The ENMU Department of Art and the Runnels Gallery proudly present the annual High School Art & Design Festival! High school classes, their teachers, or individual students may attend any or all days to experience hands-on workshops, demonstrations, portfolio reviews, and the opportunity to compete for an ENMU scholarship. The festival is scheduled for Friday, April 11, through Saturday, April 12, 2025.
Types of Workshops
Workshops are led by the ENMU Department of Art’s faculty, focusing on their specialty subjects. Students can customize their schedule by selecting from topics offered each day. Each workshop will be repeated at least once, ensuring students can experience all the festival offers. Art teachers are encouraged to participate, too. Each topic is geared towards the ambitious, creative artist. This year's workshop topics include:
- Collage-a-Button - Make and press pin-back buttons using paper collage materials. Each session will challenge you to use a combination of the elements and principles of art, elevating your abilities as a designer and artist.
- Introduction to Chainmaille - Chainmaille is armor made from metal rings joined together in a pattern to form a protective mesh. This workshop will introduce techniques to begin the linking process to create small jewelry. You’ll explore patterns, varieties of rings, and how to source your materials once you get hooked on making this fascinating art form!
- Plein Air Landscape Painting - Get outside and make an expressive painting on campus. First, you’ll make a colorful underpainting, laying the groundwork and values for your scene. Then, add more layers on top, describing shadows and forms and creating a new interaction of color. Work fast and enjoy abstracting what you see.
- Project: Skateboard Design - For sidewalk surfers, a plain skateboard is like a blank canvas. In this workshop, you will learn how to create 2-D mockups of your dream board using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. You’ll design images for both the top and bottom of the deck and take home big, beautiful prints of your design.
- Relief Print Bookplates - A bookplate, also known as an “ex libris” (Latin for “from the books of”), is a label attached to the inside front cover of a book to indicate ownership. You will learn to design and cut speedy-carve linoleum stamps to print your edition of bookplate stickers. You’ll take home a stack of these special prints for your cherished book collection.
- Screen Printing Basics - Learn to make prints on paper using a screen-printing process. In this workshop, you’ll see how the entire process of creating a print on paper with light exposure is done. You can pull a color yourself with a squeegee and take home your print.
- Sketchbook Lounge - Customize your sketchbook using washi tapes, collages, and various drawing materials. Use the still life in our drawing studio for inspiration as you fill your new sketchbook.
- Wheel Throwing Pottery - Literally, get your hands dirty over in our clay lab. Watch a demonstration of wedging, centering, and raising clay on the pottery wheel. After the demonstration, try your hand at forming your vessel. Pots won’t be available to be fired or taken home, but you’ll get a feel for the wheel and this fascinating technique.
A final, detailed workshop and activity schedule will be shared closer to the event date and emailed to schools and individuals who register.
Workshop Schedule and Descriptions
Portfolio Review and Scholarship Competition
Students may sign up for one-on-one portfolio reviews during the festival. Bring together your best projects and artwork (viewed digitally or in person) for a comprehensive evaluation by experienced art and design professors and professionals. Any level of high school student may participate to gain valuable insights and constructive feedback on your creative work. Faculty reviewers will be ready to award scholarship funds to students intending to apply or attend ENMU, so don’t miss this fantastic opportunity!
Senior Portfolio Review-Student Registration Form High School Art and Design Participant Waiver
Eligibility and Registration Fees
Any high school student (freshman through senior level), community or junior college, or school art educator can attend. Participants are welcome to attend individually or as a school group.
- Early Bird Registration Fee: $15 per person on or before Friday, Dec. 6, 2024
- Standard Registration Fee: $25 per person on or after Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024
The first two teacher/parent registrations for each student group are free. Each additional teacher/parent is subject to the early bird or standard registration fee.
Registration fees cover the cost of attendance and supplies only. There is no prorated registration fee for participants who do not attend the entire festival.
All registration fees are non-refundable after 5 p.m., Friday, March 28, 2025. Payment must be made to the ENMU Department of Art and mailed to the Department of Art, ENMU Station 54, 1500 S Ave K, Portales, NM 88130. School purchase orders accepted.
High School Art and Design Festival Online Registration Form
Art Facilities
Workshops will be held in studio spaces located in the Art and Anthropology Building (AA), Art Annex (AAX), and the Agricultural Building (AG). Check out our spaces before arriving. You can also download a campus map at enmu.edu/Map.
Meal and Lodging Information
The registration fee does not include meals or lodging. Festival attendees are responsible for securing their meals and lodging. ENMU Dining Services are provided by Sodexo, a contracted corporation specializing in providing customers with a quality dining experience. Sodexo offers "All You Care to Eat" unlimited dining in the Crossroads Café Dining Hall located in Campus Union (CUB), the Greyhound Café and World of Wings (Wow) located in the CUB, and Einstein Bros. Bagels in the Golden Student Success Center (GSSC).
Crossroads Café Dining Hall Cost
- Breakfast and Lunch | $6.50 per person
- Dinner | $8.50 per person
Festival attendees requiring tax exemption or who wish to pay with a school purchase order must contact Matti Verder at 575.562.2217 or [email protected] before the festival.
For those who require lodging, Portales offers four options, including:
- Comfort Inn | 226.3996 | 223 W 2nd St
- Holiday Inn Express and Suites | 575.356.4723 | 1901 W 2nd St
- Sands Motel | 575.356.4424 | 1130 W 1st St
- Super 8 Motel | 575.356.8518 | 1805 W 2nd St
Additional lodging options are available in Clovis, New Mexico, twenty miles northeast of Portales.
For More Information Contact
Art
ENMU Station 54
1500 S Ave K
Portales, NM 88130
Office Location: Art and Anthropology (AA), Room 111
Phone: 575.562.2778
Email: [email protected]
