CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
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OCTOBER 27�NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Celebrate Día de
los Muertos on
Oct. 29 at ACE
Go! staff
L
A GRANDE — Art Center
East will host a free com-
munity celebration for Día de
los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, from
6-8 p.m. at the center, 1006
Penn Ave. The family-friendly
event will feature an exhibit of
Day of the Dead-themed artwork
created by Grande Ronde Valley
K-12 students, as well as a com-
munity ofrenda — an altar that
honors loved ones have passed
away.
The Oct. 29 celebration will
off er family activities with ACE’s
Take & Make Art Kits for all ages.
Kits may be picked up at the
celebration. Youth and teen kits
are free age 17 or younger. Adult
kits are available for purchase.
The Take & Make Art Kits include
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rant & Lounge. Día de los Muer-
tos Take & Make Art Kits are
also available without tamales.
Pre-order now at https://artcen-
tereast.org/events/dia-de-los-
muertos/#kits.
Community members are
invited to add to the ofrenda by
bringing photographs or me-
mentos that honor their loved
ones who have passed away.
Stop by the gallery Oct. 29
through Nov. 4 to place items
on the altar. Photographs and
mementos may be picked up on
Nov. 10. ACE will have tea light
candles available for a $1 dona-
tion.
The art exhibit and altar will
be on display in the art center’s
Main Gallery through Nov. 10.
The exhibit and community
celebration are free and open to
the public.
ACE is open noon-5 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday and
10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday.
Exhibits can also be viewed on-
line at www.artcentereast.org.
ABOUT DÍA DE LOS
MUERTOS
Día de Los Muertos came
about as a fusion of the Catholic
holidays All Saint’s Day (Nov. 1)
and All Soul’s Day (Nov. 2) and
the ancestor-honoring traditions
of indigenous Mexico. Día de los
Muertos sugar skulls (calaveras)
and costumed skeletons (calac-
as) are commonly seen as an
extension of Halloween imagery
in the United States, but they are
not intended to be spooky.
Holiday festivities include
Mexican folk art, vibrant colors,
music, parades, happy reminisc-
ing with family and lots of good
food. Families prepare for this
cheerful, celebratory day by tidy-
ing and decorating their ances-
tors’ graves, preparing a feast of
foods their ancestors loved, and
laying a pathway of marigolds
from their loved one’s resting
place to the family’s home.
Art Center East/Contributed photo
Pepita is Art Center East’s Día de los Muertos mascot. This year, ACE is
off ering youth take-and-make kits that include everything needed to make a
plushy like Pepita.
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