Downtown Evansville just got a little brighter. The Downtown Evansville Economic District has just installed a new permanent lighting and decor fixture at the 500 block Alley off Main st.
The inaugural decor scheme celebrates Cinco de Mayo with color papel picado and two giant papel picado photo props that will be added later this week.
“Papel picado is a traditional Mexican folk art,” said Evansville Latino Center Director Abraham Brown. “Usually made from stacks of tissue paper, you’ll find them hung across alleys and streets throughout Mexico in celebrations of holidays, quinceañeras, weddings and other events like Cinco de Mayo,” he said in a press release. The installation will feature traditional hung papel picado as well as two giant, brightly-colored versions custom made for this installation. “We’re excited to experience traditional music and dance in this space displaying our traditional folk craft forms.”
To welcome the new installation Downtown Evansville is hosting performances by the Evansville Latino Center. Performances will include Mariachi singer Georgina Lopez Álvarez, Latino Folkloric Dance Group, as well as Sophie Radionova and Olga Radionova from Signature School.
Visit DowntownEvansville.com and Facebook.com/CentroLatinoAmericano to learn more.