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Upon arrival and logistical overviewYour 24-hour Tour Director will meet you at the airport and remain with your group until your final airport departure. You’ll have a private coach and driver while touring for the next five days. From the airport in Santa Fe, your group will travel to Abiquiu via Taos.
TaosTaos is a town in northern New Mexico's high desert, bounded by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It's known for historic adobe buildings such as Taos Pueblo, a multistory adobe complex inhabited by Native Americans for centuries. A longtime artist colony, Taos also offers many galleries and museums showcasing regional artwork.
Taos CowYou’ll stop at Taos Cow for lunch and ice cream.
Ghost Ranch Retreat and Education Center:Continue to the Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, which will be your base for the next two nights. While here, you’ll enjoy breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the ranch. The landscape of Ghost Ranch—made famous by painter Georgia O'Keeffe—encompasses 21,000 acres of towering rock walls and vast skies in vivid colors.
Daily reflection and group discussion"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience." - John Dewey Every evening of the program, we’ll set time aside to update your Reflection Journal and share thoughts and impressions that have come up during the day.
Following breakfast, your group will tour the Ghost Ranch by motorbus to see the landscapes and actual locations of Georgia O’Keefe’s paintings while your guide tells stories of her 50 years at Ghost Ranch.
Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of AnthropologyVisit the Museum of Anthropology at Ghost Ranch, which displays ancient artifacts from Paleo-Indian culture, from 10,000 years ago through ancestral Puebloan times to present, including pottery and weavings from local Pueblos.
Horseback ridingAfter dinner, take in a spectacular sunset and an uninterrupted view of 21,000 acres during a leisurely horseback ride.
After breakfast at the Ranch, you’ll travel from Abiquiu to Santa Fe, which will be your base for the next two nights. While here, your group will enjoy breakfast at the hotel.
Bandelier National MonumentEn route to Santa Fe, you’ll stop to visit Bandelier National Monument. The monument, which is operated by the U.S. National Park Service, preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans.
Santa FeSanta Fe, the Town of the Holy Faith, is an ancient city located 7,000 feet above sea level in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Established in 1610, it’s both the oldest and the highest capital city in the United States.
Group dinnerEnjoy an evening meal together in a local restaurant.
Visit the Georgia O'Keefe Museum to learn more about the artist. This visit offers insight not only into the artist's paintings but also her creative process as well as the light and landscape that inspired her.
Art classParticipate in an art class at the Georgia O’Keefe Museum.
New Mexico Museum of ArtText
TitleVisit the New Mexico Museum of Art, the state’s oldest art museum. Designed by Isaac Rapp and built in 1917, it’s an example of Pueblo Revival-style architecture and one of Santa Fe's best-known syntheses of Native American and Spanish Colonial designs. The facade was inspired by the mission churches of Acoma, San Felipe, Cochiti, Laguna, Santa Ana, and Pecos
Group dinnerEnjoy your evening meal as a group in a local restaurant.
Final reflection and discussion sessionThis evening, you’ll make the final entries in your Reflection Journal and share some of the most significant observations and perspectives that have taken shape throughout your Art Tour to New Mexico. We’ll also discuss how these experiences may be most relevant for us all as we return home.
Your rewarding and enjoyable Art Tour to New Mexico comes to an end as your Tour Director accompanies your group to the airport on your final day.
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