What’s The Matta, Piñata? Affordable Housing, That’s What.

Post-nostrums, 2013 a photo of artwork by Giovanni Valderas is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Serious art by a serious artist currently using frivolous folk art to make a most serious point.

Are you concerned about Affordable Housing? Start a blog — we did. Stage a protest — many have. Or, you could make a piñata . . . .? . . . Really?

piñata photo by Steven Lilley licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Really. A one-man protest by artist Giovanni Valderas has been taking place recently in Dallas, featured disgusted piñatas perched on street corners, to remind citizens of a de facto discrimination that is pricing local latinos out of affordable housing.

Read More in NextCity: Small, Glum-Faced Piñata Houses Are Sending a Message in Dallas Neighborhood

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