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The Paradise Artist Retreat will be held February 20-23rd at the amazing Tamaya Resort in New Mexico. While many painters toil away alone in their basement, this art retreat is an opportunity for artists to create alongside over a hundred other artists in an beautiful environment! Through the course of four days artists of all skill levels, from first time beginners to seasoned accomplished professional artists, will participate in numerous workshops, seminars, discussion panels, critiques, and art creation. While the event is supported by the tattoo community with the large portion of the attending artists tattooing for a living and traveling in, this event is free of tattooing, and open to artists of nearly any medium. Artist passes are moving, rooms are being reserved, and many of the seminars are on their way to selling out, so register for seminars, book your rooms, and buy your tickets soon to save your spot!
Each attending artist will have a 5x5 space to set up and create and sell art. Last year the art rooms were the busiest from midnight to 3am, so we made sure the room will be open to create 24 hours a day to accomadate all the night owls! There are many learning activities that are included with the artist pass, including a live portrait painting workshop with Shawn Barber, business for artists by Chet Zar, figure drawing workshops, a critique, a still life workshop, and entry into the opening party with an hour and a half of drinks on the house! Other workshop and seminar teachers include Nick Baxter, Cory Norris, Damon Conklin, Chris Dingwell, Paul Abbott, Tom Strom, Chris Lowe, Teresa Sharpe, Adrian Dominic, Dan and Tim Plumley, and Ian McKown. Topics include oil painting, character creation, acrilyics, achieving effects with pastels, realistic colored pencils, the holistic proccess of art creation, painting on a budget, heads and hands, photoshop, and more! The opportunity to be able to learn and create alongside so many artists, including some of the industry's leaders, is truly exceptional. Don't take it from us, go to the site to read the reviews!
The Tamaya Resort in Santa Anna Pueblo New Mexico is a perfect match for this event. Meaning "A quiet, special place", the Tamaya is on a Pueblo. Voted “Best in the World” by Conde Nast Traveler in 2010 and one of the top in the United States and Canada by Travel + Leisure magazine, this unique resort reflects an attention to detail unlike any you’ve ever experienced. The venue is very family friendly, in fact the many activities open to children and families throughout the week were recently raved about in Forbes magazine of all places. Check out this slideshow of the Tamaya resort. The food at the resort is delecious, and everyone in the room block will receive 15% off their meals and beverages as well as 10% off the Spa! In the past four years, the Paradise events have sold out the resort ahead of time and the room block rate and deals are only good until January 30th so make your plans sooner rather than later!
For press photos or an interview for your website or publication, please call Gabe at (413) 585-9134 or email us.
Booking Information
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Call (888) 421-1442 or (402) 592-6464 for international callers.
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Reference G-TATT for the group rate.
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Take a vacation, room rate good for 3 days before and after the event!
Travel Information
Fly: Albuquerque, New Mexico airport (ABQ). Its a very nice and easy airport!
You have three options for transportation from the Albuquerque Airport.
1. The shuttle service we recommend is Southwest Carriage. (505) 766-5466. Shuttles run from 6am-6pm, on the hour. The shuttle costs $40 per passenger and advance reservations with a credit card are required.
2. The optional shuttle company is Sunport Shuttle, www.sunportshuttle.com or (866) 505-4966. They offer a shuttle for $40 one-way or $78 roundtrip. They charge $7.00 for additional passengers.
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We work very hard so our events don't disappoint. Here are a few reviews from last year.
 "Each September artists from all over the world visit the tiny town of Hancock, Massachusetts for the Paradise Tattoo Gathering tattoo convention. The annual gathering produced by TattooNOW and Off the Map Tattoo emphasizes art and tattoo education with seminars, workshops, discussion panels and world-class tattooing, of course.
Unlike the past two tattoo conventions held on the mountain, in 2010 the tattooers focused entirely on their unique, personal visions in their medium of choice –except this time no skin was allowed. The machines were left behind. And in some ways, this event conveniently isolates two major factors affecting this renaissance –the education and the expanding artistic vision of the tattoo world." Read the full Tattoo Artist Magazine Coverage.
 "This event has made a huge impact on me and the direction of my art in more ways than one. I've never met a community quite like the tattoo community. They're not like the rest of the art industry, but they're very much apart of it. The artists I met over the course of the retreat were incredibly talented, genuine, and humble. I didn't realize until our last night there that my friend and I were quite literally the only non-tattooers there. It didn't matter though. We love art just like them, and I got priceless advice that I will take with me forever from some of them kind enough to walk me through their steps." Read the full Paradise Artist Retreat 2010 blog by artist Jeni Lowery. There are lots of pictures, thanks Jeni!
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