El Dia de los Muertos
dal 31/10/2001 al 4/11/2001
Segnalato da
31/10/2001
El Dia de los Muertos
Seattle Art Museum Downtown - SAM, Seattle
The annual Mexican 'Day of the Dead' rite will be celebrated at the Seattle Art Museum. The installations in Brotman Hall will be an ornate altar honoring the deceased surrounded by traditional Mexican sand painting tapeta, from Oaxaca, Mexico. The altar and tapeta are designed by artists Fulgencio Lazo-Amaya and Issac Hernandez and created with other local artists.
The annual Mexican, DÃa de los Muertos rite will be
celebrated at the Seattle Art Museum. For this traditional
observance two installations will be on view at the
downtown Seattle Art Museum.
The installations in Brotman Hall will be an ornate altar
honoring the deceased surrounded by traditional Mexican
sand painting tapeta, from Oaxaca, Mexico. The altar and
tapeta are designed by artists Fulgencio Lazo-Amaya and
Issac Hernandez and created with other local artists. The
installations are co-sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum
and the Mexican Consulate.
Known in English as The Day of the Dead, this historic
celebration spans centuries, combining ancient and New
World traditions, folk customs and spiritual beliefs.
Observed in Mexican and Mexican-American communities
on Nov. 1 and 2, El DÃa de los Muertos is a powerful,
symbolic celebration in honor of relatives and friends who
have died.
During this time, families assemble altars (ofrendas) laden
with offerings of food and drink to nourish the spirits.
Flowers, candles, clay figurines that make light of death,
sugar skeletons embroidered with the names of the
deceased, and personal messages to the spirits are placed
on the altar. In this manner, the altar is presented to the
community to celebrate loved ones who have passed away
and the ideas they imparted in life.
Morris Graves
Seattle Art Museum, downtown
November 1, 2001 - October 20, 2002
In tribute to Morris Graves, who died May 5 at the age of 90, SAM has installed two works from
the permanent collection on the Fourth Floor: Graves's 1933 Self-Portrait oil painting and the
1973 Imogen Cunningham photograph Morris Graves in His Leek Garden. A
museum-organized exhibition, Morris Graves and Seattle, will be installed on the Fourth Floor
from November 1, 2001, through October 20, 2002.
HOURS & HOLIDAYS
Seattle Art Museum
Tuesday-Sunday: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m.- 9 p.m.
The Seattle Art Museum will also be open for extended hours from December 26 to January 6:
open until 8pm on Tuesday - Sunday, and until 9pm on Thursday.
Seattle Art Museum
Downtown 100 University Street, Seattle WA 98101-2902