5to Festival del Batey

This past Saturday, July 13th the “Asociación de Artesanos y Artistas Plásticos Puertorriqueños de la Florida”, had their 5th “Festival del Batey” to celebrate the Day of the Artisan. The event was a celebration of Puerto Rican culture through great music, food, festive décor, arts and fine art crafts. Each artisan and painter displayed their artwork which ranged from art, jewelry, sculpture musical instruments, masks and canvas paintings. The artists use wood, clay, seaglass, leather, ceramics, clay, feathers, thread, sand and paper to create their handmade artwork which honors the…

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