Day of the Dead Sawdust Carpets | Tapetes para Día de los Muertos
- Workshop
- Off-Site
With | con Héctor Castellanos-Lara
About The Event
Meet artist and community member Héctor Castellanos Lara at the Community Arts Center. In partnership with the Mexican Committee of Cleveland, guests are invited to learn the art and history of making sawdust carpets, or tapetes, for the Day of the Dead. Explore the hands-on technique of creating designs with sawdust and other natural materials. Assist the artist in assembling a large carpet in the CAC gallery that remains on display through the holiday. This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to connect and learn more about the upcoming Cleveland Día de los Muertos Parade on Saturday, November 7th, in Gordon Square.
Conozca al artista y miembro de la comunidad Héctor Castellanos Lara en el Centro de Artes Comunitarias. En asociación con el Comité Mexicano, los huéspedes están invitados a aprender el arte y la historia de hacer tapetes de aserrín para el Día de los Muertos. Explora la técnica para crear tapetes con aserrín y otros materiales. Trabaja con la artista para crear un tapete grande en la galería que permanece en exhibición durante la celebración. Este taller es una oportunidad maravillosa para conectarse y aprender más sobre el próximo Desfile del Día de los Muertos de Cleveland el sábado 7 de noviembre en Gordon Square. Los participantes pueden asistir a uno o ambos días.
Sponsors
The Community Arts Center was made possible with principal support from Chuck and Char Fowler and the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund. Major annual support for the Community Arts Center is provided by the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund and the Reinberger Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by the Giant Eagle Foundation.
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen, and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Mrs. Martine Kowal, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, the Reinberger Foundation, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
