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

Join us for an inspiring journey beginning in Mexico City with its world-class museums and gardens before continuing to Valle de Bravo, a colonial lakeside town where art and culture thrive. The highlight is an unforgettable visit to the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, where millions of butterflies fill the forest with color. Daily art lessons, taught by botanical and sicentific illustrator Marjorie Leggitt, provide you with the guidance to create a beautifully illustrated travel diary. Limited to 14 participants.
 
Location: Valle de Bravo, Mexico
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Cost: $4,495
Sponsor: Lines and Latitude Creative Tours
Website, email, 303-882-3235