Past Event
Sunday, August 6, 2017, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Latin American Festival & Mata Ortiz Pottery Market
4133 Taylor Street, San Diego, 92110
Cost: Free
Old Town San Diego’s Bazaar del Mundo shops present three days of folk art, food, and entertainment at this annual event. Artists from Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries will showcase one of the most extensive collections of genuine Latin American folk art this side of the border.
The festival exhibits San Diego’s largest collection of authentic Mata Ortiz pottery, a centuries-old art form renowned for its intricate process and hand-painted geometric and ancestral symbols. Other crafts and handmade goods include Peruvian folk art and clothing, Otomi textiles, Talavera pottery, Oaxacan wooden animal carvings, Guatemalan weaving, and Huichol yarn and bead paintings.
