Dear <<Nombre>>:
We are so much looking forward to meeting you in Oaxaca for our 4th Encuentro of the Red Valle de Huajes!
This year's Encuentro will hold nice surprises for you and glimpses into the beautiful futures that we are building together. Make sure you don’t miss it!
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What is this year’s Encuentro about?
We will start Friday 28th, at 8:00 am, with an early breakfast to gather and connect on our cozy terrace. While sipping coffee or tea, we’ll talk about what Innovando la Tradición is doing today, the lessons learned so far and the next big exciting step that is, literally, around the corner.
We will walk around the corner to meet with the potters who are also eager to meet you. Next, they'll guide a ceremony to bless the grounds and lay the first stones (or rather make the first adobe bricks) for our biggest project so far, la Casa de Los Saberes (The House of Skills).
After sharing lunch with the artisans in Zandunga restaurant, we’ll have time to rest, refresh and regroup later on at Criollo, the exquisite Oaxacan restaurant by chef Enrique Olvera.
Saturday 29th will be an adventurous day. We will hop on the van at 10:00 and ride to visit Goya’s home, a rural idyll in Rio Blanco Tonaltepec. There, we will learn about her pottery, have a work session with the artisans, and enjoy delicious local food prepared by the women.
Back in Oaxaca, we’ll again have time to rest, refresh and dress up for a closing cocktail.
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Dates
• Program will start on Friday May 28th and will end on Saturday 29th.
• We suggest you arrive on Thursday 27th and arrange to come back on Sunday 30th.
• For those arriving on Thursday, we will have an optional clay workshop with the amazing master Francisca Ocampo, who is one of the few comal makers left in Atzompa. (20 minutes from Oaxaca city).
Pricing and expenses
• $320 per person, via bank transfer (before may 9th).
• Innovando la Tradición will take care of logistics and activities, all meals during Friday and lunch on Saturday, as well as local transportation during the program.
• Alcoholic beverages are not covered.
• Optional activities on Thrusday or Sunday are not covered.
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Will you join us?
We’d appreciate you confirming your assistance
before Sunday, May 9th
valledehuajes@innovandolatradicion.org
• Let us know if you will come by yourself or if you will bring friends along (HVN prospects!).
• Also, let us know if you have any food allergies or restrictions we should consider.
• Please include the payment receipt, so we can start with the necessary reservations.
• Once you confirm your assistance, you will receive a welcome packet with more detailed and practical information.
• If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write or call: +1 951 128 2662
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Accommodation suggestions
• Each participant will be responsible for his/her own hotel reservations and flights.
• We encourage you to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible.
Here some hotel recommendations, most of them close to Innovando’s headquarters.
Simple and nice/mid range
El Diablo y la Sandía
Hotel Boutique De La Parra
Hotel con Corazón
Hotel NaNa Vida
La Betulia Bed and Breakfast
Boutique/Top range
La Casona de Tita
Hotel Quinta Real
El callejón Hotel Boutique
Casa Oaxaca
Hotel Sin Nombre
Hotel Escondido Oaxaca
Possible flights
From Mexico City: Volaris, Interjet, Aeroméxico
Direct from Houston: United Airlines
Direct from Los Angeles: Volaris
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We are eager to meet you, to surprise you, and to dream and celebrate together!
Mónica, Kythzia and Diego
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Innovando la Tradición: We serve artisan communities by developing conditions for their self-determination, agency and buen vivir. We transform dominant narratives through contact with the earth. We generate care of our human, social and natural environment. We create bridges between the wisdom of the handmade and the world. We are and operate as a community. We learn and are transformed together. We maintain spaces for individual and collective creativity. We are proud of what we do. We are all clay.
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