You can combine this program in a flexible way with your tours and vacations in Peru. We invite you to a real artistic trip through the artistic expressions of the ancient cultures of South America. After the painting workshop you will have a panorama about the styles of the Andean native art and its relation with the Cosmovision of their authors ... a great holidays with creativity, inspiration and relaxation in the Sacred Valley of the Incas!. We’ll paint with earth pigments or dying pigments (Anilinas)
Choose the topic that most interests you:
PRE
COLUMBIAN
ART
THE PUMA MAN - A JOURNEY TROUGH TIME AND SPACE
The Pumaruna (Puma Man) is a central character in pre-Columbian art and we find him in all of Peru´s ancient cultures. So, in this painting workshops, we will discover the great diversity of his manifestations, navigating through different cultures and time periods..
THE ART OF THE INVISIBLE - MANIFESTATIONS OF PARALLEL WORLDS
The artists from Paracas do not only schematize the physical appearance of a human being, vegetable or divine one, but they rather manifest it in its totality, with all of its potential, in which creation, fertility and development are fundamental. In this painting workshop, vidade2009@hotmail.com we focus on the diverse realities, as we get introduced to the Andean cosmovision.
HUMAN SACRIFICES - THE FINE ART OF THE SANGUINARY
The issue of human sacrifices is as repugnant as attractive. Especially, parting from an Occidental worldview, it is almost impossible to understand such rituals.
However, pre-Columbian art teaches us to see the world differently and opens up for us, a very different vision of death.
TOTEMS AND HYBRID BEINGS - WHEN THE ANCESTOR PROCEEDS FROM AN ANIMAL…
In the indigenous world, fusions among human beings, divine beings and animals are possible.
Let´s discover this so magical world, taking the totemic beings as sources of inspiration
PAINTING
WITH DYING PIGMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL CREATIVITY
Dying pigments that can be found on popular markets in Peru reflect the explosion of colors in indigenous textiles. Obtained from the Indigo plant and Coal essence, these pigments are very useful for water colors, brightness or highlights and are softened by dilution, thus obtaining fine hues. In our painting workshops curiosity and desire for experimentation will be limitless.
FLOWER POWER
The flowers are the symbol of the beauty of nature. Painting flowers with dying pigments is a real pleasure.
HUARI – THE ABSTRACT ART
The Huari culture´s art impresses through the aesthetic beauty of its abstractions, which stand out for their elegance and pulsating vibration. In our painting workhops we’ll see that the Huari textiles were true visual bibles that displayed a whole doctrine which was simultaneously an offering and an appraisal based on beauty. The tunics were used as ceremonial garments as much for life, as for death and the Priests wore an ideological cosmos on their shoulders. The abstraction process developed in a highly marked way, giving an interesting focus on their artistic concepts. We will paint huari abstractions with dying pigments.
Painting
Workshop
Time period painting workshop: All year round Starting painting workshop dates: Daily Painting workshop Location:Apulaya - Center for Andean Culture
Painting Workshop
SCHEDULE:
10.00 Reception in Calca
10.30 Painting workshop
12.30 Lunch
13.30 painting workshop
14.40 Coffee break
15.00 Painting workshop
16.00 End
INCLUDES: Welcome beverage, lunch with beverages, use of audiovisual equipment, educational materials, painting supplies, coffee break.
DOES NOT INCLUDE: Transportation from your hotel to Calca (Check with us if you want private transportation or need assistance).
