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2012 Día de Muertos/Day of the Dead
 Sunday
October 28, 2012
1-4 p.m.
Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead
Seasonal hands-on art making such as
Sugar skull decorating and muertos nichos (memory boxes)
making for ages 3 top 103, live music and seasonal refreshments.
Write your own messages for the dearly departed on a leaf
for the Tree of life. COSTUMES encouraged, but not required!
By Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D.
free on Sundays, youth 16 and under and Museum
of New Mexico Foundation members» always free!
(Photo, left: skeleton, Celaya, Guanajuato,
Mexico, c. 1965, Girard Foundation Collection, Museum of
International Folk Art, DCA. Photo by Michel Monteaux)
Download
.pdf Flyer for this event»
The celebration of the Día
de Muertos/Day of the Dead» is rooted in both
indigenous Mexican and Catholic religious beliefs. These
traditions center on honoring and celebrating the Dead.
In the last few decades celebrations of Day of the Dead
have increased in popularity throughout the U.S.
The resulting, often humorous view of death as part of the
life cycle provides and opportunity for families to gather
and remember their loved ones.
The sugar skulls, papel
picado», food,
paper flowers»,
skeleton puppets» dance and processions that occur
during this time encourages participation and expression
on a variety of levels. (Photo above: Coming & Going, Papel
Picado By Catalina Deglado Trunk)
2011 Events In Santa Fe
and Albuquerque
Send us your 2012 Events!
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe»
October 28- November 2, 2011
El Museo will feature altars, installations and flat work
that honors the dead and provide offerings to the living.
El Museo is looking for people to create traditional altars,
installations and submit flatwork for this exhibit as well
as those who can contribute work that reflects their own
contemporary view and vision. The deadline for submissions
is October 14th, 2011. Altars may be installed starting
October 16th and be completed by October 27th. Flat work
will be hung by October 27th in time for the Railyard Art
Walk on Friday, October 28th. Altars, installations and
flatwork will be displayed on October 28th, 29th and November
2nd
National Hispanic Cultural Center»
Ofrenda
Installation»
Day of the Dea/Dia de Muertos School Event»
Selected dates in October
Pete V. Domenici Education Center, Free!
Participating school groups attend a 90-minute session which
includes a lecture on the history of the celebration, a hands-on
art station, and a guided tour of our student created ofrenda
(alter) installations. For more information please contact
our Outreach Coordinator, Elsa Menéndez: (505) 246-2261
ext. 189 or elsa.menendez@state.nm.us
Marigold
Parade & Celebration»
Dia De Los Muertos Marigold Parade & Celebration
Sunday November 6, 2011 4 to 8PM
Westside Community Center, 250 Isleta NW, Albuquerque
2011 Events in Las Cruces
Saturday, October 29, 2011
11am to 3PM
Fort
Selden Monument Pan de Muerto Baking
Friday & Saturday, October 28 &
29
6-8PM
Ghosts
of the Past, New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
Oct. 30-31 (Saturday-Sunday)
Dia de los Muertos, noon to 7 p.m. La Mesilla Plaza
(Tuesday, Nov. 2 – candlelight procession only, 6 p.m.)
Contact: Preciliana Sandoval, Calavera Coalition.(575) 647-2639.
Submit your New Mexico Dia de Muertos/
Day of the Dead Event(s) by sending email to
internationalfolkart@gmail.com
Shop
World Wise for Day of the Dead Folk Art»
More about Day of the Dead
on-line:
http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
socrates.berkeley.edu/~kihlstrm/dayofthedead.htm
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