Need to feed your creative soul? Fill it to the brim with creative transformation and fresh inspiration. We'll mix art classes - watercolor, natural pigments, mixed media/collage and mask painting - with carefully curated field trips in magical Oaxaca. Experience the hauntingly beautiful, raucous celebration of Carnaval in the Zapotec pueblo of San Martín Tilcajete, where deeply rooted local culture and ancestral traditions are still practiced. We’ll see La Danza de Los Diablitos (Dance of the Devils), a Sunday market, studio visits to master alebrije & weaving families & papermaking studio, art center housed in a renovated textile factory, and a guided street art walk in a hip barrio - all mixed in with art instruction and creative play time.
 
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Instructor: Pedro Cruz Pacheco + Corrie McCluskey
Cost: $2595 (lodging included)
Sponsor: Talismán Oaxaca
Website, email, 707-529-9050

Paper arts workshop focuses on mask making with "barro papel" (clay paper) and mixed media/collage incorporating paper ephemera. Handcraft a barro papel mask – a blend of paper pulp, clay, glue. Then, visual storytelling with mixed media collage, plus mark making experimentation to develop your unique visual voice when playing with handmade brushes and India ink. Create a simple artist book using exquisite handmade paper crafted by a master Oaxacan papermaker. Field trips include studio visits with a master weaving family and papermaker, a women’s red clay collective, guided street art tour, visit to a famous art center housed in a renovated textile factory, plus the renowned ancient tree of Tule – a mix of cultural immersion and creative playtime.
 
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Instructor: Pedro Cruz Pacheco + Corrie McCluskey
Cost: $2595 (lodging included)
Sponsor: Talismán Oaxaca
Website, email, 707-529-9050

Need to reignite your creative soul? Explore watercolor and mixed media collage, make earthy paints with natural pigments, assemble handmade brushes – all while taking a deep dive into the art, culture, and real ancestral traditions of Oaxaca. Field trips include a Zapotec Sunday market, intimate studio visits with a master weaver family, a papermaker, a women’s red clay collective, and a gorgeous art center housed in a renovated textile factory. The art classes feature watercolor painting with Pedro – who incorporates personal symbols, talismans, Oaxacan culture, and the natural world into his work. With Corrie, experiment with mark making with India ink to develop your unique visual voice, and dive into mixed media collage for visual storytelling.
 
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Instructor: Pedro Cruz Pacheco + Corrie McCluskey
Cost: $3075 (lodging included)
Sponsor: Talismán Oaxaca
Website, email, 707-529-9050

Experience an unforgettable celebration of Día de Muertos in magical, traditional Oaxaca, with stunningly decorated altars, street parades with vibrant music, costumed revelers, all-night vigils in local cemeteries, marigold flowers, copal incense, pan de Muertos, and dazzling murals throughout the city. We will spend our days watercolor painting imagery and symbolic representations of our loved ones, assemble a beautiful group altar, and construct and decorate a sand tapestry. We'll go to a traditional market to collect altar decorations and offerings, make visits to two cemeteries where Oaxaqueños lovingly decorate the graves of their ancestors and bring offerings to share with their spirits. Additional field trips include master weaving family, alebrije (carved wooden objects) artisans, and women’s red clay collective.
 
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Instructor: Pedro Cruz Pacheco + Corrie McCluskey
Cost: $3150 (lodging included)
Sponsor: Talismán Oaxaca
Website, email, 707-529-9050