Tijuana Urban Art
Most people think they are more creative in the morning. Well, this morning Tijuana tested the theory with its second “Creative Mornings” event. At 8 AM at the offices of the advertising agency Fotográfika in downtown Tijuana, the creative community of the city gathered for gourmet coffee, delicious fresh breads, […]
Tijuana Photo of the Day
Optica Cancun expresses the texture, color, and style of downtown Tijuana.
Tijuana Colonias
In the spring of last year, Al Jazeera picked up on the excitement of Tijuana’s new art and culture scene and did a short piece on it for Al Jazeera television news. Here’s the video:
Tijuana Colonias
Another key space in Tijuana’s cultural revival is opening this weekend. Tijuana’s Plaza Revolución will celebrate its grand opening on Sunday, July 15. Plaza Revolución represents the third new cultural pasaje opened in the past two years as part of the revival of the historic Tijuana downtown. Like Pasaje Rodriguez, […]
Tijuana Colonias
Scenes from the grand opening of Pasaje Gomez and Plaza Madero in downtown Tijuana on April 28, 2012. Video by Elias Carranco. Vete al Gomez! REACTIVANDO ESPACIOS presenta ARTS AND TREES from Elias Carranco on Vimeo.
Tijuana Colonias
When you think of art in downtown Tijuana, you think mostly of kitch. But Tijuana’s not what you think. Tonight I stopped by Pasaje Gomez to check out a gallery opening and I felt like I was walking through the narrow streets of a quaint Italian village. The walls […]
Tijuana Colonias
Remnants of the old Tijuana are easily neglected. The “old” pales in comparison to the tasteful glass and steel palette of Citibank-Banamex and the stately rows of palms along Paseo de los Heroes. The up-scale fascinates and demands our attention. Yet I’ve noticed that huge, garbage-strewn empty lots are also […]
Tijuana Colonias
In Tijuana, urban art is everywhere, and artists find their most important contributions lie in the way their work can reactivate spaces that lie far beyond the official “front stage” of tidy commerce in the city. As the urban theorist Michel de Certeau argued in The Practice of Everyday Life, […]
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So, I’m painting both inside and outside my house in TJ. And the low price of paint and supplies here, plus the gracious assistance from my friends Chilo and Ernesto, have made it possible to do major work on landscaping and interior decorating–on a budget. But the untold story of […]