Also, Whats the best way to fly to New Mexico from New York?

-In an airplane. It's too far for either flapping your arms or a hang glider.

-On a more serious note, there are a number of good workshops given in NYC. These institions offer programs geared to both beginning and advanced amateurs Here are just a few:

International School of Photography New School Parsons School of Design School of Visual Arts

-I think you mean the International Center of Photography.
Their webpage has the current course catalog.

I've taken several good classes and workshops at ICP over the years. The most recent was a very good Large Format workshop given by Steve Simmons (of View Camera and Camera Arts magazines) this past April.