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Camino a casa: Day of the Dead
The largest annual Day of the Dead exhibition in the nation!

Day of the Dead 2009, September 25 - December 13, 2009.


This year’s exhibition is dedicated to
Don Arturo Velasquez Sr.
(1915-2009)

 

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The NMMA’s 23rd annual Día de Muertos exhibition featuring more than 20 artists from Mexico and the U.S., a special ofrenda created for Arturo Velasquez Sr. (1915-2009) and an ofrenda created by the acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros as a tribute to her parents.

Artists' List
DOD 2009

Castillo Family, Puebla, MX
Demetrio Aguilar, Oaxaca MX
Josefina Aguilar, Oaxaca, MX
Rogelio Alonzo Espinoza, Oaxaca, MX 
Daniel Camacho, Oakland, California
Marcial Camilo Ayala, Oaxaca, MX
Jose Chavez, Milwaukee, WI
Rogelio Alonso Espinoza, Oaxaca, MX
Francisco Garcia Aguilar, Oaxaca, MX
Salvador Jimenez, Chicago IL/Jamay, Jalisco, MX
Carlo Magno, Oaxaca, MX
Alejandro Nelo, Valle de Bravo Edo. de Mexico, MX
Marcos Raya, Chicago, IL
Alex Rubio, San Antonio, TX
Jesus “Chucho” Rodríguez, Chicago, IL/Morelia, Michoacán, MX
Rudy Royval, El Paso, TX
John Salhus/Ghost Bikes, Chicago, IL/ Minneapolis, MN
Pablo Serrano, Chicago, IL
Roberto Valadez, Chicago, IL
Juan Javier and Gabrielle Pescador , Ann Arbor, MI

Ofrendas

Velasquez Family Ofrenda
Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares México
Museo de Arte e Industrias Populares de Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, MX
Maria Vazquez Boyd and Guadalupe Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Universidad National Autónoma de México-ESECH
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences School
Lázaro Cárdenas Elementary School
Elvira Cisneros Family
Jesus “Chucho” Rodríguez, Michoacán, MX
Salvador Jimenez, Chicago, IL
John Salhus, Minneapolis, MN
Alejandro Nelo, Estado de México

Image: Demetrio García Aguilar, Fiesta de muertos 2008
oil on canvas, 15 3/4" x 23 3/4",
National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection, 2008.275,
Museum Purchase Fund, photo credit Michael Tropea