Enjoying Oaxaca begins by observing the public art in the streets, but to understand each one of the interventions on the walls you must know that Oaxaca is a living museum because in it all its inhabitants and artists express themselves, from social movements to food sovereignty movements. . Within this experience I will teach you about the Oaxacan graphic culture and its origins, as well as the five steps to make an engraving with a social proposal, if you are a beginner do not worry we have techniques to start and if you are an experienced person we have challenges and projects that we want to be part of. In all this experience you will be inside our foodlab gallery, a center for innovation and training of young people for people who seek to make the world more humane, throughout the process we will give you all the materials, we will guide you in techniques and processes, and then print your engraving and have a work of art for your home or give it to the people you love the most. Remember that art in Oaxaca is part of our life, so each piece you create will be part of our collection, because now you are an artist with us.
It was an absolute wonderful experience staff was very helpful. The environment was absolutely lovely. We were able to get the entire project accomplished and we were beautifully surprised at the end at what a magnificent class they offered, making such an elaborate craft, very easy and attainable for us beginners. I would highly recommend this workshop.
Lovely experience. Wonderful helpful host who walked through the entire process and was very patient. Great way to be creative in Oaxaca.
Alexa was charming and a good leader who explained everything well, encouraged us, and helped when needed. Comfortable space.
What an experience! We had an absolute blast of a time with this workshop. Fernando was so welcoming and insightful on this beautiful craft, from it's history to how it's used by today artists. It's easy to access, being not to far from the center of Oaxaca and it's only a few hours of your day. Can't recommend it enough!
A great and personalised experience. It’s challenging but you get plenty of help. Would recommend to anyone wanting a different experience.
An excellent activity to spend with friends or family, or solo. Everyone in our group was a pleasure to get to know. Our hosts/teachers were patient, friendly and knowledgeable! I think this would be great if you had experience or not. Most of us did not and we loved the process and the product!! After you’re done you get to pick up two days later (so consider when booking!) I would recommend and do again!
The family loved this. Creating our own art with their examples of other woodblock prints helped to inspire us. The instructor was outstanding ! It was a special time for us all.
My partner and I already have a deep appreciation for the graphic art community and this experience deepened that even further. I’m so excited to bringing home pieces that we created! Constructive feedback: I would have enjoyed learning more about the local graphic art community, names of tools and techniques, etc. We were guided through the steps to create pieces of our own. I wish we’d have gotten some instruction on tips/tricks to make our pieces better rather than learning by trial and error. Maybe I missed it, but I don’t recall seeing in the description that we had to return to pick ip the pieces later. That would be helpful for future participants’ to factor into their itinerary.
A great workshop with local artists, there was a lovely vibe as we sat amongst them and learnt how to woodcarve. They were really instructive and taught us lots about the process and it was a lovely cool room in which to pass a couple of hours as we crafted. I love what we made and we got to come back a couple of hours later once it had fully dried to pick up our prints. Wholeheartedly recommend.
The workshop lead by Fabiola was a truly enjoyable experience. As a result, I have a much deeper appreciation of this art form and what goes into creating a woodblock print. I also love having my own art piece to take home.
Great session! We had a really fun time creating our own design, carving it out into the wood, and seeing it come to life during the printing. The person leading the session was very nice and helpful - guided us and gave suggestions but ultimately it's up to you how you'd like it to look! Would recommend if you enjoy making art.
Such a great space with a lovely teacher and heaps of amazing work to be inspired by. I would highly recommend doing this class.
This workshop was absolutely fantastic. Fabiola was such a great instructor — she gave really clear directions and was generally just fun to hang out with. And now it’s amazing that I get to have 3 copies of a piece of art that I made myself. Can’t wait to hang it in my house and gift the other copies!!!
This was such a a great workshop. Perfect for novice and experienced art enthusiasts. You draw, you learn a local carving technique and you print. You get to take home a little bit of Oaxaca.
Wonderful teacher and space. She was very clear and let us through the process step-by-step. I learned a lot and made a print that I like! Thank you so much.
My adult granddaughter and I enjoyed the explanation and experience of creating a wood cut print . This was a form of art we had not tried and now have a greater respect for the work that goes into this iconic Mexican form of creativity and protest .
Great instructor. Our finished artwork turned out wonderful, as did the other people in the class. We had a great time.
This was a really cool experience, I totally new style of art that I’ve never tried before. The artist Eloísa who taught us was so lovely, helpful and engaging and was patient in showing up the techniques of carving. It was such a chill and fun way to spend a few hours and walked away with some cool pieces of art!
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