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MakeSpace is a beautiful studio dedicated to fostering creativity and building a vibrant art community.

We offer art classes & workshops in various mediums, for all skill levels. Empowering artists to connect, create, and grow together.

10/13/2026

🎨 Two abstract art workshops. Two different ways to grow as an artist. Which one is right for you?

Abstract art is about more than what ends up on the canvas. It’s about experimentation, intuition, and discovering what happens when you give yourself permission to create without expectations.

✨ Fearless Abstract Painting with Samantha da Silva
📅 October 24 | 10 AM–3 PM |
Ready to get hands-on? Explore rollers, unconventional tools, and unique textural materials like plaster and sand in this one-day, step-by-step workshop. All supplies are included, and no prior experience is needed!

🌀 The Art of Creating from Your Gut with John Berry
📅 November 20–21 | 1–4 PM |
Ready to dig deeper into your creative practice? This two-day workshop explores the ideas, instincts, and personal meaning behind your work, helping you develop your artistic voice and bring a more intentional piece to life. Best suited for intermediate and advanced artists. Bring your own supplies!

So, what’s the difference? Fearless Abstract Painting focuses on exploring how you create through techniques and materials. Creating from Your Gut explores why you create and how to make art that feels authentically yours.

Both offer an opportunity to step outside your comfort zone, reconnect with your creativity, and see where the process takes you. 💫

Which workshop speaks to you? Let us know in the comments, and visit MakeSpaceKayenta.com to learn more and reserve your spot!

09/23/2026

🍂 Turn a piece of autumn into something you can keep. 🍂

We’re excited to introduce a new instructor and a new creative collaboration at MakeSpace! Join ceramic artist Natalie Rennert for Fall Leaf Bowls, a two-session hand-building workshop created in collaboration with our friends at The Tilted Kiln. 🏺

Using real autumn leaves, you’ll press their natural shapes and textures into clay over hump molds to create your own one-of-a-kind bowl. In the second session, you’ll bring your piece to life with underglazes before it’s fired and returned as a functional work of art.

No ceramic experience necessary, just come ready to get your hands in the clay and enjoy the season. 🍁

Natalie’s ceramic practice explores the connection between material, ritual, and place, often drawing inspiration from the Southern Utah landscape. We’re so excited to welcome her to MakeSpace and offer this unique opportunity to create alongside her!

📅 October 14 & 28
🕐 1–3 PM
💰 $120 — all materials included
✨ No experience necessary

Come make something that feels like fall. 🍂

09/22/2026

✨ A special opportunity is happening at MakeSpace this week!

We’re welcoming visiting artist and printmaker Linda Tay’nahza’, who is making the long journey from Nebraska to Southern Utah to spend three full days exploring the expressive world of monotype printmaking with us.

If you’ve been curious about printmaking—or simply want to spend a few days experimenting, creating, and learning from an experienced artist—this is your chance.

The Expressive Monotype: A 3-Day Creative Immersion
📅 September 24–26
⏰ 10 AM–4 PM each day

Linda has been passionate about printmaking for more than 30 years and has exhibited her work nationally, with prints held in collections at universities, museums, resorts, and by private collectors across the country. She has also spent more than 40 years teaching artists of all ages and skill levels—and she genuinely loves sharing the process with others.

Over three days, you’ll explore inks, plates, layering, stencils, ghost prints, rainbow rolls, chine collé, linear transfer, hand-worked embellishments, and more as you develop your own unique series of one-of-a-kind prints.

This is a rare chance to learn directly from an accomplished visiting artist right here at MakeSpace.

🎨 There are still spots available, but class is coming up quickly!

Come spend three creative days with Linda, experiment with a wonderfully unpredictable medium, and see where the process takes you.

Sign up at MakeSpaceKayenta.com

09/07/2026

🎨 Looking for something creative to do this week? Come MakeSpace!

We have THREE ways to get creative this week—and there’s something for every kind of artist. ✨

🔥 Wood Burning + Watercolor Mixed Media
on Thursday with Kaylee Fisher
Combine the rich, detailed lines of wood burning with soft watercolor to create a one-of-a-kind mixed-media piece inspired by the beauty of the desert.

🌿 Waterlilies in Oil — 2-Day Workshop
with Jen Hestad on Friday and Saturday
Spend two immersive days exploring the beauty, color, and movement of waterlilies through oil painting. Perfect for slowing down, experimenting, and diving deeper into your painting practice.

💧 Watercolor Studio with Michael Tabor
Wednesdays throughout September
A relaxed, ongoing watercolor studio where you can paint, practice, and learn alongside fellow artists with guidance from Michael Tabor.

Whether you’re brand new to art or looking to expand your skills, there’s always something happening at MakeSpace Kayenta.

✨ Come take a class, try something new, and make some space for creativity.
Sign up at MakeSpaceKayenta.com

09/04/2026

First Fridays is tomorrow, September 4 from 4PM - 8PM! The lineup:

🎉 Southern Utah Market bringing an amazing selection of vendors to check out

🎤 Kayenta crowd favorite Samantha Eagar performing live in the courtyard!

🎬 DOCUTAH screening of the film, Secrets of the Great Salt Lake at 7:30PM (your last chance to get 50% off all DOCUTAH screenings this season)

🎨 Kayenta Art Village shop sales, an Art Talk with MakeSpace Kayenta, and great food and drinks at Xetava Gardens Cafe and Rusted Cactus.

08/25/2026

What happens when drawing, painting, and printmaking collide? ✨

Take a closer look at these expressive monotypes by visiting artist and printmaker Linda Tay’nahza’, each one is completely unique, full of texture, movement, and beautiful surprises.

Join Linda at MakeSpace for The Expressive Monotype: A 3-Day Creative Immersion, September 24–26, from 10 AM–4 PM each day.

Over three hands-on days, you’ll explore:
• Monotype foundations, plates, inks, papers & press operation
• Ghost prints, multiple drops, stencils & rainbow rolls
• Washes, chine collé, linear transfer & hand-worked embellishments
• Layering, color, texture and personal experimentation
• Developing a body of work that reflects your own artistic voice

With more than 30 years of experience in printmaking and an extensive exhibition and teaching history, Linda brings a wealth of knowledge, and a genuine love of teaching to this immersive workshop.

Whether you’re new to monotype or already have experience with printmaking, this is an opportunity to experiment, play, and discover what this wonderfully unpredictable medium can do.

📅 September 24, 25 & 26
⏰ 10 AM–4 PM
📍 MakeSpace, Kayenta Art Village

Come make something one-of-a-kind with Linda. 🖤

08/07/2026

Which class caught your eye? 👀🎨

We’ve packed the rest of the year with something for every kind of artist.

🌸Watercolor - soft washes, luminous layers
🖌️Oil painting — impressionist light & expressive brushwork
🌀Marbling - swirling inks on paper, pure magic
🧩Mixed media - texture, collage, and bold experimentation
📷Photography - see the world through a new lens

Featuring an incredible lineup of guest artists and local talent all season long. Whether you’re just starting out or ready to refine your craft, there’s a seat with your name on it.

Tell us below: which one are you most excited about?
📲Share with a friend who is pationate about creativity!

🔗 Register at MakeSpaceKayenta.com

06/30/2026

There are only 3 open spots left in our Drawing 1 & 2 course starting next week!

Drawing is more than observation, it is a language. In this four-week series, nationally exhibited painter and educator Larry Ge**er guides students through the foundational principles that allow artists to communicate visually with clarity, confidence, and intention. Through a combination of technical exercises, discussion, demonstration, and critique, students will develop a stronger understanding of line, value, composition, proportion, and the relationship between perception and expression.

Register today at MakeSpaceKayenta.com

06/16/2026

✨ Watch the ink come alive.

Alcohol inks are one of the most mesmerizing mediums out there, just add a little alcohol and watch colors flow, bloom, and dance in real time. You’ll leave with a frame-ready 12×12” masterpiece and a seriously relaxed state of mind.

All supplies included. You just show up and unwind.

🔗 Sign up → MakeSpaceKayenta.com

05/04/2026

We have an exciting NEW offering - Figure Drawing Practice Sessions with Live Models.

Sometimes the best way to grow as an artist… is simply to show up and draw.

We’re opening up the studio for Figure Drawing Practice Nights on Wednesdays—a relaxed, self-guided session with a live model and uninterrupted time to focus on your craft. No instruction, no pressure—just space to explore your style, build consistency, and drop into your creative flow.

-Come as you are
-Bring your own materials
-Leave with stronger skills and a fuller sketchbook

Register at MakeSpaceKayenta.com - Grab your seat + join us this Wednesday from 6–9pm.

Tag or send this to your favorite figure drawing artist and come practice together ✍️

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918 Art Village Way
Ivins, UT
84738

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