San Antonio Clay Arts Festival

    

Herrera, Teia. "Vendor Booths."

Two weeks after the Dia De Los Muertos Celebration I attended the San Antonio Clay Arts Festival on November 16, 2013. This event was also free, fun, and family friendly. The Clay Arts Festival started at 10 am and ended at 5pm and was put on by the San Antonio Museum of Arts. I arrived around 1pm and was just in time to sit down and sculpt a little bowl to hold my knick-knacks. This was an opportunity awarded to everyone who walked through the front entrance. This outdoor event gave potters the chance to showcase their art, musicians the chance to display their talent, and children and parents entertained. While the adults walked around from booth to booth the children were kept busying sculpting their own pinch-pot sculptures and what ever else they decided to make. Their was approximately 13 vendors each selling a different form of pottery. The pottery varied from cups and masks to vases and bird houses with a little bit of everything in between.  Off to the side of the vendors booths their were two food trucks offering either New York styled pizza or a Greek gyros. I got the gyro and it was delicious! This event was yet another great opportunity to get out the house and involve your friends or family. As I walked around observing the vendors and those who attended the event I noticed that everyone was enjoy the event. The Clay Arts Celebration had a very laid back, move at your own pace feel. This is the type of event that is perfect for a saturday evening were you have   nothing else to do but want to get out the house and pay absolutely nothing! You could attend this event and not pay a dime if you wanted. Unless, you wanted food or to purchase pottery which was reasonably priced. Prices for the pottery ranged from $10-$135 and the food prices varied. While everyone is walking around or making a pinch pot there is also San Antonio locals performing on the stage to provide soft music to add to the laid back feel. I plan to attend more SAMA events to keep everyone updated not the fun and free events both family friendly and not!

-Teia Herrera 

Dia De Los Muertos

Davis, Vincent T.. Day of the Dead comes alive at Market Square.

On November 2, 2013 I attended the Dia De Los Muertos Celebration located in the Square Market here in San Antonio. It was an event that started at 10 am and ended at 5pm. The Dia De Los Muertos Celebration was a free event the only thing I had to pay for was the $5 dollar parking and any food or fun I wanted to take part in. The event kicked off with a parade that had float decorated with sugar skulls and skeletons. The people on the floats were dressed as skeletons and had detailed face painting. Since the celebration was on saturday and sunday the normal events going on in the Square Market added to the    festivities of the event. After the parade everyone just walked around and enjoyed all that the Square Market had to offer on this day. Both children and adults flooded the Square Market walking around in costume and face paintings to make them look like the sugar skulls and skeletons. Along the sides of the Square Market there was face painting, food, vendors selling paintings, jewelry, and hair wrapping. I decided to get my hair wrapped with color strings and enjoy a cup of street corn. This event was a fun and free event that had many opportunities to partake in the festivities of your choice. The Dia De Los Muertos Celebration is the perfect event to have fun and get a taste of the culture that San Antonio has to offer. I recommend that anyone who is looking for some San Antonio fun attend this event next year.

-Teia Herrera