Centro de las Artes de San Agustín

Art center · San Agustín Etla Municipality

Centro de las Artes de San Agustín

Art center · San Agustín Etla Municipality

Av. Independencia s/n, Vista Hermosa, 68247 San Agustín Etla, Oax., Mexico

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A stunning, eco-friendly art center in a converted textile mill with gorgeous architecture, rotating exhibits, workshops, and serene gardens near Oaxaca.

Av. Independencia s/n, Vista Hermosa, 68247 San Agustín Etla, Oax., Mexico Get directions

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"Textile Mill Converted to Art Center Oaxacan artist Francisco Toledo spearheaded the project of converting an abandoned textile mill into an arts center, which was inaugurated in 2006. The Centro de las Artes San Agustin (CASA) hosts exhibits of a variety of media, as well as courses and workshops. It is an ecological arts center and encourages artistic creation using environmentally friendly processes, and community involvement. CASA is located in San Agustin Etla, about a twenty minute drive from Oaxaca city. It is open daily from 9 am to 6 pm, and if you go on Sundays, there is an organic market on the grounds (Mercado Los Eucaliptos)."

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Justine Trubey

Google

Absolutely terrific! It’s a stunning work of architecture and the exhibits were fascinating and beautifully presented. We spent 3 hours wandering and the photos don’t do it justice. It’s in such an unexpected location and absolutely worth the travel time from Oaxaca.

Great Eh

Google

Beautiful building with gorgeous courtyard and a nice mask exhibition with Spanish/English descriptions. This place is huge, and it's worth the visit if passing by. Also, it's free, so please donate at the entrance. There's a small building beside the Centro de Artes and has some rotating exhibitions. Worth it!

Gerda Liebmann

Google

Fantastic rooms. Great mask exhibit. The view from the terrace reminds me of Southern France. It’s just beautiful. I particularly loved the Papel picados covering the windows on the upper floor.

Darryl Ford

Google

An interesting, and beautiful, multimedia arts center. The building and grounds are absolutely gorgeous. Word to the wise: There is not a lot of art on display (make sure you check the website before you go) so you'll be spending most of your time wandering the grounds. Worth the +/- hour trip out of town if you have the time to spare (and reliable transportation) though given all the cultural attractions in Oaxaca I wouldn't rank it as a must see.

George Ayoub

Google

Definitely a place to go on the Oaxaca circuit. Incredibly beautiful Italian Renaissance bldg restored to become a spacious gallery, with wonderful grounds. While St Augustine has little else for tourists to visit just a half day trip there from Oaxaca is very worthwhile. The village is set in the foothills of the mountains with lots of water around. The caller exhibited a mind-blowing South African artist installation which is was mind altering. Go for the surprise.

Sebastiaan van der Starre

Google

Awesome place, building and museum. Loads of history in the old paper and textile museum, saved by Francisco Toledo and made into a public museum. Great art, photography and historical expositions. Just a great place for a day out!

Cait Goodman

Google

Really loved this relaxed day trip from Oaxaca. If you have time to spare or are gallery/museum -obsessed like myself I would definitely recommend. There was a small and well-thought photo exhibit on Graciela Iturbide but the real draw is the building itself and the views.

Morelia Andrade

Google

The view was amazing! The weather is a lot cooler compared the the city of Oaxaca. The exhibits were nice, the best part was the view from one of the balconies and the papel picado on the windows on the second floor. It was free to go in and see the pieces, you can make a donation of your choosing at the entrance depending on your liking.

Mariana G.

Yelp

Here's a little bit of history of CASA: This place used to be an early-20th-century textile mill, a few years ago it was purchased by Oaxacan Artist Francisco Toledo, to be later converted in 2006 into the 1st Latin American center for Ecological Arts. There's also Arte Papel, Toledo's hand made paper workshop, which before used to be the hacienda's hydro electric power plant. Today it was the 1st time I visited this place, I've been around since a couple minutes away there's an organic market every Sunday. There was a textile exposition, all of the clothes shown were from different plays & authors, like Shakespeare. You can see Toledo's details in every inch of CASA combined with the old architecture of the place. We were also able to see a worker in one of the workshops making socks. It was amazing to see how it was done. The expositions are changing constantly, so you never know what you'll see. Also don't forget to take a rest in the gardens, there's different kinds of cacti, flowers and even some fruit trees like mandarin. Really nice place where you can bring your kids, and after go for a walk in town. The best part: you can find all of this & more on 30 minutes outside Oaxaca.

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Justine Trubey

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Gerda Liebmann

Google

Fantastic rooms. Great mask exhibit. The view from the terrace reminds me of Southern France. It’s just beautiful. I particularly loved the Papel picados covering the windows on the upper floor.

Darryl Ford

Google

George Ayoub

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Sebastiaan van der Starre

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Cait Goodman

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Morelia Andrade

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Mariana G.

Yelp

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