Día de los Muertos

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courtesy LOUD

A selection of altar boxes.

Part of the 2022 Día de Los Muertos community altar boxes exhibit, curated by Roberto Torres Mata.

Day of the Dead is celebrated throughout Mexico as a traditional way to honor family and relatives. Retired UW professor Carolyn Smythe Kallenborn initiated local celebrations in Dane County over the past decade to create individual “altar boxes” to honor loved ones; in 2022, Latinos Organizing for Understanding and Development (LOUD) is coordinating the exhibit and related events. Altar and art exhibit featuring Tomy Tepepa and Tanay Rivera takes place Thursday at 6 p.m. followed by a poetry reading at 7 p.m.; on Friday, the exhibit is open (at 6 p.m.) as part of Gallery Night.

press release: Over the past decade, former UW-Madison professor Carolyn Smythe Kallenborn organized Day of the Dead events in Madison. Ms. Kallenborn decided to retire early and move to her home in Oaxaca, Mexico and asked if Latinos Organizing for Understanding & Development (LOUD) would consider taking the project over the fall of 2022.  We happily agreed to continue the tradition.

The following is the 2022 schedule of the Day of the Dead activities at Common Wealth Gallery, 100 S. Baldwin St. (fourth floor):

Thursday November 3, 2022,  6:00 PM: Altar boxes viewing: Artists Tomy Tepepa and Tanay Rivera will present their altars, along with other community participants.

Thursday November 3, 2022, 7:00 PM: Day of the Dead Poetry Reading, with Johanny Vázquez Paz- Chicago, Illinois; Richard Vargas- New Mexico; Carlos Cumpian- Chicago, Illinois; Dana Maya- Denver, Colorado; with Master of Ceremonies Oscar Mireles, poet laureate of Madison (2016-20)

 Friday November 4, 2022, 6:00 PM: Gallery Night Madison. Artists include: Rodrigo Carapia, Zeus Corona, Carlos Mireles, Chele Ramos, Issis Macias, Alexander Punguil Bravo, Richie Morales, Veronica Figueroa Velez, Angelica Contreras, Roberto Mata       

https://www.loudwisconsin.org/