CALACA CULTURAL CENTER in collaboration with the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park presents: Notes from the Past
4th Annual Calaca - Día de Los Muertos Altars & Art Exhibit

C A L L F O R E N T R I E S
Participants will be accepted now until September 21st, 2007
Altars need to be delivered to the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park located at 1300 N. College Ave in Tempe (NW Corner of College and Curry, between the hours of 9am to 4pm on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th. *No altars will be accepted before or after this dates.

2007 Guidelines
For the past four years, Calaca Cultural Center has organized and celebrated an annual Día de Los Muertos Altars & Art Exhibit. The Mexican celebration of the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) has its origins in Pre-Colombian times. The Aztecs conceived of death as part of one cycle that was constant like the seasons of nature. This year the Calaca Cultural Center will incorporate individual, community and humanistic historical landmarks to celebrate Dia de los Muertos. This year1s theme is 3Notes from the Past,2 an opportunity to remember and pay tribute to the pieces of history in one1s life.

Call for Altars: Artists and community members are invited to participate in creating traditional and contemporary altars for this exhibit. The creation of altars depicting historical messages, such as community histories, family histories, history of community cemeteries, historical significant buildings, halls, schools and other landmarks that bring memories and messages of lost history are highly encouraged. Help us celebrate Día de Los Muertos this year by creating an altar for the exhibit. Altars can be made by individuals or groups. Everyone is welcome! *Please send us images ( photos or drawings) of proposed altar, size, and brief statement of proposed altar to Calaca Cultural Center P.O. Box 27312, Tempe, AZ 85285 or e-mail to info@calaca.org.

The altars will be on display at the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park located at 1300 N. College Ave in Tempe (NW Corner of College and Curry) from October 15th to November 4th, 2007. An exhibit opening celebration will be held on October 26th. The opening will include a mercado, music, performance, art, lectures, and other related activities.

Call for Vendors: Incorporation of a Mercado will be part of this event. If you are interested in setting up a 10 x 10 booth contact us for prices and information. There will be a fee charged.
Call for Performers, Musicians, DJ1s, Entertainers & Others: If you are interested in providing your talent and time for this event or others, please contact us. Stipends may not be available.
Call for Sponsors: Interested in sponsoring this event or other exhibits or shows, please contact us for details and ways to contribute to the continual promotion of Latino cultural arts.

The 4th Annual Calaca Día de los Muertos Altar & Art Exhibit is a joint collaboration between the Calaca Cultural Center and the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park. The Calaca Cultural Center has also partnered for other Day of the Dead celebrations with the ASU Museum of Anthropology 3Lowriders2 8th Annual dia de los Muertos Festival Exhibit, and with Xico Inc. and Vision Gallery for Dia de los Muertos Celebration Festival and Artists Mercado, and other community events.
If you would like to participate, contact the Calaca Cultural Center any time before Friday, September 21st. For more details contact us at info@calaca.org 480-557-7195 or visit: www.calaca.org

 

 

Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology
in collaboration with Calaca Cultural Center, Inc. presents
Lowriders:
8th 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 14, 2006
Submit Altar with Label Info by October 22, 2006

2007 Guidelines

For the past eight years, the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology has hosted an annual Día de Los Muertos (or Day of the Dead) Festival Exhibit. This year1s exhibit will be themed around lowriders. As icons of Mexican American culture, lowriders, or automobiles engineered to ride close to the ground, have increasingly become part of the contemporary visual landscape that characterizes Chicano communities. Artists are encouraged to merge formal elements, imagery, and literally Œparts1 of these popular icons with traditional Día de los Muertos offerings, creating highly inventive altarpieces that reflect a broad array of individual styles, personal meanings and socially shared concerns.

Lowriders will bring together Chicana/o artists, people from the community and students in the creation of highly inventive and elaborate altarpieces. The subject-matter and design of each altar is entirely the choice of its creator, though artists are urged to address contemporary social issues impacting many Valley communities, like automobile and gang related deaths. Traditional altars will also be welcomed.

The altars will be on display at the Museum of Anthropology located on the ASU Tempe Campus from November 1, 2007 through January 11, 2008. An exhibit opening celebration will be held on November 1st, and will include music, poetry and food.
Help us celebrate Día de Los Muertos this year by creating an altar for the exhibit. This is a great opportunity to remember and pay tribute to your loved ones. Altars can be made by individuals or groups. Everyone is welcome!
If you would like to participate, contact the ASU Museum of Anthropology by Friday, September 14th. For more details, call the Museum at 480-965-6224 or visit: www.asu.edu/clas/shesc/asuma

The 8th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival Exhibit is a joint collaboration between the ASU Museum of Anthropology, the Calaca Cultural Center, Other collaborators are: Xico, Inc. Vision Gallery, Chandler Cultural Foundation, Tohono Chul Park, ASU Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, and the community.

 

Vision Gallery, Xico Inc. and the Calaca Cultural Center Present
Dia de los Muertos: A Day of the Dead Celebration and Festival!

Chandler, AZ: The Vision Gallery, Xico Inc. and The Calaca Center are proud to join in collaboration to present Dia de los Muertos: A Day of the Dead Celebration and Festival on Saturday, November 3rd from noon to 8:00 PM in the Dr. A.J. Chandler Park in Historic Downtown Chandler.

The collaboration of these three organizations combines the talents and experience of 31 years of one of the longest running Day of the Dead festivals in Arizona, from Xico, Inc., (formerly known as Xicanindio del Artes of Mesa), eight years of Day of the Dead Exhibitions and Celebrations, (including Vision Kidz educational workshops, artist lectures and demonstrations), from Vision Gallery, and four years of experience from ongoing cultural programming from the Calaca Cultural Center.

The Festival will feature hand-built altars, entertainment, arts and crafts Mercado featuring vendors with one of a kind artworks created by selected Arizona artists, the Vision Kidz area with hands-on activities, including sugar skulls, calacas and papel picado. Performances by Great Arizona Puppet Theater of, 3Funny Bunny1s Day of the Dead Holiday Adventure2 will delight children and adults alike. Additional programming for the Fesitval will include a Community Altar and 5:00 pm processional, an altar blessing, a Hispanic Filmmaker1s Forum, and demonstrations by working artists. The Calaca Cultural Center will present, "The History of Dia de los Muertos Exhibition", a temporary exhibit featuring a historical view of the holiday. Our Dia de los Muertos stage during the Festival will present the talents of Zarco Guerrero, Mardi Dance Company, Gonzales, local organizations and bands, followed by the well-known sounds of Barrio Latino, 6:00 - 8:00 PM.
In addition to the one day festival, The Vision Gallery will present a two week exhibition,from October 22nd - November 4th, featuring hand-built altars and offrendas by Marco Albarran, Gloria Arvizu Thompson, Jose Benavides, Jorge Rodriguez Eagar, April Edwards, Zarco Guerrero and Carmen De Novais, Kathy Cano Murillo and Patrick Murillo, Spencer Mahaffey Maat, Ruben Maqueda, Juan Olalde and Catie Raya, and artworks by Rafael Navarro and Yvonne Torres Villareal.

Admission for both events are free. The Vision Gallery is located at 80 South San Marcos Place, Chandler, Arizona. Gallery hours for the exhibition are Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

The Day of the Dead is a celebration in Mexico, South America and parts of the United States where family members engage in decorating gravesites and creating altars in honor of family and friends who have passed away. Using flowers and familiar items, families partake in picnic festivities, honoring their dearly departed, by sharing memories and stories about the histories of those who have passed before us. It is a celebration honoring ancestry.
The Vision Gallery will host artworks for sale that commemorate this colorful holiday, offer gallery tours for small groups, and encourage participation in a community altar.

Where: Vision Gallery, 80 South San Marcos Place, Chandler
What: Dia de los Muertos: A Day of the Dead Celebration and Festival
When: Dia de los Muertos Celebration and Festival: Saturday, November 3rd, Noon to 8:00 PM
Vision Gallery Dia de los Muertos Exhibit: October 22nd through November 4th

All events are Free Admission
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Information: Call 480-917-6859
For image requests, please contact Candee Lewis, 480-917-6859.