People are submitting Day of the Dead photos, videos, artwork on the face of the building,” Torres Mata explains. Click here to see charts and videos that describe a traditional altar. “This will be projected images of altar boxes onto the wall by the entrance at the Garver Feed Mill. Dia de los Muertos is a vibrant, festive traditional celebration of remembrance. 8, at 6 p.m., in the Oveture Center’s Rotunda Gallery, and a Remembrance and Celebration reception will take place Friday, Nov. Torres Mata notes the Community Altar Project provides an opportunity to the Madison community “to get involved and participate” in Día de Los Muertos.īeyond the exhibit, a story sharing and gallery viewing will take place Monday, Nov. It’s more a celebration of the person’s life and what they’ve accomplished and what they’ve offered and what they’ve given to the next generation. “It’s a very important theme about family and we decorate, we offer food, we drink, and we honor this person. el cementerio: the cemetary: la danza de los viejitos: the dance of the old ones: el dos de noviembre: the Day of the Dead: el altar de la ofrenda: the altar of the offering: la máscara: the mask: el papel picado: paper cut out banner: el copal: the incense: el cempasúchil: the flower of the dead/ marigold: el ataúd: the coffin: la noche de. In an article about the project in Madison365, Torres Mata explains the significance Día de los Muertos: “(It) is a remembrance of those people that you loved who passed away and they come back on that particular night to share that moment of love and family,” he says.
The display at Overture features handmade shadow box altars made in memory of loved ones. Discuss the purpose of the Day of Dead altar Decorate an Ofrenda as a respectful Dia de los Muertos activity to honor family members Read Day of the Dead. He completed his MFA in 2021.Ĭarolyn Kallenborn, an associate professor in UW–Madison’s School of Human Ecology, started the Community Altar Project in 2014 to help “build bridges between the individual and the community, life and death, sorrow and celebration.” Torres Mata earned both his MA and MFA at UW–Madison, specializing in printmaking. Torres Mata has been involved with the Community Altar Project since last year, when he was a student in the School of Education’s Art Department. UW–Madison alumnus Roberto Torres Mata is one of the organizers of the 2021 Día de los Muertos Community Altar Project on display at the Overture Center for the Arts through Sunday, Nov.
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