com.) White explained her relationship with intention-setting and how this speaks to art and life.
Alibi: How do you see intention setting working in the lives of other artists you know?
Many artists or people [with] their craft find that they “don’t have enough time,” and I believe that setting the intention to work on one’s craft everyday, even if it’s just five minutes, will create a new ritual or habit that can eliminate blocks and help someone move towards their artistic or life goals however works for them. Setting an intention is the light bulb of focus.
What is the power of identifying goals at the turn of the new year in your eyes?
Identifying what someone really wants, or their goal creates a focus and intention, putting it to work is the real way to make this happen. It’s one thing to make a list of all the things you want to accomplish, next it’s time to take that further. It’s time to flesh out the list into action steps. Having a daily, weekly, monthly goal to get one to where they want to go. Writing down a goal is a good first step, but without taking it further, it may just remain a list that gets lost somewhere. It’s time to flesh out the list, create a mind map or vision board. Making notes, hints and reminders around your environment and on your calendar keeps the goal in mind on the daily. I personally love a physical calendar to assist with this. Just writing a goal in a notebook and not looking at it again until a week, month, year or years later just keeps that dream trapped, the way through is to make it a project, to spend time with what you want and give it solidity through process to make it happen.
What is going to happen at the art intention workshop?
First, we will first do a stream of consciousness writing exercise with a few prompts. Then I will pull an oracle card and do a mini-reading for each participant; this will help solidify the direction for each person for the class. Next, the participants will be guided through [a] visualization process. Attendees will have access to art supplies as well as paper and pen. After the visualization, participants will be guided through the intuitive art process (those who wish to journal are welcome too). We will repeat steps two to four one more time; I will pull an oracle card, do a reading on the new card and then the interpretation of the two cards together, take [guests] through the visualization process then lead them to the intuitive/process art. Based on the card readings, their visualization and what comes out in the process art portion of the class, we will then go through the action step process. Each participant will describe their goal and will be guided to chunk it down into doable action steps to keep them motivated and find their success. At the end of the class, participants will have the opportunity to share their insights and action plan.
What do you hope visitors will get out of it?
I hope that the participants will receive clarity about clear action steps to help them achieve their goals. I hope to assist each participant in pushing through any barriers, including the ones in [their] mind so that they can accomplish this. I also hope to leave each participant with a sense of can-do and [they can take] the process we used in class towards any goal for life and for art.
What will the new year bring for Raven Art Center?
This new year, Raven Art Center is looking forward to hosting a variety of art and wellness classes. We will focus on enhancing the awareness and importance of art by offering articles through our website and newsletter as well as a free video series. [Also] this new year, Raven Art Center is going to branch out, we will be traveling … going to schools, community centers, businesses and retirement facilities to expand the awareness of art and it’s therapeutic properties.