Artes y Artesanos: Travel to Mexico

December 29, 2007 - January 17, 2008

This course meets non-Eurocentric requirement at KCAI

This program will provide first hand experience of the rich artistic and cultural heritage of ancient and modern Mexico. We begin in Mexico City with day trips to the ancient ruins of the Temple of the Sun at Teotihuacan, murals by Diego Rivera and the home and studio of Frida Kahlo. The following fifteen days will be spent in and around the city of Oaxaca in a high mountain valley in southern Mexico. There we will visit colorful local markets, galleries and museums and will meet with contemporary artists. Several day's studio time will be spent in indigenous villages to participate in fiber, ceramic, collage and other hands-on workshops with local artisans and artists. This course presents an amazing opportunity to be immersed in a culture very different from our own. Students will receive three hours' Liberal Arts credit in either Art History or Social Science, plus three hours of Interdisciplinary Studio credit.

Faculty:

Richard Anderson, Liberal Arts, KCAI
Carolyn Kallenborn, Design Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Cost:

6 credit hours: $4200 with airfare and most expenses included
3 credit hours: $3650 with airfare and most expenses included
0 credit hours: $3150 with airfare and most expenses included

Information:

For more information contact
Richard Anderson,
KCAI office: 913.381.3309, or email: randerson@kcai.edu
Home office: 913-381-3309, or email: randerson5@kc.rr.com

Carolyn Kallenborn,
Email :cmkallen@earthlink.net

Applicationa Deadline: Thursday, October 25

Download the application form here