Old Town First Friday Art Walk

On the first Friday of every month, various galleries and private homes located in Mazatlan's historic Old Town open their doors to locals, snowbirds, and touristas such as ourselves. Local and regional artists of all sorts display their wares in these locations throughout the evening.

This was a "must-do" event according to our snowbirding hosts, so of course we went. And we were so glad we did!

A colourful mix of derelict and refurbished homes and storefront awaited. Oh, and some art too. The art was lovely but the buildings in the late afternoon light - just so beautiful, no matter what state they are in right now.

Here are a few examples for you to enjoy...

This home was on the tour. Recently refurbished by an US ex-pat couple, you would be likely to see this home in architecture digest!


















It's almost impossible to imagine they could have done so much with a property that probably started out looking like these:








These windows and doorways are typical for the neighbourhoods downtown and otherwise.





These details are as well...







If only we had had more time (and an endless supply of that beautiful warm late afternoon light) I could easily have taken enough shots to fill a whole wall.






Our original plan for the evening had included watching the sunset, while sipping bebidas on the rooftop of the Posada Freeman Hotel. Since the afternoon had been quite cloudy, it seemed the sunset would be a non-event, so we spent our time wandering around instead. Boy, were we mistaken!

At least we managed to catch this tiny glimpse of what surely was the most intensely colourful sunset since our arrival.



If you'd like to see more pictures of Old Town, check out our friend Joanna's blog

Joanna is an artist in her own right as you can see from this lovely oil painting, which she had just put the finishing touches on in time for us to enjoy!