Sabato Rodia
Sabato Rodia
Looking for the future of Sabato Rodia’s Watts Towers in the small town of Serino, in the province of Avellino.
An Italian American self-taught artist from Oakland, California, adds yet another chapter in the story of Italian Americans and material culture.
Children’s literature, the Watts Towers, and Italian-Californian celebrations of Saint Joseph’s Day.
In recognition of co-blogger, Laura Ruberto, who intelligently expounds on West Coast iterations of Italian America, I offer my touristic encounter with things Italian in the...
Finding Romano Gabriel’s Wooden Sculpture Garden along the Italy-California border.
Looking at the undercurrents of Italian migrant identity in Niki de Sainte Phalle’s Giardino dei Tarocchi.