{"id":578117,"date":"2026-08-01T01:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578117\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:41:09","slug":"salinas-becomes-an-art-gallery-with-sculptures-inspired-by-mexican-culture-around-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578117\/","title":{"rendered":"Salinas becomes an art gallery with sculptures inspired by Mexican culture around town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c672e131-0cf6-420f-86bb-9600babd4adc_1714417997.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ricardo Tovar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Salinas becomes an art gallery with sculptures inspired by Mexican culture around town<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c672e131-0cf6-420f-86bb-9600babd4adc_1714417997.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ricardo Tovar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>SALINAS, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Salinas has been turned into an art gallery with eight large sculptures inspired by Mexican folk art and magical realism installed throughout the city this week.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The sculptures, which depict colorful mythical creatures, were created by Mexican artists.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Three of the sculptures are located at Northridge Mall, where an opening ceremony took place today.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The Mexican Consulate, the mayor of Salinas, and several of the artists attended the unveiling.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">They will be up until September 4, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>2The Rabbit <\/p>\n<p>Located at Northridge Mall. <\/p>\n<p>3Lionbull <\/p>\n<p>In the parking lot of the Northridge Mall.<\/p>\n<p>4Catbird<\/p>\n<p>Located in the parking lot of Northridge Mall. <\/p>\n<p>5The Armadillo <\/p>\n<p> In front of Sherwood Hall. <\/p>\n<p>6Caralampio <\/p>\n<p>Next to the Salinas Regional Soccer Complex.<\/p>\n<p>7The Cat Nahual <\/p>\n<p>In front of Vineyard Church.<\/p>\n<p>8The Dog <\/p>\n<p>In front of the Star Market. <\/p>\n<p>9The Coyote<\/p>\n<p>In front of the Old Steinbeck Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salinas becomes an art gallery with sculptures inspired by Mexican culture around town SALINAS, Calif. \u2014 Salinas has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-578117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}