Downtown Garland Square is getting a colorful transformation as larger-than-life creatures inspired by Mexican folk art take over the heart of the city.<\/p>\n
“Alebrijes: A Dreamworld in Downtown Garland” is a free, six-month outdoor exhibition featuring monumental sculptures of fantastical creatures, including a three-headed dragon and a tentacled seahorse.<\/p>\n
The exhibition opened Thursday, Oct. 8, and will remain on display through March 29, 2027.<\/p>\n
The sculptures are inspired by alebrijes, a traditional form of Mexican folk art known for its imaginative creatures, vibrant colors, and intricate designs.<\/p>\n
The art form traces its origins to Mexican artist Pedro Linares, who began creating the fantastical figures in Mexico City during the 1930s. His work helped establish a tradition of crafting colorful creatures using cartoner\u00eda, a Mexican papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 technique.<\/p>\n
Alebrijes later gained wider recognition through Disney and Pixar’s animated film “Coco,” which introduced audiences around the world to the colorful creatures.<\/p>\n
Visitors to Downtown Garland will have an opportunity to see the sculptures come together as the featured artists work on-site from Oct. 5 through Oct. 15.<\/p>\n
The exhibition offers North Texas residents a chance to experience Mexican folk art in a public setting, with no admission fee required.<\/p>\n
“Alebrijes: A Dreamworld in Downtown Garland” will remain on display at Downtown Garland Square through March 29, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown Garland Square is getting a colorful transformation as larger-than-life creatures inspired by Mexican folk art take over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1282,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-463083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-garland","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}