The Detroit Institute of Arts is celebrating Día de los Muertos with a new exhibit. It’s in partnership with Detroit’s Mexican Consulate, the Southwest Detroit Business Association and Mexicantown CDC.
You’re invited to explore a community exhibition of ofrenda altars. Ofrenda is the offering placed in a home altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de los Muertos celebration.
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The ofrenda is usually created by family members of a person who has died and is intended to welcome the deceased to the altar setting.
In Mexico, and other Latin American counties, the Day of the Dead is the time of the year to celebrate the lives lost of close relatives, friends or community members who have passed away.
Some of the displays inside the DIA will include objects which are important to lost loved ones like favorite foods, drinks, mementos and pictures which are collected and incorporated into elaborate displays that include Pan de muerto (bread of the dead), sugar skulls, candles, flowers, paper picado (paper cutouts) and other decorations.
Click here: There’s an online walkthrough of the exhibit that can be found here.
The exhibit is open until Nov. 3 and general admission is free.
DIA hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Thursday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.