Arquetopia Foundation is a nonprofit arts and academic foundation with a social scope that is internationally established on three continents. Their mission emphasizes critical thinking, a commitment to reciprocity, and a sense of ethics at the core of all artistic practices. Their programs are unique, research based, and founded on social creativity, providing content anchored in local knowledge, critical perspectives, and a solid structure of collaborations with renowned experts and artists.
Their Pre-Columbian Ceramics Instructional Residency explores the rich history of ceramics in Mexico by incorporating the knowledge of local building techniques, materials, and styles, using hands-on instruction with diverse clay bodies from the region of Puebla and Tlaxcala, or Cusco.
Their Mexican Ceramics includes 36 hours of master guidance, using techniques and studio facilities in accordance to the colonial ordinances of Puebla and the Talavera methods of hand-building and glazing.
