Sep. 27 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Date: Friday, September 27, 2024
- Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Music: Live DJ Set
- Antojitos: Curra’s y Ross Cake’s Bake & Sweets
- Refreshments provided!
- Admission: Free for Museum Members. Become a Mexic-Arte Museum Member! $10 for non-members
- $25 Special Discount on Full Year Individual Memberships at the door only!
- Tickets can only be purchased in person at the Museum Store desk. No online ticket purchasing.
- Parking: Please see the Museum’s Visit webpage
September 27, 2024 – January 5, 2024
Join us for the opening reception of Path to the Altar: Community Ofrendas!
For this annual Día de los Muertos exhibition, Mexic-Arte has invited three Austin-based organizations, the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, La Peña in collaboration with the South Texas Human Rights Center, and MAS Cultura, to create altaresinspired by artworks from the Museum’s permanent collection. Three community-based altares are also on display, with the Arriaga-Gonzales and the Chávez-Martínez families presenting altares as tributes to their loved ones, while artist Emmily Arenas designed the community altar, drawing influence from the Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcóatl and Mexic-Arte’s 2024 Viva la Vida Fest. In addition, the Museum has commissioned three artists to conceive original artworks that offer a unique vision of this holiday. Inside the Museum’s space, one can observe Micayla Garza’s mural as well as Michael Menchaca’s video installation, while outside on the Mero Muro wall, you will find a mural painted by Alán Serna.
With Path to the Altar, we are reminded of the complexity of this holiday, which embraces the duality of life and death, and has the power of bringing people together to celebrate the richness of our shared human experience, where all —the living and the dead—are welcome.