Flowers & Faces in Mosaic

A unique week-long mosaic workshop Flowers & Faces in Mosaic will be offered at Hacienda Mosaico in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This workshop is only offered during weeklong workshops or weekend intensives. This artist retreat mosaic workshop is located in an amazing and beautiful walled garden property within the Colonia Versalles. Hacienda Mosaico has been invited to be on the Puerto Vallarta Home Tour. This is a tropical environment, and an inspiring place to be creative.

This private villa offers Mexican cuisine prepared by their personal chef.
Breakfast and lunch are included in the price and will be served pool-side in an open-air tropical space filled with mosaic, art, inspiration and margaritas!

Shopping and evening dining is within walking distance and very close to the beach! Puerto Vallarta has old-world charm with its cobblestoned streets and local vendors selling their artifacts located on the Pacific Coast with views of the Sierra Madre mountains.

Art, mosaics and breathtaking tropical surroundings will surround us 24/7 with two optional private excursions to art galleries and a sightseeing tour with an experienced guide in a private, a/c van. We will be surrounded by inspiration from the picturesque, tropical and natural surroundings with daily lessons in mosaic art using stained glass, tiles or smalti addressing: two kinds of shadows, facial and botanic structure, value lessons, color theory and much more. The studio is available at all times during your stay with all questions being answered. Whether you want to try something new, jump-start your creative side or take your work to the next level, it will be a most inspiring week full of art in the tropics!

INSTRUCTOR: Carol Shelkin

I’ve been a teaching-artist, exhibiting worldwide after attending PA Academy of Fine Arts with more than 25 years of experience. My studios are just outside of Philadelphia where I’ve exhibited at galleries worldwide and accepted into juried exhibits including The Society of American Artists yearly exhibitions in 2009, 2010 and 2011 along with receiving many awards and honors. I’ve been highlighted and published in several mosaic art books.
This workshop is a great opportunity to work with me personally; receiving one on one instruction, artistic direction, offering my skill and understanding of the arts and help you take your work to the next level. My goal is to help each participant to find their own “voice” addressing individual challenges. Participants will leave this weeklong workshop with a new understanding, knowledge and direction of their work.
My desire is that you leave this workshop as an artist thinking differently and seeing differently.

• Wheeled Glass Nippers (can be purchased from www.MarylandMosaics.com).
• Sharpie Magic Marker: Fine point.
• Masking tape or blue painters tape.
• 1 small bottle Weldbond Glue (4oz.).
• Optional: Bubble wrap (to keep your mosaic safe going home.
• Tweezers.
• Stained glass, smalti or tiles* – I will send a list of colors to bring depending on what project you choose.
  *I will also be bringing extra tiles and stained glass.

• Daily / or evening instruction + 5 nights / 6 days lodging at Hacienda Mosaico.
• Sunday welcome reception with cocktails & traditional Mexican appetizers.
• Delicious full breakfasts & lunches served poolside.
• Unlimited open studio time 24/7.
• Free time to explore Puerto Vallarta.
• Two Optional Excursions to museums / or sightseeing.
• Saturday departure brunch.

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