Annual Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Events

5:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Institute for Latino Studies Annex, 1024 Notre Dame Avenue, South Bend, IN
THE CHAVEZ FAMILY: ZAPOTEC WEAVERS
Federico Chavez, Eric Chavez Santiago and Elsa Sanchez Dias, Zapotec weavers
from Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico will offer a fee loom-weaving and wool-dyeing demonstration and exhibition of available textiles created by the artists. For more information contact Public Programs Curator Jackie Welsh at 574.631.4435. This program is sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Institute of Latino Studies and the Snite Museum of Art.

Cuentos y Memoria (Stories and Memory)
An Installation by Ramiro Rodriguez

South Bend painter, printmaker, and the Snite Museum's exhibition coordiator, Ramiro Rodriguez, will create this year's ofrenda (Day of the Dead Altar) and will discuss his work and the tradition of Dia de los Muertos the evening of November 1.

See the Exhibitions page.

Thursday, November 1, 2007, 7 pm

The Museum's annual Day of the Dead program

The artist who created this year's ofrenda installation, Ramiro Rodriguez, will discuss his work and the tradition of Dia de los Muertos in the Annenberg Auditorium.

Prizes will be awarded for the "Best Look Alike Frida" and the "Spirit of Frida" costumes to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. All are invited to participate in the contest

The program will include performances by the Ballet Folklorico Azul y Oro and the Notre Dame Mariachi ensemble.

The annual Day of the Dead program and reception are co-sponsored by the University's Institute for Latino Studies, Campus Ministry, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Multicultural Student Programs and Services, and the the Snite Museum of Art.

Updated 11/07