Events - Trips
Painting Trips
The Vancouver Art Guild has planned and organized a number of painting trips for its members.
Painters are often accompanied by spouses who find their own diversions and/or aid and participate in the exploration of new environs. In Europe and Mexico we stay in one place, find an accommodation with meals where possible and use rented vehicles to explore the neighboring villages and countryside when not painting on location. We sometimes travel with an instructor.
Trips completed:
- Oaxaca, Mexico, November 2007
- Ronda, Spain, September 2005
- Umbria, Italy, September 2003
- Big Bar Ranch, BC Cariboo, September 2002
- San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, March 2002
- Freyssinet, France, in the Lot Valley, 2000, 2001, 2002
Oaxaca street scene |
On the latest trip, 8 Guild members spent 10 days in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. Facilitated by an academic friend of one of the Guilders who lives there part time, they were introduced to the treasures of the town centre, surrounding villages and historical sites. Permission to paint for the day at Monte Alban was a privilege. |
typical Oaxaca architecture |
starting the mural
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Volunteering to help organize and paint murals at the Casa de la Proteccion de la Joven was a high point for the Vancouver group. The girls, mainly from distant mountain villages, find a safe home in the city where they can live while studying at high school and college. |
finished mural with proud artists |
Casa Residents and new mural |
Everyone got along famously and the results pleased the Guilders and the girls. Now la Casa has a lovely dining room of which it can be proud. |
Casa Manager, in dinning room with mural |
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Left: View onto the courtyard of the hotel. Right: painting, |
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Upcoming Painting Trips
Several members are planning a return trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, in November, 2008.