The Buddy Holly Center is proud to announce the opening of Celebraciόn, an annual invitational exhibition of artwork that explores the history and meaning behind the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Día de los Muertos blends the Catholic traditions of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day (November 1st & 2nd) with pre-Columbian concepts of death that have been a part of Mexican society since Aztec times. Modern traditional Día de los Muertos festivities take place on November 1st and 2nd, and are a time of remembrance, reunion and feasting. Artists are not limited by choice of media, but are asked to focus on the unified theme of Mexico’s centuries-old ritual of commemorating the death of a loved one.
Participating artists include: Future Akins, Leslie Albarra, Carolina Arellanos, Andrea Arredondo, Rosemarie Astwood, Cassandra Blake, Cat Boucher, Harrison Bucy, John Chinn, Petra Clary, Shirley Crow, Justin Deurmyer, Diane Doty, Tricia Earl, Stacy Elko, Stacy Esquibel, Wayne Greene, Yvonne Armitage Greene, Paula Hanna, Valerie Komkov Hill, Bette Hope, John Hope, Miriam Jeffreys, Jim Jordan, Leann Lamb-Vines, Pat and Mike Maines, Chester Marston, Hope McGlone, Jessica Murph, June Musick, David Pike, April Pilley, Susan Pollard, Annalee Schubert, Letitia Simpson, Renee Steger Simpson, Donniece Smith, Karma Smith, Christena Stephens and Angela Vasquez.
Celebraciόn will be on display October 7 – November 13, 2016 in the Fine Arts Gallery.
(News release from City of Lubbock)
