We began with a short tour of Mexico City and Cuernavaca but our real destination was San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (SMA). This was my first exposure to Casa de las Ranas, located just outside of SMA, as a member of Julie Richey’s mosaic tour and workshop group. Our mission was to create a large mosaic for one of the interior walls on the property of Richard Schultz and Anado McLauchlin. While Anado has a crew to help install mosaics on his property, we signed up for a learning experience and ‘paid’ to be his crew. It was worth it. On the property is the Chapel of Jimmy Ray and another art gallery containing Anado’s artwork as well as that of others. Anado is known for being a mosaicist but also as a psychedelic artist. I would generally say his work is mixed media; often a multi layered assemblage of parts and pieces. For an entire week we worked 9am-3pm on site. While the design of the mosaic was already thought out we contributed color and pattern ideas. The wall we worked on was just the beginning of many walls throughout the compound which eventually became covered in tile. I loved being totally immersed in an art environment with fellow artisans as work mates. Outside of our daily duties I was free to explore other parts of San Miguel. Our hotel was just down from the Parroquia and Jardin. Very convenient. It was all very inspirational. I knew I would be returning again.