Studio Artists
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Erika Harding
I first learned to do mosaics at Ghost Ranch with Kathy Thaden more than 10 years ago. I love the meditative nature of the work, but also really enjoy it as a group activity, drinking wine and chatting with friends as we glue and learn together.
I have gravitated toward using stained glass in my work, and specialize in glass-on-glass mosaic pieces and tables. I collect beads, fused glass pieces, stones and other elements that I can build into my work. I also love mosaicking objects (like a deer skill and an old-fashioned porcelain cast-iron sink!) and building sculptures with glass and mosaic elements incorporated.
One of my favorite things about doing mosaic art is the ongoing learning – from my peers, books, master instructors and my mosaic students. There is so much lovely sharing of ideas and helpful tips among mosaic artists. I am learning to fuse glass and create innovative elements for my mosaics as well!
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Alison Robbenhaar
Alison Robbenhaar is a colorist and landscape oil painter. She tries to capture the unique beauty of New Mexico. She specializes in plein air painting and leads painting excursions around Taos and across New Mexico.
She has lived here since 2004, and wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
She will be teaching folks how to make a portrait of their pets at our “date night”events, for students of all ages and abilities.
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Sarah McIntyre
Sarah is an award-winning photographer, focused on telling the stories of New Mexico’s people and places.
A lifelong New Mexican, with familial roots in the state spanning generations, her approach to photographic storytelling is informed by her experiences in a place that is truly unlike any other.
Though her photographs engage a variety of themes from the sacred to the secular, Sarah is New Mexico’s premier photographer of historic churches, having long ago lost track of time spent traveling across the state to search out and photograph even the tiniest capillas in the remotest areas.
In addition to Sarah’s work documenting New Mexico’s churches, she leads private photography workshops and classes, and wows her portrait photography clients by freezing time with her camera, capturing special moments for a lifetime.
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Hitoshi Nakagawa
Hitoshi grew up in Hawaii, surrounded by ocean winds and overlapping cultures. Born between cultures, he lived in liminal space: yonsei, third-generation Japanese, half white, wholly shaped by both.
What began as a hobby, became a way to intuit and discover his Japanese heritage. In quiet studios across continents, he learned that in the spaces between brushstrokes, Zen did not just linger—it lived. In every painting, Hitoshi is both student and storyteller.
Primarily working in sumi-e and watercolor, Hitoshi’s artistic journey has also led him to explore acrylics. His work is characterized by a harmonious fusion of Western and Japanese art techniques, Hitoshi’s themes are ever-evolving, driven by a curiosity to paint what captivates him or presents a new creative challenge.
His latest collection will be showcased at the New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League Cultural Center from June 27th to July 19th, 2025.
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Joseph Romero