September 8-13 Embedding Ourselves in the Story with Kirsten Stingle

She’s’Back… It’s Kirsten Stingle time!

Let’s fall down the rabbit hole together and celebrate a story rooted within a pulsating ecosystem. This workshop will explore how our stories are inextricably entangled with a world full of animacy and agency. Students will stretch the potential of figurative sculpture to create a form in which new stories bubble with potential.

Kirsten will guide students to build a small torso in a step-by-step approach to anatomy, proportion, and gesture with one-on-one instruction and handouts.  The figure will ground the sculpture in a familiar storytelling vessel.  Then, using the coil method, the class will build a texturally complex form to explore surface potential and a “canvas” on which to expand on ideas and themes.  The form and texture will highlight the ecosystem in which the figure thrives and provide narrative context.  The resulting sculpture will be approximately an 18” wall piece.  Kirsten will discuss how to further build up the complexity of the surface after firing using cold finishes and mixed media. On the final day of class students will embark on a day trip to visit the firing facility just outside of town and deliver their pieces to the kilns, see the countryside a bit, and explore Madrid and Cerrillos for an unforgettable afternoon. This is an all-levels class. Beginners welcome.

September 8-13 , 2025

@ MUSES Santa Fe / 1189 Parkway Dr. Suite #G2

Santa Fe, Nm 87570

Workshop Info:

• Tuition $1500 *For this workshop Muses is accepting deposits of 50% with the remaining balance due after 90 days of initial deposit. All accounts must be paid in full by June 1, 2025. Please select 50% Deposit to reserve your spot in class. We regret that deposits are not refundable.

• Lodging, transportation and meals not included

• Max 12 students

• All skill levels welcome

• Materials list to follow

• This workshop has a minimum enrollment requirement. Please purchase travel insurance if planning on making immutable travel arrangements.

Please note our cancellation policy: After registration and payment, students have 48 hours to cancel with a 15% admin fee deducted from their refund. After the 48 Hr cancellation period and up until 2 weeks before the workshop begins a refund will be given (-a 15% admin fee) only if the spot can be filled by another student through Muses Santa Fe. Please understand our cancellation policy is necessary to properly accommodate our guest artists who go to great lengths to be here!