The festival’s return is a sign of the South Bay’s strengthening arts scene.
Chula Vista’s Art Fest is coming back for a second year — a sign of the South Bay’s strengthening arts scene.to display their work on the courtyard outside Chula Vista City Hall. Walls of paintings, tables of pottery, printmaking stands and photographs filled the plaza, along with food trucks and live music.“A lot of talented artists have applied,” said Danny Zavala, deputy chair of Chula Vista’s Cultural Arts Commision and one of the festival’s founders.
Art Fest’s return is one signal that things may be changing in Chula Vista. The city has been working to pump new energy into the local arts scene, both through the festival and other projects like a new art gallery, hopes these different venues will create more opportunities for artists to share their work closer to home. His goal is to create a place where Chula Vista residents can get to know their local artists and better understand the importance of art in the city.
This year, he and other Art Fest organizers are mostly planning to follow the same playbook, with some exceptions. There won’t be a movie screening this year. Instead, they are going to lean more into workshop activities with the goal of giving festival-goers room to create art for themselves.
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