Simon Rodia
Simon Rodia
Children’s literature, the Watts Towers, and Italian-Californian celebrations of Saint Joseph’s Day.
Looking at the undercurrents of Italian migrant identity in Niki de Sainte Phalle’s Giardino dei Tarocchi.
Driving for hours takes us to three California Italian American vernacular sites -- from urban LA to rural NorCal with a stop along the freeway in the Central Valley.