CALACA the Latino Cultural Arts Collective
in collaboration with the McCullough Price House/City of Chandler Presents:
“ Mi Barrio”
As part of the “Hightown/Pueblo Alto” exhibit

About the Exhibit:
Exhibit Dates: September 16th to November 26th
Location: The McCullough Price House (300 S. Chandler Village Drive), Chandler, AZ
(South-West corner from the Chandler Fashion Mall)
Reception: September 26, 6-8 pm

Exhibit Description: The “Mi Barrio” art exhibit will features local Latino artists whose work centered around the theme of neighborhood, home, barrio life, and community life. “Hightown/Pueblo Alto” history exhibit tells the story of a unique Chandler Mexican American and Yaqui neighborhood in which generations of the original families still live. The community was started in the early 1920s by farm worker families who settled in this area, built homes, and raised families.

For a link on the Hightown community visit:
http://webport.cgc.maricopa.edu/published/h/is/history/document/2/hightown.html

Featuring Artists: Larry Yaòez, Jim Covarrubias, Liliana Madero, Tavo Barrios, Juliet DeLaRosa, and Susana Valenzuela. **Don’t miss a great opportunity to see On-Site Live Art Painting by veterano valley artist Jim Covarrubias.

CALACA: Celebrating its 5th Anniversary serving artists and community. CALACA, the Latino Cultural Arts Collective (formally Calaca Cultural Center), was founded in August 2003, our mission is to promote and preserve Latino/Indigenous cultural arts. For additional information on CALACA visit www.calaca.org

For additional information about the exhibit, artists, press release, media photos or scheduling interviews, please contact Marco Albarrán at 480-557-7195, e-mail marco.albarran@calaca.org or visit www.calaca.org. For general information on other CALACA events send e-mail to info@calaca.org. For information about the “Hightown/Pueblo Alto” exhibit please call the McCullough Price House directly, ph # 480-782-2876.

ASU Museum of Anthropology
in collaboration with Calaca Latino Cultural Arts Collective


Title 9th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival Exhibit


C A L L F O R E N T R I E S
Participants accepted until September 30, 2007
Artwork installed by October 13, 2007


2008 Guidelines

For the past nine years, the ASU Museum of Anthropology has hosted an annual Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Festival Exhibit. Traditionally, the museum has featured a gallery filled with individual altars. For the first time this year, the gallery will be transformed into one altar through art representing the many offerings that compose the altar. Emphasis will be placed on the traditional elements of the pre-Columbian ritual that ties this celebration to its Aztecan roots.

We ask for artists and community members to create artwork that embodies one offering of the traditional altar. Offerings include but are not limited to: representations of water, fire, earth (cacti and agave), calaveras (skeletons, calacas, papel picado), traditional foods (chocolate, corn, chilis, squash, pan de muerte), flowers, butterflies, alcohol (tequila, mescal, tesguino) incense and the four directions. Though the subjects are ancient, we encourage artists to work in a variety of traditional and contemporary media. Artists are welcomed and encouraged to incorporate personal and symbolic imagery into their work. Anyone may submit a digital photograph honoring the dead that will be projected in a slide show in the gallery.

The altars will be on display at the Museum of Anthropology located on the ASU Tempe campus from October 20, 2008 through January 23, 2009. An opening celebration will be held on October 30, and will include music and food.

Help us celebrate Dia de los Muertos this year by creating art for the exhibit. Everyone is welcome!

If you would like to participate, contact the ASU Museum of Anthropology by Friday, September 30th. For more details, call the Museum at 480-965-6224 or visit: www.asu.edu/clas/shesc/asuma