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89 artists, 103 pieces
of art, a celebration of life.
The Bath House Cultural Center will present the 19th annual Día
de los Muertos exhibition, October 15-November 5, 2005. This show
will feature local, regional, national and international artists
working in traditional and contemporary styles to celebrate, explore
and honor people, things and ideas that have "passed on."
This year’s exhibit will feature 85 artists working in all
media, and will also include a Community Altar where the public
is invited to create, write, draw and assemble a memorial to the
people who lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina, the Tsunami,
the war in Irak and other world events this year.
Opening reception with the artists:
Sunday, October 16, 2005 (5:30-8:30 PM)
Free and open to the public
The opening reception will feature:
• 6-7 PM - Film and Lecture
on New Orleans Jazz Funerals and African American Funerary Traditions
by Vicki Meek of the South Dallas Cultural Center
• 7 PM - New Orleans Jazz Funeral
candlelight procession down to the lakeshore, led by the
Inner City All Stars Brass Band
• 7:30 PM – Jubilant march
back into the center for gallery reception and this month’s
White Rock Rhythms with the
Inner City All Stars Brass Band
• Also:
Day of the Dead Lecture and Demonstration
Conducted by Kathy Windrow and
Viola Delgado.
Friday, October 28, 2005 (7 PM)
ARTISTS:
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J. R. Alcázar
Karin Michele Anderson
Chandra Armstead
Rita Barnard
Elizabeth Bera
Kelly Berry
Rebecca Boatman
Holli Bonacquisti
Magda Bowen
Leonor Brazao
Paul Carranza
Gabrielle Castañeda Pruitt
Judy Clark
Cooper
Jennifer Curtiss
Chris Dare
Viola Delgado
Célia Dias
María Guadalupe Díaz
Katrina Doran
Dan Dudley
Lori Dudley
Russell K. Dyer
Amalia Elmasri
Lilia Estrada
Scott Frelick
Merry Fuhrer
Eddie Gomez
Trudy Rae Gomez
Franziska Gonzalez
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Ruth González
Clara I. Gutiérrez
Viv Harris-Bonham
Melody Hay
Juan J. Hernández
Lorene Herrera
Mary Lynn Hileman
Houston-Carver
Ann Huey
Loli Kantor
Cindy Kelley
Kim Kolker
Evamaria R. Kutscheid
Shelly Long
Linda López
Eli Lorenz
Sheila Mann
Diana Marquis
Melodee Martin Ramirez
Olga Martínez
Terry McGuirt
Catalyna Mendez
Angélica Mendiola
Laura I. Montoya
Bruce W. Moore
Luis Morales
Sandra A. Moreno
Rich Morgan
Shelly Niebuhr
Lidia Ortiz
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Lisa Orwig
Nadine Palau
Marilyn Parrish
Dune-Micheli Patten
Ida A. Pauken
Filiberto Pérez
Rhonda Polakoff
Janet L. Powell
Julie Richey
Shayne W. Ridenour
B. R. Robson
Johanna Roffino-Hulsey
Phil Roger
José Francisco Saldaña
Shawn Saumell
Kate Schatz
María Simón
James Michael Starr
Sharon Stevenson
T. Stone
Kris Swenson
Jack Tarver
Jose Vargas
John Wathne
Karen Weiss
Cynthia K. Wilson
Chad Windham
Kathy Windrow
Paul Zeitz
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EXHIBITION CURATOR:
Enrique Fernández Cervantes
DIA DE LOS
MUERTOS
According to an ancient Mexican tradition, every year the spirits
of the dead come back to visit with their families. This happens
on All Saints Day (Nov 1) and on the Day of the Dead (Nov 2).
Cemeteries are cleaned and decorated with flowers. Elaborate altars
with offerings to the dead are built in the homes to welcome back
each family's departed souls. Large feasts of favorite foods are
prepared. Special gifts--items of which the dead person was fond
or which might be needed for the next life- are also placed at
the altar.
This tradition sustains the conviction that life and death are
inseparable. Those who embrace this attitude live intensely for
the moment because they recognize that there is a final end to
life.
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