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Galería América

The Institute for Latino Studies presents:

Calaveras y Huesos: Día de los Muertos (Skeletons and Bones: Day of the Dead)
Thursday, November 8, 2007 - Thursday, January 10, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 8, 2007
McKenna Hall
Institute for Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame

The Institute for Latino Studies is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition Calaveras y Huesos: Día de los Muertos (Skeletons and Bones: Day of the Dead) on display in the Galería América from November 8, 2007 to January 10, 2008. The opening reception will be held in the Galería, located on the McKenna Hall mezzanine, on Thursday, November 8, 2007 from 5:00-7:00pm. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday honoring the lives of the deceased and celebrating the continuation of life after death. This exhibition features works of art focusing on this celebration, ranging from very traditional to contemporary portrayals of Día de los Muertos. Items on display in the exhibition include commemorative prints, flyers for celebrations, and mixed media works.

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The Galería América is open daily, Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public.
Parking is available in the Visitors' Lot on Notre Dame Avenue.

For more information about the Institute for Latino Studies visit our web site at latinostudies.nd.edu
or contact
Teresa Santos
Curator
Institute for Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame
574-631-5224
tsantos1@nd.edu

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Christos Romelia, curator

Arteologist: Archeology of Memory
Diógenes Ballester, Featured Artist

35 Years of Photography
Antonio Turok, Featured Artist

Maceo Montoya: Retratos y Cuentos

Segura Publishing Company: Fine Art Prints

Calaveras y Huesos: Día de los Muertos (Skeletons and Bones: Day of the Dead)

Images of Immigrant Communities: A Photographic Exhibition

ILS Student Exhibition

Dialogues on the Americas

Consejo Nactional de Talleres Portfolio, Creando Fuerza

Del Corazón del Pueblo (From the Heart of the People)

Aztlán y más allá (Aztlán and Beyond)
Rubén Trejo, Artist

The Camera's Eye: Photographic Works by Javier Hernández

The Spirit of Memory/El Espíritu del Recuerdo
Kathy Vargas, Photographer

El Pueblo Unido: Poster Art of Global Awareness

Nuyorican Realities: Works from Spanish Harlem

Interior Conversations
Featured Artist: Ixrael, Printmaker

Elements of Womanhood
Esperanza Gama, Artist

Pasatiempos de La Frontera
An Exhibition by Jesus Benitez, 2005 ND Graduate

Strength & Struggle; Portraits of Women
Artist, Cristina Cárdenas

Myths, Symbols and Colors' silk screen prints by Calixto Robles

La vida mexicana: The Graphic Art of Leopoldo Méndez

Southern Darkness, Southern Light: Photographs of Latin America
Steve Moriarty, Photographer

Espiritu Digital (Digital Spirit)
Fernando Salicrup, Digital Artist

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