Artown celebrates 30th anniversary with ‘fantastic animals’ from Mexico in Reno, Nevada

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Artown kicked off its 30th anniversary today by celebrating Mexican culture, featuring traditional Mexican dancing and the debut of a new installation of larger-than-life Mexican folk art spirit animal sculptures, known as alebrijes.

Dancers from Ballet Folklorico Pueblo Nuevo opened the morning with traditional Mexican dancing in the Pioneer Center Plaza, surrounded by four brightly colored sculptures of a dog, a cat, a catbird and an alien — the result of more than five years of planning, many months of labor from Oaxacan artists and hundreds of years of Mexican folklore — all on display for everyone to see in downtown Reno.

The exhibit, “Alebrijes & Nahuales: Fantastic Animals from Mexico,” consists of eight 22-foot structures constructed by Oaxacan artists in Mexico City and situated in downtown Reno, from the Wild River Grille to the Pioneer Center plaza.

Get the full story by Michelle Baker on thisisreno.com.