Shopping in the Oaxaca Market...

Colorful textiles, beading, wooden toys, coffee and other crafts

Maestro Toledo

Brief meeting with Oaxaca's master printmaker Toledo and his daughter.

Bellas Artes

Late night stroll to the Bellas Artes in Mexico City

Local Musicians in Oaxaca...

Brief serenade by local artists, during a shopping spree at the Oaxacan Market.

The Havana Club

Waiting for a taxi in Mexico City (Hotel Isabel).  These were the UofA printmakers for Lithography in Mexico 2014!

3-Week Pre-Session Course/Program Description (Application Deadline February 15, 2014)

Application Deadline: February 15, 2014

Apply Online: http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/lithography-mexico

Study traditional stone lithography in the heart of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico with Andrew and Kathryn Polk.

Lithography in Mexico is a three-week Summer Pre-Session course offered by the University of Arizona.  It is being offered for the first time, and it will take place primarily in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, where students will work in the lithography facilities at the Rufino Tamayo Workshop.   

What’s Included with Program Fee
•    Tuition
•    Lodging
•    Lithography facility and accoutrements
•    Weekly banquet style, group meals
•    Excursions
•    Insurance

 

 

 

Program Highlights
•    Direct credit for classes
•    Twelve excursions: museums;  archaeological, historic, and ecological sites; artists’ studios.
•   Economical program costs (not to mention the affordable airfares.)
•   Lithographic facilities.

 

Students will spend two days in Mexico City where they will visit its museums and parks, including the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Studios. Oaxaca, located 287 miles south of Mexico City, is one of the world’s great meccas of art and printmaking. Students will learn first hand what it means to live and create art in one of world’s most unique regions - one renowned worldwide for its contemporary arts and crafts, its culinary triumphs, its indigenous cultural diversity, its ancient history, its year-round perfect weather, and its numerous glorious festivals.

The course fulfills School of Art BFA degree requirements and it provides transfer credit to non-UA students.  During this three week course, students will visit museums, archaeological sites, and ecological wonders, and they will also be hosted for visits to the studios of some of the region’s major contemporary artists. This short Pre-Session Program will give students a study abroad experience that will never be forgotten.

Application Deadline February 15, 2014

Apply online: http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/art-oaxaca

Sponsored By

The University of Arizona,

The School of Art

The University of Arizona Study Abroad & Student Exchange

Financing Study Abroad

Because this program offers less than 6 academic units, it does not qualify for the UA Study Abroad Scholarships.  However, the instructor will offer assistance in exploring other types of financial support.

For more Information Contact
Andrew Polk, Professor
School of Art, Rm 303a
P.O. Box 210002
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002
apolk@email.arizona.edu
(520) 621-1251

Student Housing in Oaxaca

During the 3 Week Pre-Session Course students will be accommodated, two to a room, in one or more of the city’s beautiful, centrally located, historic hotels.  Daily cleaning is provided. Wifi may or may not be available, depending upon the hotel, but it is widely available in numerous locations throughout Oaxaca.

June 8, 2014- Scheduled Field Trip

"Frida and Diego Rivera", 1931 by Frida Kahlo

One of the highlights of the trip we will travel by van to Mexico City Museums including the House-Studio Museum of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/House-_Studio_Museum_of_Diego_Rivera_and_Frida_Kahlo

http://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/

http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1599/

June 5, 2014-Scheduled Field Trip

June 5 th, we'll go to Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Museo de Arte Prehispánico Rufino Tamayo and other museums in Oaxaca 

The Museo Textil de Oaxaca

1. The Museo Textil de Oaxaca showcases the fiber arts and crafts and apparel of the many different indigenous cultures of the region. http://www.museotextildeoaxaca.org.mx/ http://museotextildeoaxaca.wordpress.com/

2. The Museo de Arte Prehispánico Rufino Tamayo, a massive collections of prehispanic art. http://www.rufinotamayo.galeon.com/

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities

June 3, 2014-Scheduled Field Trip

June 3rd we are scheduled to visit Monte Alban http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/415 Monte Alban, located in the city of Oaxaca, is considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites in Americas.  As a flourishing community for over 1500 years inhabited successively by the Olmecs, Zapotecs and Mixtecs, it is a site of pyramids, canals, terraces, dams, temple remains, and artificial mounds carved out of the mountain.

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities

Marietta Bernstorff, Location Director/Artist

"100 pesos para el Bicentenario"

Marietta Bernstorff, Location Director, is a cultural promoter, visual artist and curator who has been actively promoting artistic and cultural exchanges between the Mexico and the United States for over 30 years.  In 2007, she founded the collective MAMAZ (Women artists and maíz), a non profit organization representing the women of Mexico, Cuba, the US, and Canada.  One of her recent MAMAZ projects, “Pieces of Fabric and Conversations Flying in the Air”, was selected in 2013 for the Festival of the World in London.  Others of her projects have been throughout Mexico; Havana, Cuba; and numerous cities in the United States. Ms Bernstorff resides in both Oaxaca and Texas.

June 1, 2014- Scheduled Field Trip

Traveling by van we'll visit nearby villages • Pueblos Mancomunados, a group of villages linked by breathtaking hiking trails. The pueblos and interconnected trails showcase the biodiversity and cultural variety of the region, complete with arts, crafts, cuisine and history. http://sierranorte.org.mx/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/travel/10heads-1.html
http://www.tierraventura.com/en/projects/mancomunados.htm

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities

May 29, 2014, Artist Studio Visit

Visit to the studio of one of Oaxaca’s Premier Artist/Printmakers – TBD

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities

Andrew Polk/ Faculty

Andrew (pictured left) working with artist, Daniel Martin Diaz (pictured right)

"Cover Up", Stone and Plate lithography, Andrew Polk artist

"Conversing with a Dead John Cage", stone and plate lithography, Andrew Polk artist

"The Death of Justice", Stone lithography, Andrew Polk artist

Andrew Polk, Professor of Art, has taught lithography and other art courses at the University of Arizona School of Art since 1984.  His prints, paintings, drawings, and video works have been exhibited throughout the United States, and in such other countries as England, Wales, Ireland, India, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Australia, and China. 

May 27, 2014-Scheduled Field trip

On May 27th we will visit museums connected with the Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzman http://mucoinah.blogspot.com/:

1. The Santo Domingo church is considered to be one of the most awe inspiring baroque churches in all of Mexico due to its size, lavish ornamentation, and beautiful architecture.

2. Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca, a magnificent museum housed in what was previously the convent to the church, has beautiful galleries and corridors with art and artifacts from antiquity to the early 20^th century.

3. The Ethonobotanical garden, located in what was previously the church’s orchards, has thousands of the exotic plants indigenous to the area.

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities

Oaxaca, Famous for Textile Weaving

The Oaxacan craft markets are well known for their traditional hand-crafted textiles from embroidery to hand-loomed woven goods.  Brightly colored thread and hand-dyed yarn are used to create each unique piece of clothing and accessories. Oaxaca is home to many different indigenous groups, each of which has a distinctive textile style.

May 25, 2014- Scheduled Field trip

We will travel by bus to some fascinating ecological and historic sites outside of Oaxaca including:

Hierve el Agua

1. Hierve el Agua, a lake site with natural rock formations that look like waterfalls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierve_el_Agua

Mitla, religious site of the Zapotec

 2. Mitla, the 10,000 year old religious site of the ancient Zapotec people, noted for its well preserved murals and sophisticated architecture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitla

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities

Kathryn Polk/Faculty

"The Tornado Handler", stone and plate lithography, Kathryn Polk

"Rising from the Ashes",  lithograph, printed at Ohio University with grad students

"Non-Indigenous Artist", Stone and Plate lithography

Working with Grad Students at Indiana University (Bloomington), Photo by Seth Daulton

Kathryn Polk will be one of the teaching faculty for the UofArizona "Lithography in Mexico" 3-Week Pre-Session Course. She conducts lithography workshops around the US and periodically teaches art and design courses as an adjunct at the University of Arizona.  Her lithographs can be found in permanent print collections throughout the world in China, New Zealand, Korea, Wales, France and Argentina as well as in museums throughout the United States.

May 23, 2014 - Scheduled Field Trip

On May 23rd we will visit some of Oaxaca’s museums including:

1. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca’s contemporary art museum, housed in a beautiful old residence, with its excellent contemporary/cutting edge contemporary art. http://mexartdb.com/#/museos/museo-de-arte-contemporaneo-de-oaxaca-maco

Art Library at the Instituto de Artes Graphicas de Mexico

 

2. Instituto de Artes Graphicas de Mexico, located in a villa donated by the artist, Francisco Toledo, houses one of the worlds most extensive art libraries as well as an exhibition space that showcases contemporary printmaking. http://institutodeartesgraficasdeoaxaca.blogspot.com/

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities

May 20, 2014 – Scheduled Field Trip

On our first day of field trips we are scheduled to visit three Mexico City sites and museums in the city’s historic center including:

Overlooking the Lago Menor towards Polanco, (link from Wikipedia see below)

1. The Bosque de Chapultepec, considered to be one of the world’s great urban parks along with New York City’s Central Park and Paris’ Bois de Boulogne. The park contains nine museums, a city zoo, amusement parks, cultivated walkways, lakes, fountains, and giant sculptures. http://www.chapultepec.org.mx/web2013/galeria/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapultepec 

 

Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City

2. The Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico’s national art museum, with its extensive art collection spanning from the early colonial period to the mid-twentieth century. http://munal.mx/munal/ 

3. Museo Nacional de la Stampa, Mexico’s national museum of prints, with its collection for colonial to contemporary fine art prints. http://www.museonacionaldelaestampa.bellasartes.gob.mx/

Please Note: Scheduled trips are subject to changes due to unforeseeable circumstances and opportunities