Less than 100 feet south of the US/Mexico border in San Diego sits La Casa del Tunel, a house that once enclosed the entrance to an underground tunnel through which drugs and undocumented migrants traveled to the States.

Recently, La Casa del Tunel has been turned into a place of culture and community. The Center features gallery space for art exhibitions and projects, an art supply store and space for music and spoken word. The building also houses an international artist-in-residency program with studios for visiting artists, writers and other creative people, and a rooftop border observation deck and cafe. The area around the building and adjacent property will be transformed into a green laboratory and gardens.

If you don’t want to drive there (we don’t blame you if you don’t!), you can walk across the border. Learn more at the La Case del Tunel website.

Tags: Art, Mexico