Upcoming events.
Photography Exhibition: Saturation Studies
Stop by to find that perfect photo for a corner in your house that needs a touch of color!
Hosted Residency: Mining the Personal with Pamela Sneed
Creative Writing WORKSHOP and RETREAT!
Our physical bodies, our spirits, lived experiences and our minds are treasure troves holding vast amounts of information and knowledge. In this four-day workshop we will explore new ways of mining the personal for poetry, memoir and mixed-form writing. In addition to my own work, we will survey and read together writers such as Robin Coste Lewis, June Jordan, Ocean Vuong, Dionne Brand, Layli Long soldier and more.
Hosted Residency: Culture & Celebration in Mexico!
Join 360 XQMX for this exciting residency full of color and festivities. You will experience all of the glory and drama of Dia de Muertos. You can't imagine the color and the level of celebrations. There will be night excursions and day excursions and don't forget to bring your cameras or sketch books to capture every moment. Parades, exploring local towns with decorations, getting our faces painted like catrinas and watching the local kids loving trick-or-treating is just the beginning.
Hosted Residency: Under Mexican Skies Residency for Icelandic Creatives
Escape the cold weather and dark skies of Iceland. Join us in charming Ajijic, Jalisco for three weeks of blue skies, warm sunlight and creative inspiration. Use this time to focus on your individual work, and then treat yourself with time to explore and get acquainted with our village. As the rainy season will have ended, the mountains will be green and lush and the plant and trees will be colorful and flowering. Centrally located in this vast community of creatives, you will experience friendly people, a welcoming artist scene, delicious food, galleries & studios, fabulous shopping ... and plenty of time to focus on your chosen medium.
Opening Reception: Saturation Studies
Ajijic Photographers. Group show. Support local artists!
Images will be bright, vivid, colorful & saturated!
Open Call: Photography Submission Deadline for “Saturation Studies”
Submit bright, vivid, intense & colorful photos to be featured in our upcoming photography exhibition (June 16-July 30, 2026).
Exhibition Closing Reception & 360 XQMX OPEN HOUSE
An evening of art, music, and friends. Featuring paintings by Jalisco artist, David Crum. This is his first solo exhibition!
Art Exhibition: David Crum, Stories from History - Opening Reception
An evening of art, music, and friends. Featuring paintings by Jalisco artist, David Crum. This is his first solo exhibition!
Closing Show: Val Armstrong
If you bought her work... come to collect your purchase!
If you wish to purchase something... bring your pesos!
Either way... join us to say
"Buen Viaje" to Val... until she returns next year.
ART EXCURSION: Bronze Foundry in Zapopan & Zapopan Plaza
This excursion will take us to the best art oasis in Guadalajara.
Art Exhibition: PETER SHANDERA
Since February 1, we’ve almost reached our goal for The PETER SHANDERA ART SCHOLARSHIP. Each year we want to raise enough funds to send at least 2 local students to the Art University in Tonala with all the supplies they will need for the year. Please come by to see what Urban Sketchers & Artist Trading Cards have contributed for the sale at 360. Just this week three local artist have donated their artwork for this event.
Artistas Juntos Salon Series
Resident Artists will share about what inspires them, what they are working on here and images or readings … always a nice evening.
MURAL & CERAMICS EXCURSION to San Antonio /San Juan Evangelista / Cajititlan
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.
Artistas Juntos Salon Series
Resident Artists will share about what inspires them, what they are working on here and images or readings … always a nice evening.
Artisan craft workshop: Papier Maché
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.
Catrina Face Painting and Altars & Tapetes in Ixtlahuacan
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.
ART EXCURSION: Bronze Foundry, Zapopan Centro &Lucha Libre
This excursion will take us to the best art oasis in Guadalajara.
Ajijic Panteon, San Juan Cosala Centro & Jocotopec Centro
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.
Virgen del Rosario PARADE AND TRICK OR TREATING
The Virgen de Rosario parade travels directly past the 360 XQmX headquARTers! We throw open the gates to watch the celebration!
Tlaquepaque is SPECTACULAR at night!
Everyone has been to Tlaquepaque during the day ... but AT NIGHT? AND ... at Dia de Muertos? It is the best! Every shop, restaurant, gallery and food cart is decorated to the hilt!
Artisan craft workshop: Papel Picados
Learn from Ajijic's own papel picado artist, Sara Ulloa. She will walk you through the process of crafting your own papel picados and show you how to string them.
Hosted Residency: Dia de los Muertos
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.
Silent Book Club
At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, novels, comic books... it's BYOBook. There is no cost to attend and this will be an alcohol-free event.
Friends and strangers gather at 6pm , purchase snacks or drinks, share what they're reading and settle in for an hour of silent, sustained reading from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. At the end of the hour, attendees can socialize—or not! If you are reading a page-turner and can't bear to put it down, keep reading for another thirty minutes.
Here at 360 XQMX there are endless possibilities for where you can spend your time reading. On the mirador, enjoying sunset. In the sala gallery, surrounded by art. In a fabulous rocking chair...just rocking. Maybe roll up your pants and dangle your feet in our Indonesian stone-tiled pool. There are many nooks and crannies. Please make yourself at home.
6pm - 6:30pm
Gather, grab a drink or snack & find a place to get comfy for an hour of reading. Chat with your neighbor, if you like.
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Silent reading. If you are using an audio book, please bring headphones or earbuds.
7:30pm - 8pm
Continue reading if you like. Or chat with your neighbor ...
That's it. Pretty simple. We look forward to welcoming you. We are going to try this every month...put it on your calendar and bring your friends, or make new ones.
Silent Book Club
At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, novels, comic books... it's BYOBook. There is no cost to attend and this will be an alcohol-free event.
Friends and strangers gather at 6pm , purchase snacks or drinks, share what they're reading and settle in for an hour of silent, sustained reading from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. At the end of the hour, attendees can socialize—or not! If you are reading a page-turner and can't bear to put it down, keep reading for another thirty minutes.
Here at 360 XQMX there are endless possibilities for where you can spend your time reading. On the mirador, enjoying sunset. In the sala gallery, surrounded by art. In a fabulous rocking chair...just rocking. Maybe roll up your pants and dangle your feet in our Indonesian stone-tiled pool. There are many nooks and crannies. Please make yourself at home.
6pm - 6:30pm
Gather, grab a drink or snack & find a place to get comfy for an hour of reading. Chat with your neighbor, if you like.
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Silent reading. If you are using an audio book, please bring headphones or earbuds.
7:30pm - 8pm
Continue reading if you like. Or chat with your neighbor ...
That's it. Pretty simple. We look forward to welcoming you. We are going to try this every month...put it on your calendar and bring your friends, or make new ones.
Art Exhibition: Brushstrokes and Bronze
We are thrilled to share with you the paintings of Ecuadorian artist, Olmeda Quimbita. His vibrant and colorful work is collected internationally and is a fusion of magical realism and symbolism.
Complementing Quimbita's work will be a curated selection of small bronze sculptures from the Art21 Studio Bronze Foundry in Zapopan.
Art Exhibition: Brushstrokes and Bronze - Opening Reception
An evening of art, music, and friends. Featuring paintings by Ecuadorian artist, Olmeda Quimbita, whose vibrant and colorful work is collected internationally and is a fusion of magical realism and symbolism.
Mexican Folk Art Sale
360 XQMX presents a Mexican Folk Art sale.
CASH ONLY!
For those of you who missed the sale on the 8th, this is your second chance to spend your pesos. These special items have been curated from a local collector who has been acquiring items for over 40 years!
This is a collection you won't want to miss.
PAINTINGS | CERAMICS | PEWTER | SILVER | FURNITURE
Silent Book Club
At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, novels, comic books... it's BYOBook. There is no cost to attend and this will be an alcohol-free event.
Friends and strangers gather at 6pm , purchase snacks or drinks, share what they're reading and settle in for an hour of silent, sustained reading from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. At the end of the hour, attendees can socialize—or not! If you are reading a page-turner and can't bear to put it down, keep reading for another thirty minutes.
Here at 360 XQMX there are endless possibilities for where you can spend your time reading. On the mirador, enjoying sunset. In the sala gallery, surrounded by art. In a fabulous rocking chair...just rocking. Maybe roll up your pants and dangle your feet in our Indonesian stone-tiled pool. There are many nooks and crannies. Please make yourself at home.
6pm - 6:30pm
Gather, grab a drink or snack & find a place to get comfy for an hour of reading. Chat with your neighbor, if you like.
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Silent reading. If you are using an audio book, please bring headphones or earbuds.
7:30pm - 8pm
Continue reading if you like. Or chat with your neighbor ...
That's it. Pretty simple. We look forward to welcoming you. We are going to try this every month...put it on your calendar and bring your friends, or make new ones.