This is an opportunity to experience Dia de Muertos in a wide variety of situations as local towns each celebrate differently. The drama, color and texture are exhilarating. You will be front and center for the best festivities in the region. Plus a parade, trick-or-treating, artisan craft workshops, art excursions and believe it or not down days to explore or create art on your own.
The Virgen de Rosario parade travels directly past the 360 XQmX headquARTers! We throw open the gates to watch the celebration!
We will visit the Ajijic Panteon to view the sweet decorations on the graves. It is the day that Mexicans honor the children who have passed. It is lovely tradition and an honor to witness the thoughtful celebration of their lives. We will visit the two lakeside communities to our West.
This excursion will take us to the best art oasis in Guadalajara.
We will go back to JJ's salon for face painting, breakfast pastries and mimosas. We will then head to Ixtlahuacan. Local artists craft impressive altars in memory of their loved ones who have passed.
Learn from papier maché artist, Christy Cervantes. She will be coming all the way from Jamay to teach you her signature technique for adorning papier maché hummingbirds with textured tissue paper.
Join us for this art excursion road trip. We will visit the recently completed murals of neighboring San Antonio and then travel to Laguna de Cajititlan and more.
Intro to Mobile Phone Photography (Android & iPhone) with Mark Hemmings.
Mark Hemmingsis an internationally recognized professional photographer and instructor and author of iPhone Photography for Dummies, published in 2020. He’s been instructing photography workshops since 2004 in such visually and culturally diverse locations such as Japan, the Caribbean, England, Greece, Hungary, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Romania, Spain and Canada.
