"It's nothing to be fearful about death because of Christ's resurrection." Theresa School's Dia de los Muertos celebration, explained. "You will see images of death, but in a colorful or comical form," Karen Sotelo, a Spanish teacher who organizes St.
Some families visit their loved ones' graves and clean or repair headstones and plaques.Ĭatholic schools offer ways to celebrate passed loved ones, such as making ceramic pottery, creating pieces of art, or coloring pictures. Ginger Downey, the director of the Office of Worship and Liturgy, explained. "It's a time for us to stop and remember all those who have gone before us marked by faith," Sr. Though many have celebrated with sugar skulls and Dia de los Muertos costumes, the actual day is a deeply personal time when families relive bittersweet memories of their loved ones. When children pass, it is common to find small toys and candy at their graves and in the ofrenda, most adults are offered small amounts of alcohol. Note COVID Visitor Requirements: Masks are recommended, but optional.Most altars include items that remind people of their passed loved one(s) and having the items on display serves as a beautiful memorial to them.
Radiclay is a welcoming space for queer youth, trans youth, Black youth, Indigenous youth, youth of Color, Spanish speaking youth and neurodivergent youth (eg: Autistic kids and kids with ADHD) and y outh with incarcerated family members. In this workshop, you're in charge! You make the rules! Finally, an art class where you won't get in "trouble" for exploring or for being excited and having fun. During this 1.5-hour all-ages bilingual workshop, we will experiment as we learn the basics of ceramics while experimenting with the newest techniques. You will Invent special powers for your precious stones and imagine how they would help make our world a better place.
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In this workshop, you will learn how to make gemstones, geodes, and crystals out of clay. Please do not visit if you show symptoms of COVID-19 and/or have a positive test result.Ĭreate your own clay crystals with ceramic artist Annette Zaragoza-Cerritos. Kalli Arte is formed by self-taught artists Adriana Carranza and Alfonso Aceves from Boyle Heights, and as a family and as individual artists, their work is influenced by their ancestral and contemporary traditions, their neighborhood, culture, and social justice issues.ĬOVID-19 Update: Masking strongly recommended for all, regardless of vaccination status. These images underscore the pride in their work, medium, and their roots. The artists seek to transform the gallery as such, welcoming the viewers to their world of quotidian objects in the Latinx community, mesoamerican ancestors, and the people and places of the neighborhood. Kalli Arte is known for its beautiful transformations of two-dimensional prints into large-scale environments that pull in viewers with their bold colors and lines.
This central sculpture will connect like roots and branches, to various images of elements, people, and iconographies that are core to their creative practice and family unit. Paying homage to the cultural ecosystem that is Boyle Heights, the exhibition will be grounded by a symbolic installation of the artists’ home. Calli or Kalli (home in Nahuatl) is central to the collective's art practice and the focal point of the exhibition. Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) is proud to present Sueños Real, Kalli Arte’s culminating exhibition opening on Saturday, July 23, from 5-8 pm. A solo exhibition featuring SHG’s Beyond the Press artists in residence, Kalli Arte.
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