Craft Traditions of Oaxaca with Cabot’s Pueblo Museum

Oaxaca CRAFT TRADITIONS

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September 14-21. 2018Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights

Cultural Journeys

Oaxaca CRAFT TRADITIONS

Craft Traditions of Oaxaca with Cabot’s Pueblo Museum

Program Highlights

LOCATION

• Oaxaca City Tour

• Tlacolula Market, Afternoon with Porfirio Gutierrez

and Family.

• Monte Alban, Arrazola and Atzompa,

Lunch at La Capilla.

• Ocotlan and the Southern Craft Route.

• Visit the Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca.

• San Agustin Etla, Centro de Artes San Agustin Etla

(CaSa), Dinner at Restaurante Casa Oaxaca.

• Thursday, September 20, Museo Textil de Oaxaca,

Free Afternoon, Evening reception at Art Gallery

Noel Cayetano, Farewell Dinner at El Catedral.

Join us on an extraordinary journey with Cabot’s

Pueblo Museum to explore the culture, arts and

crafts of Oaxaca. Based in Oaxaca City, we’ll visit

communities of the Central Valleys, where we’ll

meet the wonderful artisans featured here at the

Museum! In San Bartolo Coyotepec, known for its

black pottery, we’ll join Magdalena Pedro Martinez,

to see how the soil from the region is masterfully

transformed into beautiful pots and sculptures.

In San Martin Tilcajete and San Antonio Arrazola,

known for whimsical carved wood animals and

“alebrijes”, we’ll join Julia Fuentes, Eleazar Morales

and Mario Castellanos. In Teotitlan del Valle, the

legendary “tapestry” weaving town, we’ll visit the

family of recognized artisan, Porfirio Gutierrez, who

recently has been recognized by the Smithson-

ian Institution for his work with his ancient family

and Zapotec community traditions of using natural

dyes in their weavings. We’ll meet Yesenia Salgado

Tellez too, who will help us understand the historic

craft of filigree jewelry. Join us on this very special

opportunity to travel with Cabot’s Pueblo Museum

to explore the craft traditions and meet the arti-

sans of Oaxaca!

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Oaxaca City | Friday, September 14Transfer to our incredible and centrally located and charming hotel. Tonight we enjoy a festive welcome dinner to explore the culinary world of the seven moles at Los Pacos! (D) Day 2: Oaxaca City Tour | Saturday, September 15Today, we’ll explore Oaxaca City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and our home for the next days. (B,L)

Highlights today include:Santo Domingo ChurchMuseum of Oaxaca CultureEthnobotanical GardensLunch at Marco PoloVisit Mercado Benito JuarezDinner at Leisure

Day 3: Mitla, Tlacolula Market, Afternoon with Porfirio Gutierrez and Family | Sunday, September 16Traveling through Oaxaca’s Central Valleys, Easter Valley, we begin at the ancient Zapo-tec and later Mixtec site of Mitla, meaning

“Place of the Dead,” where the ancestors who were the leaders of this civilization and peo-ple are honored and revered. Being a Sunday, we will visit our favorite weekly market at Tlacolula. The “tiangus” markets operate today, much as they did in pre-Hispanic times. In the afternoon, we spend the day at the studio and workshop of artisans and master weaver Porfirio Gutierrez and Family to learn about the ancient art of natural dyeing and weaving. We’ll enjoy a special lunch prepared by the Gutierrez family, and savor their ancestral Zapotec dishes. Evening is at leisure to relax or stroll in Oaxaca. (B,L)

Day 4: Monte Alban, Arrazola and Atzompa, Lunch at La Capilla | Monday, September 17Today we visit the first urban center of Mesoamerica, Monte Alban, to learn how the Zapotec people developed advanced systems in math, writing and astronomy. We’ll refresh at the on-site cafeteria, before heading out to the wood carving town of Arrazola, where we will meet with arti-san Eleazar Morales, Mario Castellanos and Fernando Peguero. We’ll also visit the famed pottery producing community of Atzompa. Lunch, family style will be in between visits! Evening is at leisure. (B,L)

Itinerary

Day 5: Ocotlan and the Southern Craft Route.Tuesday, September 18Today we’ll travel into the southern valley of Oaxaca, known as the Southern Craft Route. Beginning in the town of Ocotlan, birthplace of famed Oaxaca artist, Rodolfo Morales, we’ll explore his art, before mak-ing stops in the craft villages on this route.We will enjoy a special lunch with Jacobo Angeles at Azucena. And, we’ll visit the Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca, with a special invitation and tour by the Museum’s Founder and Director, Master Carlomagno Pedro Martinez. Evening at Leisure. (B, L)

Visits today include:Ocotlan and the legacy of artist:Rodolfo Morales.Aguilar sisters, renowned pottersMaster silver filigree jewelry artisan: Yesenia Salgado TellezMaster wood carver: Julia Fuentes Master black pottery artisans: Magdalena and Adelina Pedro Martinez

Master weavers: Abigail Mendoza and Crispina NavarroMuseo Estatal de Arte Popular de OaxacaLunch at famed Azucena Restaurant with Jocobo and Maria Angeles

Day 6:San Agustin Etla, Centro de Artes San Agustin Etla (CaSa), Dinner at Restaurante Casa Oaxaca. | Wednesday, September 19Today we travel to the community of San Agustin Etla, known for their cheeses. We’ll explore the weekly Wednesday market, before going to the Centro de Artes San Agustin Etla, an incredible renovated for-mer textile mill, now in the loving hands of Master Artist, Francisco Toledo and his creative staff. Returning to Oaxaca, we enjoy our afternoon at leisure, exploring Oaxaca or relaxing. We gather for a fun evening together, rooftop and under the stars at Chef Alejandro Ruiz’s acclaimed Restaurante Casa Oaxaca, overlooking Santo Domingo Church. (B, L, D)

Day 7: Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Free Afternoon, Evening reception at Art Gallery Noel Cayetano, Farewell Dinner at El Catedral. Thursday, September 20

Today we visit Museo Textil de Oaxaca to experience an immersive explosion of vivid colors, dynamic textures, intricate pat-terns and varied forms of Oaxacan textile traditions. The afternoon is free to relax at the centro Zocolo, or explore galleries, cafes, book stores or markets. We’ll enjoy an evening reception at Noel Cayetano Contemporary Art Gallery. Finally, we’ll share a fabulous farewell dinner at El Catedral, a charming and gracious res-taurant situated in a lovingly restored colonial home that reflects the grandeur of the Porfiriato era. (B, D)

Day 8: Return Flights Home | Friday September 21 (B)