As a former gallery curator, organizing art collection tours is a passion for many reasons, given my love for everything handmade.  There is an important connection between the artists and the landscape where they live, especially when traditional art forms are rooted in cultural teachings. The environment was the first art-supply store, so naturally creations by indigenous artists are often a reflection their homelands.  Though I support galleries and respect their role in supporting artists year-round while providing a public space where visitors and collectors can find their pieces in popular villages and cities, there is often a disconnect between the buyer and their understanding of the pieces they are collecting because they have not observed the artist in their own cultural setting.

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This art collection tour offers an eclectic glimpse into a world largely unseen by outsiders, traversing a rural region that is bursting with various styles of pottery, textiles and carvings.  Once you visit these villages, you will recognize these art forms, as they are specific to the towns from where they come.  This art collection tour is an investigative study of the P'urepecha culture through their important handicrafts and weavings, and a chance to explore a rural side of Michoacan that is rarely seen.

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Please join us for this touching and memorable experience and bring home some beautiful treasures to forever remind you of the artists you have visited, and purch