BLACK AND WHITE PARTY WITH DANIELLA WOOLF
BLACK AND WHITE PARTY WITH DANIELLA WOOLF
October 11-19, 2025 Oaxaca City, Oaxaca Mexico
Anyone who has started an encaustic practice knows who Daniella Woolf is. A longtime respected international artist, she now focuses on her love of textiles and pattern.
We are thrilled to share that Daniella will guide us through black and white studies in Oaxaca. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to study with such an experienced and gifted artist.
“Three distinct paths have emerged in my art practice throughout my career: using text, thread and installation. Each path is about exploring pattern.”
One of Daniella’s incredible installations.
Forest of Words
The Workshop
Imagine being in a supportive atmosphere where your creativity can take a giant leap forward! This is an opportunity to work with contrast, and limit your choices, which is a great creativity booster. In Daniella’s art practice, she often limits the tools or materials she uses, which somehow magically makes creativity blossom. It also helps to pack less supplies when traveling!
We will make art primarily out of paper in 2D or 3D.
Daily exercises are designed to spark your imagination and guide you through fun ways to work.
We will make imagery using black and white. Some of the possibilities include shredding our imagery, and constructing grids and much more.
We’ll share an evening where we dress the part, a Black and White dress up party. Let your inner fashionista go wild. Perhaps we will paint our fingers and toes black and white. Imagine the fun spectacle we can create.
Daniella will present a black and white slide show of items in her home/closet/studio/travels. Please bring something similar…it could be a photo montage, book, online post, or collage—pick the medium that suits your expression best. This will serve as a warm up for ideas and inspiration.
Think about these common phrases and how they can inspire you, even to create a series of work around these themes.
Black and White Thinking
Black and White and Read all over
50 Shades of White
Research quotes on Black and White
Be ready to go on outings to discover what materials we can buy at the local art/hardware store. We will explore the town for black and white articles, and possibly build black and white altars for loved ones.
If you are interested in pursuing your own artistic agenda, Daniella is happy for you to carry on. If you would like guidance or feedback, she’s happy to oblige, or simply cheer you on!
One of Daniella’s Totems
This Art Escape includes:
8 nights accommodations (double occupancy)
Visits to different artisan villages
Instructions/guidance from Daniella
Welcome reception and fiesta
All meals except for one lunch and one dinner
Visits to markets
2 Cooking Classes
Free time to explore
Farewell dinner
Some supplies
Private Facebook page
New Art Tribe
The price for this workshop is $4,100 and limited to 12 people. A limited number of single rooms are available for an additional $600.
A $1,000 non refundable deposit is due upon registering. The final payment is due June 11, 2025.
Price does not include:
airfare to/from Oaxaca
alcoholic beverages
Travel insurance is required. See FAQs for recommendations.
Accommodations: Located in a colonial building just two blocks from the zocolo, Hotel Naura has free wifi, a restaurant, a pool, bar and rooftop terrace. It is located across from the Textile Museum.
Airport: Xoxocotlan International Airport is an international airport located in Oaxaca City, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Airport has only one terminal that handles domestic and international air traffic. Code: OAX.
We will Provide
shredders
some paint
some papers
water / palates
Artists Supply List
paper
sketchbook
stencils
fabric
thread
paint
ink
brushes
pens and pencils
erasers to make stamps
scissors/apron
“This is an opportunity to enhance your art practice and take your creativity to a new level. You can kiss your inner critic goodbye.”
Schedule
Day 1, Saturday Oct. 11. Everyone arrives and we will meet this evening for a welcoming party
Day 2, Sunday October 12. Breakfast at the hotel, then meet in the studio at 9:30 a.m. Daniella will begin to guide us in our studies. We will break for a quick walk around the “hood” to orient you after our lunch in the hotel. Returning to the studio, we will continue to work. This evening we will have a special dinner at La Olla, at our amiga’s Pilar Cabrera’s rooftop restaurant.
Day 3, Monday October 13. After breakfast, we will head to the art store and the market to gather ideas for our studies. Lunch and dinner will be provided.
Day 4, Tuesday October 14. Breakfast at the hotel and then we are off to the weaving village of Teotitlan del Valle for a cooking class with Reina Mendoza. We will explore the local market with Reina before our class. You will have free time after we return to Oaxaca. Dinner is on your own this evening.
Day 5, Wednesday, October 15. Breakfast at the hotel and then in the studio all day, breaking for lunch. Dinner will be provided.
Day 6, Thursday, October 16. Breakfast and then in the studio at 9:30. We will go to the market for lunch today before returning to the studio. Dinner will be provided.
Day 7, Friday, October 17. Breakfast and then into the studio for a full day of creativity. Lunch at the hotel. This evening will be a cooking class with Chef Ana Elena Martinez.
Day 8, Saturday, October 18. Breakfast and then into the studio to finish our work before our Show “N Tell. Lunch will be on your own and you will have free time until our farewell dinner this evening.
Day 9, Sunday, October 19. The trip is over and you are free to leave anytime.
Daniella Woolf is an artist living in the seacoast town of Santa Cruz, CA. She focuses on paper, pattern and textiles. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in many collections and publications. She is the author of two books, Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility and The Encaustic Studio, and has produced many instructional DVDs.
She has inspired many students in the US, internationally and online. She is the recipient of the Rydell Award and Gail Rich Award.
For in depth information here is a link to an interview entitled Paper Paper and Paper at TextileArtist.org.
