COVID can’t keep the arts down forever.
Beginning Oct. 2, the community is starting to break out of the COVID doldrums that have arrested the community since March.
Lupita de la Paz, executive director of the Casa de la Cultura, will be leading a walking tour of the Brown Plaza murals at 6:30 p.m. Friday. “We are going to show four murals on the plaza and show our visitors a new wall that we are about to create a new mural on,” said de la Paz.
De la Paz has hosted a number of bicycle tours throughout South Del Rio, looking at murals.
“This tour is a little bit different from our Mural bike tours, it will take up less time and we’ll be walking around the Brown Plaza area discussing murals as well as I’m unveiling one of our latest mural project,” she said.
People will meet at the Casa and de la Paz will guide them to the nearby murals on the square.
While the Del Rio Council for the Arts Firehouse isn’t opening for First Friday, they are featuring Fort Clark Springs artist Carole Whitworth’s Ave Maria collection.
While much of the collection is faith based, she also has a number of paintings from nature.
“We really want to open for First Friday, but we’re concerned that with the numbers we often have, we wouldn’t be able to meet the Center for Disease Control and our local health authority’s guidelines,” said Nancy O’Brien, executive director of the DRCA.
The Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturdays.
To watch a video interview with Whitworth, go here.
The Adrian J. Falcon Gallery, located at 301 E. Garfield, gallery will reopen for an outdoor Pop Up Art Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The show is designed for aspiring artists. Much of the proceeds benefits the Falcon Art Center Foundation, that is building an art center near Brown Plaza.
“We hope to open for First Friday in November,” said Adrian J. Falcon, the gallery owner.
