{"id":30790,"date":"2022-05-12T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=30790"},"modified":"2022-05-19T12:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T19:36:45","slug":"little-mexico-the-santa-fe-springs-art-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/little-mexico-the-santa-fe-springs-art-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Mexico: The Santa Fe Springs Art Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SFentrance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SFentrance.jpg 480w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SFentrance-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story and Photographs by Raoul Pascual<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Santa Fe Springs Art Festival is an annual Mexican art fair at the tip of Los Angeles\u2019 southern border. The city is predominantly of Mexican ancestry so it really should have been billed as the Mexican Art Fair. I confess I\u2019ve never really been to Mexico but walking among the crowd I think this was what it must be like in a Mexican festival. All around were large families dressed in clean simple fashion \u2013 cowboy boots, cowboy hats, T-shirts, vests with strings, gelled black hair, frizzy hair adorned with flowers, and strong makeup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cowboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cowboy.jpg 480w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cowboy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"30795\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"30794\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"30793\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/food-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/performers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/performers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/performers-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>A duet doing sound checks.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The fair offered different activities. The aroma of food and the line of people in front of food trucks was the first section I gravitated to. It was a Friday evening and proud parents corralled their children to mingle with other well-behaved kids. I imagine this was the big event of the week for these hard-working families. Spanish-Mexican chatter competed with the sound of blaring music from the musicians on stage. I helped a family take selfies as we lined up for delicious $8 hot dogs. \u201cAre you sure you want the Azteca Hot Dogs?\u201d warned the food truck cashier. \u201cIt\u2019s really hot.\u201d \u201cYes!\u201d I proudly retorted. Of course, I was expecting all those spices. No Mexican is worth his salt if he can\u2019t stand a little heat. Among the hungry crowd were sprinkles of teenage Mariachi performers filling their tummies before their big performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hotdog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hotdog.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hotdog-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a narrow corridor that led to a craft area. Young creative children were busy coloring and pasting cut colored paper. Around them were craft booths \u2013 a guy selling his paintings of Freida (I mean, what\u2019s a Mexican craft fair without a Freida collection, right?). Another booth was selling wood carvings. Yet another was selling handmade jewelries. There were many onlookers, but I didn\u2019t see any takers. But everyone was having fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"30802\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kidart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kidart.jpg 480w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kidart-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Kid Craft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"30801\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jewelry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jewelry.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jewelry-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>jewelry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"30796\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Freida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Freida.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Freida-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Freida paintings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was surprised to find a Korean art club, who had secured a large tent full of paintings, collages and relief mixed media paintings. The club president was only too excited to show off their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/koreanGrp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/koreanGrp.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/koreanGrp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The Korean Art Group<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/KoreanDisplay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/KoreanDisplay.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/KoreanDisplay-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Korean Artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A young man was doing a black and white chalk art of Einstein on a flat pavement. A local video crew was covering the event and took photos of him and their reporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Einstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Einstein.jpg 425w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Einstein-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Einstein-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There was also a flamenco dancer with her guitarist inviting kids to stump their feet with them. Beside them was a stage for different dance styles. Kids with red flowery blooming dresses doing the Mariachi and kids with white T-shirts doing hip hop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main stage was a good sized ampitheater with chairs surrounding it. An all-girl band was finishing their hard rock segment. On the side were other bands waiting for their turn to show off their talent. A small open area was reserved for dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ampitheater.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ampitheater.jpg 577w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ampitheater-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the middle of all the activity was a two-story house-turned-museum, with all of its walls covered in an assortment of paintings. Some of the paintings were really good. In the middle of the house was an open stage area showing short videos of student film artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"30800\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/insideHouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/insideHouse.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/insideHouse-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"30797\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gallery.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gallery-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re in the Los Angeles, California area during the first Friday of May you should come and check it out and enjoy a culture south of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.SFSartfest.org\" target=\"_blank\">SFSartfest.org<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artcrawlfest.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.artcrawlfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArtCrawlFest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aroma of food and the line of people in front of food trucks was the first section I gravitated to. It was a Friday evening and proud parents corralled their children to mingle with other well-behaved kids. I imagine this was the big event of the week for these hard working families. Spanish chatter competed with the sound of blaring music  from the musicians on stage. I helped a family take selfies as we lined up for delicious $8 hot dogs. \u201cAre you sure you want the Azteca Hot Dogs?\u201d warned the food truck cashier, \u201cit\u2019s really hot.\u201d \u201cYes!\u201d I proudly retorted. Of course, I was expecting all those spices. No Mexican is worth his salt if he can\u2019t stand a little heat. 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