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Our Programs: Study Tours + Workshops
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2023 Oaxaca Day of the Dead -- Tours to Villages
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October 27, 2023: Day of the Dead Ocotlan Highway Tour. It’s Market Day! The biggest of the year. See special altar food and decor, visit artisans, explore culture, eat at a traditional open air cocina de humo (grill kitchen). SOLD OUT.
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October 29, 2023: Teotitlan del Valle Altars and Studio Visits to natural dye and weaving artisans who invite you to their altar rooms to share family traditions. Meet a traditional beeswax candlemaker. Eat mole and mezcal in a local family comedor. 6 SPACES OPEN.
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November 1, 2023: Dia de los Muertos in Mitla—Ancient Zapotec Burial Site. One-day Tour. Our host guides us through the cemetery as the village prepares for its dead to return. Includes traditional Mole Negro lunch and altar visits. 4 SPACES OPEN.
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Hands-on Dye Workshops + Textile Experiences
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All Year. Set Your Own Dates.
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We offer textile experiences in our studio where we weave and work only in natural dyes.You can see the process during our textile tours and dye workshops. Ask us for more information about these experiences, customized scheduling, and prices.
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Oaxaca Natural Dye Workshops: Choose 1, 2 or 3 Days Set your own dates. Just added: One-Day Indigo Dye Workshop click link for details
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Oaxaca has the largest and most diverse textile culture in Mexico! Learn about it.
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When you visit Oaxaca immerse yourself in our textile culture: How is indigenous clothing made, what is the best value, most economical, finest available. Suitable for adults only. Set your own dates.
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One-Day Custom Tours: Tell Us When You Want to Go!
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New--Ruta del Mezcal One-Day Tour. We start the day with pottery, visiting a master, then have lunch with a Traditional Oaxaca Cook who is the master of mole making. In Mitla, we meet with our favorite flying shuttle loom weaver, and then finish off with a mezcal tasting at a palenque you will NEVER find on your own! Schedule at your convenience!
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1-Day Ocotlan Highway Folk Art Study Tour. Visit woodcarvers, back-strap loom weavers, museums and markets. Transportation to/from the city. Ask us to take you.
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1-Day Tlacolula Valley Folk Art Study Tour. Visit wool, cotton and silk weavers who make clothing, home goods, rugs, and handbags.
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2023 ORIGINAL in Mexico City
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November 15-20, 2023: ORIGINAL! Weekend in Mexico City to participate in Original! a national textile event featuring 400 of Mexico's best textile artisans, with talks, VIP party, and a cultural immersion experience. Registration is now open! THREE SPACES OPEN
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2024 Tours + Workshops Go Deep, Not Wide
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January 13-21, 2024: Oaxaca Coast Textile Study Tour. Very popular! Get your deposit in to reserve. For intrepid travelers. Visit 7 back-strap loom weavers. Explore the culture of cloth and community. SOLD OUT!
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February 1- 11, 2024: Bucket List Tour: Monarch Butterflies and Michoacan Folk Art Study Tour. Back by popular demand. 2-days with the butterflies, plus a cooking class! Want to go? Let us know! SOLD OUT!
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February 20-28: Chiapas Textile Study Tour. Ready, set, GO! Registration is open for this deep dive into Mexico's Maya textile culture. Send an email. TWO SPACES OPEN
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March 7-12: Oaxaca's Mixteca Alta: Textile + Folk Art Study Tour. NEW! We go deep into Oaxaca's coastal mountains to explore weaving, pottery, and basket-making. Come with us! SOLD OUT!
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March 28-April 3: Screenwriting for Film + Television with Harry Werksman, Golden Globe award winning writer. Develop character, plot, scene. Learn what it takes to pitch a story. Take your ideas from concept to delivery. NEW!
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Stay Healthy. Stay Safe. Questions? Want TO REGISTER or more info? Send an email to Norma Schafer.
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Maps: Teotitlan + Tlacolula Market
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We require 48-hour advance notice for map orders to be processed. We send a printable map via email PDF after your order is received. Please be sure to send your email address. Where to see natural dyed rugs in Teotitlan del Valle and layout of the Sunday Tlacolula Market, with favorite eating, shopping, ATMs. Click Here to Buy Map After you click, be sure to check PayPal to ensure your email address isn't hidden from us. We fulfill each map order personally. It is not automatic.
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- Cooking Classes–El Sabor Zapoteco
Reyna Mendoza Ruiz teaches traditional recipes in her Teotitlan del Valle home.
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- Currency Converter
Find today’s exchange rate for the Mexican Peso and 163 other currencies.
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- Fe y Lola Rugs by Chavez Santiago Family
Family operated, handwoven rugs, 100% natural dyes, Av. 5 de Mayo #408
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- Friends of Oaxaca Folk Art
A foundation to support Oaxaca folk artists
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- Hoofing It In Oaxaca Hikes
Weekly walks and hikes
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- Living Textiles of Mexico
Textile history, tradition, design from Sheri Brautigam.
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- Mexican Indigenous Textiles Project
Documenting indigenous textiles with photos for identification
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- Museo Textil de Oaxaca
Mexico’s only textile museum
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- Oaxaca Lending Library
Expat resources
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- Oaxaca Weather
Know what to pack!
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- Taller Teñido a Mano Natural Dyes
Dye workshops, naturally dyed yarns, threads and clothing
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