Expat Living

Sunday arts workshop program builds steam

Guadalajara-area residents who have a yen for hands-on classes in painting, pottery, piano, yoga, weaving and the like can drop in at a conveniently located municipal center on the city’s west side that just inaugurated an inexpensive program involving about 10 teachers so far.

On a recent Sunday, starting at 10 a.m. and lasting until 3 p.m., about 50 students from ages six to 65 could be seen, working mostly alfresco under trees or shelters throughout the sprawling municipal installations located on Eulogio Parra near Lopez Mateos.

They were crafting prehispanic musical instruments, clay figurines, weaving traditional rebozos and belts, painting portraits and flowers, and practicing hydroponic urban agriculture. Inside a group of shaded cabins, piano and voice teachers were at work. Near the free parking lot, about a dozen, well kept vintage automobiles sparkled in the sun.

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