Thursday, October 3
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Indianapolis Liberation Center
Take part in the annual Día de Muertos Celebration with the Indianapolis Liberation Center and Midnight Riot by helping construct our altar, which will be on display in the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art! We will have craft materials available to design our altar honoring revolutionaries of the past. Come to your Liberation Center for a night of creative fun. We will listen to music, talk about our heroes and why they are meaningful to us, and create a stunning altar that will help educate the people on important figures in advancing the struggle for human rights and dignity.
During Día de Muertos, a traditional Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1 and 2, families across Mexico create altars in their homes to honor dead family members and keep their memories alive. In Mexican tradition, people experience three deaths: when the person dies, when the person is buried, and finally, when the person is forgotten. To prevent the third death, people will set up altars with the loved one’s personal belongings, photographs, flowers, and other decorations. Each year, member-organization Arte Mexicano en Indiana organizes the event held at the Eiteljorg, which features altars created by local organizations to honor our loved ones who have passed on.
With the help of our comrades in Midnight Riot, the Indianapolis Liberation Center is using our altar to honor revolutionaries like Ghassan Kanafani, Fannie Lou Hamer, Marsha P. Johnson, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Fred Hampton, and many more. Decorate picture frames with fallen revolutionaries and construct a beautiful altar for their display. Join us in this exciting workshop where your creative contribution will be on exhibit at the Eiteljorg Museum throughout the month of October, and be sure to stop by for the Día de Muertos Celebration on October 26!
Featured photo: An altar at last year’s Día de Muertos celebration at the Eiteljorg Museum. Credit: Indianapolis Liberation Center.
