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2 Tai Chi classes to choose from at Northern's El Rito campus!

Introduction to Tai Chi
June 11- July 18, 2025 • Wednesday & Friday • 10-11 am
El Rito Campus, Alumni Hall• 6 week class, $40 • See details below!

• The Chinese art of Tai Chi is a moving meditation and whole-body exercise for maintaining and building the health of mind and body. This class will introduce the long-form Tai Chi set as taught by Master May Lin-Sin, with a focus on basic principles.
• Intended for people who are new to Tai Chi; no experience is required. It is also appropriate for those who have completed this course before and wish further practice.
• Instructor Chris Ng is certified by the non-profit American Tai Chi Academy with more than 30 years of teaching Tai Chi.

Register here

Ongoing Tai Chi Practice
June 11- July 18, 2025 • Wednesday & Friday • 11 am-12 pm
El Rito Campus, Alumni Hall• 6 week class, $40 • See details below!

• The Chinese art of Tai Chi is a moving meditation and whole-body exercise for maintaining and building the health of mind and body. This class will introduce the long-form Tai Chi set as taught by Master May Lin-Sin, with a focus on basic principles.
• Intended for people who are new to Tai Chi; no experience is required. It is also appropriate for those who have completed this course before and wish further practice.
• Instructor Chris Ng is certified by the non-profit American Tai Chi Academy with more than 30 years of teaching Tai Chi.

Register here

 

$FREE Entry-Level Driver Training, CDL Permit Prep
May 12- 23, 2025 • Monday - Friday • 5:30-8:30pm
NNMC Española Campus, AD 132 • Limited to 10 students • See details below!

• Federally mandated ELDT training in accordance with FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association)
• 35 ELDT chapters will be taught, as well as general knowledge, air brakes, and combination vehicles, in accordance with the NM CDL Manual
• Guidance on meeting all requirements to obtain ELDT training and a CDL permit
  Register here

 

Traditional Spanish Retablo Painting
April 2 - May 21, 2025 • Wednesdays • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Española Campus • Arts Annex/Metal Trades Building
Fee: $160 • Supplies included
Register here
Retablos are devotional paintings of religious figures on wood panels. This course, taught by Rose Price, will include researching the history and the study of traditional retablos and artists.

• Drawing religious figures (saints)
• Practice using watercolors to paint figures
• Learning the use of gesso (commercial or homemade)
• The study of natural pigments (organic and Inorganic)
• Preparing wood panels for painting
• Painting a retablo with natural pigments
• Varnishing a completed painted panel with (commercial or homemade varnishes)

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RECURRING CLASSES - Stay tuned for new dates!

• Horno Construction - El Rito campus
• 3 Days to Better Golf Essentials - Black Mesa Golf Course
• 3 days to a Better Short Game - Black Mesa Golf Course
• Rio Grande Weaving - Española campus
• Spanish Colonial Wood Working - Española campus
• Introduction to Tai Chi - with instructor Chris Ng • El Rito campus
• Basic Wildland Fire Training - Española Campus
• Entry-Level Driver Training, CDL Permit Prep - Española campus
• Free Carpentry Camp – Job readiness for the Carpentry trades! See details here.
• Free Welding Camp – With job placement assistance. See details here.
  
  

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PREVIOUSLY OFFERED

• Business as Artists: FREE Workshop Series
  
• FREE Lineman Boot Camp - El Rito campus. See details here.
• Kernel to Tortilla: A Workshop on Nixtamalization and Masa
• Traditional Brush Technique Based on European Folk Painting
• Publish Your Own Book
  
• How to Use Chat GPT - An Intro to AI
• Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
• Pueblo Style Loom Beading
• Residential Wiring
• Traditional Spanish Retablo Painting
• New Mexico Boating Safety Education, with instructor Scott Chalmers
• Understanding the Fundamentals of Business Management & Administration, with instructor Ocelot Lopez
• Growing & Marketing Multiple Crops from Hemp
• Intro to Permacuture: A Look into Regenerative Living