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IN-PERSON CLASSES:

ESPAÑOLA CAMPUS:

Electrical, Carpentry HVAC, & Welding Camp 
Summer 2026 (Dates TBD)

Traditional Spanish Retablo Painting
August 12 - September 23 2026
Wednesdays, 9:00am - 12:00pm • 8 classes
Española Campus • Arts Annex/Metal Trades Building
Fee: $160 • Supplies included

EL RITO CAMPUS:
For El Rito classes, please fill out the form and email it to lina.alegre@nnmc.edu

Pottery Studio Introduction (Required for Weekly Studio Access) 
—This 75 min. introductory class covers studio basics: tools, safety, cleanup, clay wedging, and handbuilding. Clay included. Attend this ONE session to unlock weekly Open Studio access (Wednesday evenings, by donation).

Tending and Harvesting Resilient Gardens
Instructor: Ashley Haywood
Part 2 Co-led by Lupita Salazar
$35 per class
Join us for Tending and Harvesting Resilient Gardens, a two-part hands-on series at La Querencia Greenhouse on the NNMC El Rito Campus. Each class can be taken on its own, but together they tell the full story of a season—from transplanting and tending to harvesting and seed saving.

Part 1: Transplanting & Early Summer Tending
Saturday, June 27 | 10:00 AM–12:30 PM | La Querencia Greenhouse, NNMC El Rito Campus
Get your hands in the soil as we tend a drought-tolerant demonstration garden. Participants will work with warm-season herbs, annual flowers, landrace beans and squash, and harvest amaranth greens while learning the stories and uses of these plants. Topics include transplanting, spacing, watering for establishment, thinning, and learning how to read what plants need as they grow.

Part 2: Late Summer Return & Harvest
Late August (Date TBD) | 10:00 AM–12:30 PM | La Querencia Greenhouse, NNMC El Rito Campus
Return to the garden as the season shifts toward harvest. Learn harvesting, drying, seed-saving, and storage techniques while working with amaranth, papalo, epazote, landrace squash and beans, and other herbs. Participants will be able to take home a portion of what is harvested from the garden.

Foundational Yoga: Cultivating a Personal Practice
Instructor: Tauri Lang
Tuesdays, July 7–28, 2026 | 10:00–11:30 am
Fee: $50
Location: Alumni Hall, NNMC El Rito Campus

An invitation to slow down, reconnect, and build a sustainable yoga practice rooted in awareness, breath, and presence. This foundational course is designed for beginners, returning practitioners, or anyone seeking a deeper connection to the basics of yoga in a supportive and welcoming environment.

Participants will explore Hatha, Vinyasa, and Yin yoga practices while learning techniques that support nervous system regulation, flexibility, balance, and mindfulness. The course will also introduce breathwork, meditation, mantra, and mudra practices that encourage a more grounded and intentional relationship with movement and self-care.

Together, we will explore how yoga can become a personal practice that supports physical well-being, emotional resilience, and inner calm both on and off the mat.

Participants are encouraged to bring a yoga mat, blocks, straps, and any comfort props they enjoy using.

Complete the registration form and send it to: lina.alegre@nnmc.edu

Introduction to Bookbinding at El Pueblito Press
Instructor: Julie Wagner
July 25, 2026 | 10am-3pm | El Pueblito Letterpress Studio, NNMC El Rito Campus
Tuition: $50 No prior bookbinding experience required. All materials included.

Learn the beautiful art of bookbinding and discover how to transform your letterpress work into elegant, handcrafted chapbooks. In this hands-on introductory workshop, you'll explore essential bookbinding techniques and create simple, finished books perfect for showcasing your own printed designs.

What You'll Learn:

• The basics of making simple books
• How to determine paper grain and why it matters
• How to fold paper, punch holes, and hand stitch
• Three-hole pamphlet binding and stitch variations
• Basic accordion fold techniques with creative variations
• How to use these techniques to create small chapbooks featuring your letterpress work

Whether you're looking to bind and share your printed work or simply want to explore a new craft, this beginner-friendly class introduces the fundamentals of bookbinding in a supportive, creative environment. You'll leave with both the skills to continue binding and finished chapbooks you've created yourself.