“Banda Revolución” and traditional Chinelos dancers perform in an alley behind Fourth Street during the annual Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
“Banda Revolución” and traditional Chinelos dancers perform in an alley behind Fourth Street during the annual Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
An elaborate and colorful mural decorates a brick wall in the alley behind Fourth Street in Santa Ana, where dozens of such murals line the alley that hosts the monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, which resumed for the first time since the pandemic began on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Several members of a team of artists who helped create the Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk’s new mural, “The Birds,” dedicated to the diversity of the city, stand together after receiving certificates for their contributions, during an unveiling of the mural on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk visitors gather for an unveiling of a new mural during the monthly event, which resumed for the first time since the start of the pandemic, on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Anna Nalle, owner of Nalle Fine Art, and one of the organizers of the Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, stands in her gallery in the Spurgeon Building, open to the public during the monthly event, on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Artist Renee Ortiz works on a painting in her “Invisible Women” series in her studio in the Spurgeon Building in Downtown Santa Ana, open to the public during the monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Raul Yanez, who owns the building in Downtown Santa Ana that features the new mural, “The Birds,” stands in his clothing store during the monthly Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021 as he mentions that he loves “donating his walls to great artists.” (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
“Banda Revolución” and traditional Chinelos dancers perform in an alley behind Fourth Street during the annual Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Traditional Chinelos dancers perform in an alley behind Fourth Street during the annual Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Art teacher Moses Camacho, who lead a group of artists to create the new mural, “The Birds,” which was unveiled on Saturday, August 7, 2021 during the monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, speaks to a gathered crowd during the official unveiling, thanking all the artists who helped him complete the project. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk visitors check out the newly unveiled mural entitled, “The Birds,” created by a team of artists, and unveiled on Saturday, August 7, 2021 during Santa Ana’s monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
A new mural entitles “The Birds,” created by a team of artists, and unveiled on Saturday, August 7, 2021 during Santa Ana’s monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, features an array of colorful birds and is dedicated to the diversity of the city. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Break-dancers take turns performing in an alley behind Fourth Street in Downtown Santa Ana that hosts a monthly Artwalk, on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento thanks all the artists who help create a new mural entitled, “The Birds,” dedicated to the diversity of the city of Santa Ana, during an official unveiling of the work on Saturday, August 7, 2021 during the monthly Artwalk. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Artist and art teacher Moses Camacho, who lead a group of artists to create the new mural, “The Birds,” which was unveiled on Saturday, August 7, 2021 during the monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, leans against the brick wall that features the new colorful depiction of various bird species and the word “diversity,” that he helped create. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Artist Renee Ortiz works on a painting in her “Invisible Women” series in her studio in the Spurgeon Building in Downtown Santa Ana, open to the public during the monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Stephen “Iggi” Igwe of North Hollywood takes a turn on the breakdancing floor during the Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, the first since the start of the pandemic, on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk visitors walk past a colorful street art mural, one of several such murals that line the alley that hosts the monthly event, which resumed for the first time since the pandemic began on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Traditional Chinelos dancers perform in an alley behind Fourth Street during the annual Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
A new mural entitled “The Birds,” created by a team of artists, and unveiled on Saturday, August 7, 2021 during Santa Ana’s monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, features an array of colorful birds and is dedicated to the diversity of the city. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
A traditional Chinelos dancer performs in an alley behind Fourth Street during the annual Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Several members of a team of artists who helped create the Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk’s new mural, “The Birds,” dedicated to the diversity of the city, stand together at the entrance to the alley, behind Fourth Street, that features their colorful depiction of various bird species on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Ashley McDougall of Huntington Beach and Alex Kurt of Santa Ana check out student art on display in an alley behind Fourth Street at the monthly Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
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“Banda Revolución” and traditional Chinelos dancers perform in an alley behind Fourth Street during the annual Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk on Saturday, August 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
The Santa Ana art community celebrated the return of its monthly celebration of creativity and expression Saturday night, as well as a new edition to an alley of murals in the downtown.
The first Saturday Artwalk was held since the start of the pandemic, with galleries and studios opening to the public and vendors setting up for the evening. The artwalk is held the first Saturday of each month throughout the downtown.
An open-air exhibit of art is The Alley of Kisses, behind Fourth Street between Bush and Main streets. Unveiled Saturday night was the newest mural, “The Birds,” a colorful expression of diversity painted by students from local high schools and Cal State Fullerton under the artistic coordination of Moses Camacho. It was created with sponsorship from the Santa Ana Business Council and the wall way donated by the property owner.
