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TRIP AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
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Day of the Dead and Festival Arts of Oaxaca
The most glorious time of year in Oaxaca! Off-the-beaten path visits to potters, weavers, crumbling churches, small town markets and graveyards filled with marigolds and candles, plus the delights of Oaxaca city. |
Nine nights, $1,980 |
Oct 25 - Nov 3, 2008 |
Flavors of Oaxaca, A Culinary Tour with Professional Chef Scott Thornton
We introduce you to some of the best authentic Mexican food coming from the mega diverse state of Oaxaca. Work with a variety food specialists, from professional chefs and instructors to traditional family cooks, and sample some of the unique fare of this region. |
Nine nights, $2,485 |
Nov 7-16, 2008 |
The Oaxacan Clay Workshop
Hands-in-the-mud workshop
doing pots the way they’ve been done for 4,000 years in this Zapotec village from digging clay to bonfiring the vessels, and a rare experience of cultural immersion. |
Eight nights, $1,765 |
Jan 3-11, 2009 |
Natural Dyes of the Oaxacan Highlands Workshop
In this specialty trip for Abundant Yarn of Portland, Oregon, http://abundantyarn.com Traditions Mexico and Stevanie Pico guide you into the world of Oaxacan natural dyes. Get your hands in the dye pot working with master dyers to learn their methods of dyeing wool with cochineal, indigo and other dyes in the Oaxaca highlands.
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Nine nights, $2,030 |
Jan 24-Feb 2, 2009 |
Oaxaca in Images with Paul Boyer
Combining Paul’s 20 years of photographic teaching and travel experience with Traditions Mexico’s deep knowledge of Oaxaca, we’ve created a photography course and tour that will immerse you in the image-rich world of Oaxaca. |
Nine nights, $200 off - now $2,295 |
Jan 31 - Feb 8, 2009 |
Zapotec Tapestry Weaving Workshop
Tapestry weaving on Spanish floor looms with master weavers in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca. Introduction to natural dyes. Based out of the village of Teotitlan, a village of 5,000 weavers. |
Nine nights, $1,980 |
Feb 1-10, 2009 |
The Master Potters of Tonala: Polychrome and Burnish
A goldmine town of nationally recognized master potters. Ornate surface decoration with oxide slips, mica burnish, low, mid and highfire glaze work. One-day hands-on slip/burnish workshop, visits with 8 master potters. |
Seven nights, $1,695 |
Feb 7-14 , 2009 |
Fiber Arts of the Oaxacan Highlands
A village of 5,000 weavers, the last Spanish silk cultivators, backstrap weaving, mountain villages, colonial Oaxaca City, crumbling ruins, overflowing markets in the Northern Sierra, Mixteca and Central Valley of Oaxaca.
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Nine nights, $1,980 |
Feb 14- 23, 2009 |
Murex, Cochineal, and Indigo! Oaxaca Natural Dye Workshop
A stained-hand workshop focused on Oaxaca’s superstar dyes. Cochineal, indigo and other dyes worked with in the mega-weaving village, Teotitlan del Valle. Bush planes take us to the Oaxacan coast to dye murex with the last of the Mixtec dyers.
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Nine nights, $2,490 |
Feb 14-23, 2009 |
Fiber Arts of the Oaxacan Coast
Some of the very best of Mexico’s indigenous weaving is found along remote reaches of the Oaxaca coast. We go there visiting Mixtec and Amuzgo backstrap weavers and natural dyers. Trip to the shore with one of the last of the murex dyers. |
Nine nights, $1,795 |
Feb 22- Mar 2, 2009 |
Mayan Fibers and Culture
From the Mayan jungle lowlands and the legendary ruins of Palenque to the uplands of the Mayan weavers. Visits to villages, weavers, Mayan churches. Largely based out of beautiful San Cristobal de las Casas, guided by Mayan expert, Chip Morris. |
Nine nights, $1,980 |
Mar 7-16, 2009 |
The Potters of Michoacán
An adventure through the beautiful highlands of Michoacan. Five-foot tall vases, slip and burnish decoration, bizarre dreamlike figurative work, lead-free low-fire glaze work, colonial towns, markets, indigenous culture. |
Nine nights, $1980 |
Mar 14-23, 2009 |
Mayan Backstrap Weaving and Natural Dye Workshop
Based entirely out of the gorgeous highland town of San Cristobal de las Casas. Focused instruction in backstrap weaving and natural dyeing. Field trips to Mayan villages, markets. |
Eight nights, $1,680 |
Mar 21-29, 2009 |
Michoacán Arts and the Great Easter Market
Into the marvelous, but seldom visited Purepecha highlands of Michoacan for the Easter folkart market, largest in the country, plus visits to potters, coppersmiths, mask carvers, reed weavers, beautiful colonial cities, markets and rural churches.
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Nine nights, $1,980 |
Mar 29-Apr 7 , 2009 |
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