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The May 2013 Cultural and Drawing Tour across Morocco with Rita Lazauskas was the first group tour Elaine and I had taken in 25 plus years of overseas travel. It proved an outstanding experience. Not only did we enjoy the colourful landscape of the coastal plains, the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara, but the lifestyle and hospitality of the Berber and Arab people of Marrakesh, Tamdaght, Skoura, Merzouga, Fez and Rabat was memorable. As Australians we are used to vivid and contrasting colours of our own landscape but the red, gold and pink colours we saw in the dryer areas
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Now an annual event, take this opportunity for an exotic holiday adventure and explore Morocco on an immersive Cultural Tour with Australian artist Rita Lazauskas. This hosted Morocco tour follows spectacular landscape and the ancient trade routes across the Atlas Mountains from Marrakech to the Sahara via the Ounila Valley, Rose Valley, Dades Valley, returning via the Draa Valley. Travelling with a small group of like-minded people, our experienced tutor and local guides will enrich your engagement with the unique Amazigh (Berber) Culture, where local artisans maintain their traditional life style. Guided tours and drives through the spectacular landscape will
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Margaret England is set to be our very first Guest Artist and will lead a tour 21 October – 3 November 2013. Margaret works in assemblage, collage, installation and is a master at ‘gleaning’. This will be a popular tour and artists traveling with Margaret will respond to their experience in a number of ways – collage, drawing, ephemeral installations as well as an ‘artists book’ that will be the main focus of the project. Read more…  
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2014 dates DRAWING & TEXTILE tours. From Marrakech to the Sahara explore the diverse and compelling cultural landscape of Morocco! Follow the links for more information DRAWING & PAINTING 28 April – 11 May 2014 TEXTILES 8 – 21 September 2014 Photo: MERRAN KOREN, ink and water colour, 2012 Drawing Tour
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Limited places are available as bookings flow in for this 14 day Amazigh Cultural Tour following the ancient trade routes across the Atlas Mountains from Marrakech to Fez via the Sahara! With a focus on TEXTILES you can explore the traditions of Amazigh (Berber) wool carpets and fine cactus silk weaving, traditional desert looms in the Sahara weaving nomad tents and the finest embroidery. Amazigh Cultural Tours Morocco uses its experienced hosts and local guides to devise travel programs that focus on engagement through grassroots cultural immersion. You will have meaningful exchanges with the local people and opportunities to explore the
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Only a few places left for this hosted tour with artist Rita Lazauskas. Travel the ancient trade routes across the Atlas Mountains from Marrakech to the Sahara and immerse in the rich culture and landscape of this exotic place. Amazigh Cultural Tours Morocco uses its experienced hosts and local guides to devise travel programs that focus on engagement through grassroots cultural immersion. The drawing program is suitable for all skill levels from beginners to advanced. Follow this link for more information: https://amazighculturaltours.com/drawing
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DRAWING TOUR host artist Rita Lazauskas is a finalist in the prestigious 2012 Dobell Drawing Prize on show at the Art Gallery of NSW until 10 February 2013. Her work titled ‘View from the Ramparts #5’ is inspired by her travels with Morocco tours. The panoramic concertina format of the 3D drawing makes reference to the traditional architecture of Morocco, where the terraces and fortifications provide views onto complex scenes of life below. You can see more works by Rita Lazauskas at: http://www.ritalazauskas.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rita-Lazauskas-Visual-Artist/209915962475103?ref=hl
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WHY MOROCCO? Currently top of our most FAQs – why have we chosen Morocco as the place to develop a new program of Art & Cultural tours? Maybe it’s the cool guys in turbans? What began in 2010 as little more than a stab at a map of the world to choose our next holiday destination, has grown into a wonderful experience that is best shared with friends and like-minded people. The richness of the art and architecture, the glorious landscape, the hospitality – we can’t seem to get enough of it! Some call it an obsession – it’s possibly a
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Welcome to our news blog where we will share our ‘Amazigh’ adventures in Morocco as they develop. We hope you will enjoy our new website where you can check out what we have to offer and see some of the artwork by artists who have travelled to Morocco in 2011/12. We thank artist Arthur Wicks for providing our spectacular banner image taken on the 2011 Drawing Tour and redsally for her brilliant design work. Of course, we hope you all ‘Like’ us on our Facebook Page and then you will receive updates from time to time as we will be
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