Oaxaca Cultural Navigator : Norma Hawthorne

Felt Fashion Workshop: Oaxaca Style Art To Wear

OaxacaCulture — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:50:52 +0000

We’ve invited Jessica de Haas back to teach this popular workshop again in 2014. Here is your chance to escape winter, roll up your sleeves and make an extraordinary felted wool garment that will bring ooh’s and aah’s. For seven … Continue reading →

Cinco de Mayo, TMM Day of the Dead Photo Workshop Reunion Weekend

OaxacaCulture — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:57:06 +0000

For months we have been planning to get back together again. This weekend we are in Glencoe, North Carolina, a historic 1898 cotton mill village that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Deby Thompson, a participant in the … Continue reading →

Big Oaxaca Rug Sale at Fiber Fiesta, May 17–Siler City, NC

OaxacaCulture — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:09:04 +0000

Mark Your Calendar! Oaxaca Cultural Navigator’s Big Folk Art and Textile Sale in historic downtown Siler City, NC at Fiber Fiesta, Friday, May 17, 6:00-9:00 p.m. I have a stash of naturally dyed, hand-woven rugs from the Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca … Continue reading →

Durham Bulls–Bull City Summer–Features Day of the Dead Photography Workshop Instructor Frank Hunter

OaxacaCulture — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:51:00 +0000

Frank Hunter, our 2013 Day of the Dead Photography Expedition instructor is part of this! The Durham Bulls baseball team became legendary in the 1988 film Bull Durham. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the movie, Bull City Summer: … Continue reading →

Crunchy, No-Cook Nopal Cactus Salad with Fruit and Sprouts: Healthy, Fresh, Fast, Easy

OaxacaCulture — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:29:26 +0000

My sister Barbara and I were in Puebla, Mexico recently and during our three-day stay we ate at El Mural de los Poblanos Restaurant three times. We can’t get enough of Chef Lizette Galicia’s good food. We each have a … Continue reading →

Shop Mexico–Josefina Aguilar Clay Figures, Oaxaca

OaxacaCulture — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:35:51 +0000

Here is an amazing assortment from my personal collection of Josefina Aguilar clay figures for sale. Josefina is from Ocotlan, Oaxaca, and creates clay sculptures in herr home pottery studio on the road leading into town. She is famed for … Continue reading →

Shop Mexico–The Artisan Sisters: Oaxaca Carved & Painted Wood Alebrijes

OaxacaCulture — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:49:28 +0000

Now that I’m back in North Carolina, I am looking at my Oaxaca folk art collection of whimsical, carved wood and hand-painted alebrijes. Wow, there are a lot of beautiful alebrijes from San Martin Tilcajete and San Antonio Arrazola, including … Continue reading →