IFAM Passport to Folk Art journeys invite travelers beyond the marketplace and into the living worlds of master artists, traditional communities, and cultural knowledge keepers. Designed and operated by Traditions Cultural Journeys in partnership with the International Folk Art Market, these small-group trips offer rare, relationship-based access to the people, places, and traditions behind extraordinary handmade work.
* Small groups
* Artist-centered itineraries
* Long-standing local relationships
* Travel that supports cultural continuity and IFAM’s mission
* Artist-centered itineraries
* Long-standing local relationships
* Travel that supports cultural continuity and IFAM’s mission
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Peru: Alpaca and the Southern Andes
Oct 10 - 24, 2026
A 15-day journey through Arequipa, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, and Peru’s highland weaving villages
Follow the thread of alpaca across the southern Andes through textile communities, village life, sacred landscapes, and encounters with master artists and cultural hosts. This intimate journey explores fiber, food, place, and living Andean knowledge far beyond the usual Peru itinerary.
Hosted by Hillary Freeman. Designed and operated by Traditions Cultural Journeys in partnership with IFAM.
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Oct 10 - 24, 2026
A 15-day journey through Arequipa, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, and Peru’s highland weaving villages
Follow the thread of alpaca across the southern Andes through textile communities, village life, sacred landscapes, and encounters with master artists and cultural hosts. This intimate journey explores fiber, food, place, and living Andean knowledge far beyond the usual Peru itinerary.
Hosted by Hillary Freeman. Designed and operated by Traditions Cultural Journeys in partnership with IFAM.
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Peru: Fine Folk Art and Great Masters
Spring 2027
A cultural journey through Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Peru’s world of master artists
Travel into the heart of Peru’s folk art traditions through intimate visits with renowned artists, workshops, markets, museums, and cultural sites. Guided by deep local knowledge, this journey explores the creativity, history, food, landscape, and living traditions that make Peru one of the great centers of handmade art in the Americas.
Hosted by Hillary Freeman. Designed and operated by Traditions Cultural Journeys in partnership with IFAM.
Spring 2027
A cultural journey through Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Peru’s world of master artists
Travel into the heart of Peru’s folk art traditions through intimate visits with renowned artists, workshops, markets, museums, and cultural sites. Guided by deep local knowledge, this journey explores the creativity, history, food, landscape, and living traditions that make Peru one of the great centers of handmade art in the Americas.
Hosted by Hillary Freeman. Designed and operated by Traditions Cultural Journeys in partnership with IFAM.
Mexico City: Passport to Folkart
October 2027
A journey into Mexico’s capital of art, history, food, markets, museums, and living tradition
Explore Mexico City through the lens of folk art and cultural creativity, from great museums and historic neighborhoods to markets, foodways, artist encounters, and the contemporary life of handmade traditions. This journey reveals the city as both ancient capital and vibrant crossroads of Mexico’s creative worlds.
This is a Peggy Gaustad Signature Trip. For more information contact Peggy directly at [email protected]
October 2027
A journey into Mexico’s capital of art, history, food, markets, museums, and living tradition
Explore Mexico City through the lens of folk art and cultural creativity, from great museums and historic neighborhoods to markets, foodways, artist encounters, and the contemporary life of handmade traditions. This journey reveals the city as both ancient capital and vibrant crossroads of Mexico’s creative worlds.
This is a Peggy Gaustad Signature Trip. For more information contact Peggy directly at [email protected]
Oaxaca Púrpura
December 2027
A journey into textiles, natural dyes, coastal culture, and the rare purple shell-dye tradition of Oaxaca
Travel from Oaxaca’s weaving villages to the Pacific coast, following the living story of color, cloth, and cultural continuity. This journey explores master textile traditions, village life, foodways, markets, and the extraordinary relationship between people, place, and the purple dye gathered from the sea.
This is a Peggy Gaustad Signature Trip. For more information contact Peggy directly at [email protected]
December 2027
A journey into textiles, natural dyes, coastal culture, and the rare purple shell-dye tradition of Oaxaca
Travel from Oaxaca’s weaving villages to the Pacific coast, following the living story of color, cloth, and cultural continuity. This journey explores master textile traditions, village life, foodways, markets, and the extraordinary relationship between people, place, and the purple dye gathered from the sea.
This is a Peggy Gaustad Signature Trip. For more information contact Peggy directly at [email protected]