When I first heard that an Artists Village was going to be created in downtown Santa Ana, I had my doubts. I had never heard of such a place being created artificially by a city. I was quite familiar with the Melrose District, a place where the arts sprang up unbidden. Generally when this happens [...]
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Tags: Artist Village, artists, artists village, matthew southgate, mike harrah, original mike's, santora 
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When the City of Santa Ana partnered with the Downtown Santa Ana Restaurant Association to begin a trial valet parking program, utilizing metered parking spaces on the streets surrounding the Artist Village, the local artists felt left out as they were not consulted.
Now the artists have organized themselves into a new organization of independent artists [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Santa Ana Tags: A.V.A.S.A., alicia rojas, Artist Village, matt southgate, Santa Ana, theo hirsch, valet parking 6 Comments »
[ December 4, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Santa Ana: The Soul And Spirit Of Orange County
By: Jaime Rubio
Santa Ana is the county seat and most populous city in Orange County, California, and the 55th-most populous city in the United States with a 2007 estimated population of 339,555. Santa Ana lends its name to the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), which runs through the [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Santa Ana, Youth Tags: Artist Village, claudia lavini, jaime rubio, r.e.d. gallery, Santa Ana, santora No Comments »
[ December 4, 2010 5:30 pm to December 5, 2010 11:30 pm. ]
The Christmas celebration has become one of our favorite nights in the Artist Village here in Santa Ana. The whole Santora Building will be involved, as well as many other local galleries.
Saturday, December 4 · 5:30pm – 11:30pm. The Historic Santora Building, located at 207 North Broadway. Click here to RSVP on Facebook.
This show will feature [...]
If you attended the counter-protest at Santa Ana’s Artist Village on Saturday night you might have noticed that the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church protesters never showed up. But some 200-300 counter-protesters did!
Here are a few excerpts about the evening’s activities, courtesy of the CSUF Daily Titan:
For 7-year-old Milo Bruschke, the Westboro Baptist Church protest against [...]
My wife and I visited tonight’s Santa Ana Art Walk, in downtown Santa Ana, and had a great time. We started our evening with a surprise. The big parking garage just north of the Proof Bar was full. So we drove to the Federal Court parking garage and found a free space there.
We then walked [...]
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The next Santa Ana Artist Village Art Walk is coming up this Saturday, Oct. 2, rain or shine.
The event starts at 7pm and is free for all to attend and enjoy the atmosphere. Come, introduce yourself to a local artist, invite your friends, grab a bite, lots to do in Santa Ana Artist’s Village.
Venues Open [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Santa Ana Tags: art walk, Artist Village, Santa Ana No Comments »Architectural Walking Tour and OC Courthouse Downtown Architectural Walking Tour
Join us for an information-filled tour of historic downtown Santa Ana and learn more about our city. These tours coincide with our Open House events (noon to 4:00 pm) and are also a perfect prelude to the “first Saturday” arts openings at the downtown Artist Village [...]
1st Annual Santa Ana International Music Festival 2009
Casas Guanajuato – Santa Ana, El Centro Cultural de Mexico and Fundacion Yanga Veracruz
Title Sponsor – Downtown Inc.
Where: Downtown Santa Ana 4th Street, Sycamore, Artist Village, Fiesta Marketplace, Yost Theater
When: Saturday November 21, 2009, noon to 9:00 p.m and Sunday November 22, 2009, noon to 8:00 p.m
Entertainment: various [...]
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