The Alma Summer Institute

The Alma Summer Institute ALMA (Apprenticeships for Leaders in Mosaic Arts) 🔵Mosaics 🔵Workshops 🔵Apprenticeships 🔵Community

These young artists beautify the city and create a unique piece of public art that will be in our community for hundreds of years.

You’re invited!! 🥳Mark your calendars, because in one month we are going to have a ✨Dedication✨ for our summer project. ...
08/29/2026

You’re invited!! 🥳
Mark your calendars, because in one month we are going to have a ✨Dedication✨ for our summer project. Come see our completed sculpture and all the work our apprentices did. 👏
We’ll also have some of our crew talk about the process and there will be light refreshments. 😃
☀️Sat., Sept. 26th, 3-4p at Special Collections Library

Last Saturday, we had a mosaic paver workshop at Kirtland Air Force Base. It was fun to see the colors/compositions peop...
08/26/2026

Last Saturday, we had a mosaic paver workshop at Kirtland Air Force Base. It was fun to see the colors/compositions people used. 🤩 This is the second workshop we’ve done here and it was great to be back.
➡️ Swipe to see more photos of the workshop and everyone’s finished pavers at the end. 💕

Setting up for the workshop 🩵

The sign used to promote our event 🤩

Workshop attendees picking their tiles 😃

A little snapshot of the workshop 😮

A lot of people ended up standing by the end of the workshop ☺️

Participants mortaring their tiles and installing them on their pavers 🫶

Margarita Paz-Pedro teaching our participants how to grout their pavers 🙌

Finished pavers (1/2) 🤩🤩

Finished pavers (2/2) 😍😍

🚨 We’re Hiring!!🚨ALMA is currently looking for 2-3 apprentices to assist with a project this fall. An applicant’s age sh...
08/20/2026

🚨 We’re Hiring!!🚨
ALMA is currently looking for 2-3 apprentices to assist with a project this fall. An applicant’s age should be between 16-25 years old and clay-experience is preferred, but not required. Also, this is a short-term position.
‼️Application can be found on our website under “Jobs” or here- https://almatile.org/fall-asi-program/
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❓Have a question? Feel free to send an email to almatilearts@gmail@com

Another week of install is done and we’re basically at the finish line! 😃 This week was filled with grouting sessions an...
08/13/2026

Another week of install is done and we’re basically at the finish line! 😃 This week was filled with grouting sessions and getting the rest of our form tiled. We have 1 more grouting day and this project will be officially completed. 👏 Swipe to the end to see a bit of the last section we finished.
‼️ Keep an eye out for our dedication flyer and more photos from this project!!

We typically grout early in the morning to avoid the midday heat drying the grout too fast

A little video of the grouting process 😮

Today, we finished grouting the base our form sits on 🥳

A close up of our grout when it’s first being applied and hasn’t yet been smoothed out

One of our Project Managers, Jack, helping to grout the base 🩵

A short video of the buffing we need to do after grouting to reveal the ✨shine✨ of our tiles 🤩

Here’s a snippet of the last section we finished tiling 📚

ᴘᴜᴇʙʟᴏ ʀᴇᴠᴏʟᴛ ᴅᴀʏWe included a Pueblo runner in our newest work, which is currently in progress at the Special Collectio...
08/10/2026

ᴘᴜᴇʙʟᴏ ʀᴇᴠᴏʟᴛ ᴅᴀʏ
We included a Pueblo runner in our newest work, which is currently in progress at the Special Collections library.
“On August 10, 1680, the Pueblo nations of New Mexico rose up against the Spanish colonizers. For over eighty years, the Pueblo people suffered violence, cruelty, and hunger; exploitation of labor and resources; harassment and persecution for practicing long-held religious traditions that are interwoven in daily life; and psychological and physical stress. The Revolt helped ensure cultural survival and demonstrated the resilience of the Pueblo people. It is one reason the Pueblos continue to maintain their lands, languages, customs, and religion.”
- indianpueblo.org

The Pueblo runner runs on a colorful path that swirls through one quadrant of our concrete form

The runner after being glazed and ready for us to mark the pieces’ placement for future reference

The Pueblo runner was drawn by one of our apprentices, addie , and later carved by one of our Lead Apprentices, Danielle 🤩

We’ve been busy installing all week and it’s been amazing to see the progress our team is making. 👏 All of our design ti...
08/07/2026

We’ve been busy installing all week and it’s been amazing to see the progress our team is making. 👏 All of our design tile has been installed and we’ve grouted a couple of times too. Swipe to the end to see all the sides of our concrete form. ☺️
🚨🚨 Stay tuned for more updates about this project

𝟙𝕤𝕥 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕖𝕤𝕙!!Today was our first time grouting this summer! Our co-founder, Margarita Paz-Pedro led this session a...
08/05/2026

𝟙𝕤𝕥 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕖𝕤𝕙!!
Today was our first time grouting this summer! Our co-founder, Margarita Paz-Pedro led this session and showed a couple of our first year apprentices the process.

A big thank you 🙏🏾 to all who came out to our ALMA Open House & Fundraiser on Saturday 🌤️ We are so appreciative of the ...
07/15/2026

A big thank you 🙏🏾 to all who came out to our ALMA Open House & Fundraiser on Saturday 🌤️ We are so appreciative of the support and it was great to see all the apprentices share their hard work with you all 🌈 Check out all the cool treasure chests people made!

We are all set up! Come by 🌻 Here til 1p ALMA Studio- 1224 Mountain Rd NW, 87105
07/11/2026

We are all set up! Come by 🌻 Here til 1p
ALMA Studio- 1224 Mountain Rd NW, 87105

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