A Tour of the Exhibit Walking with the Ancestors
General Event Information
Event Category:
Art & Museum Exhibits
Price:
Free Admission
Dates and Times:
March 2, 3:00PM-4:00PM
| Dr. Yolanda Chavez Leyva, the exhibit's Guest Curator and Chair of the History Department, UTEP, will lead a free tour of Walking with the Ancestors: from Mesoamerica to the Southwest She created the exhibit in collaboration with the Department of History at UTEP and Museo Urbano, a public history project of UTEP. Walking with the Ancestors: from Mesoamerica to the Southwest is an exhibit about the connections among peoples across time and space. Utilizing pottery, photographs of ancient images on stone, stories and artifacts, the exhibit draws on themes of the hearth, corn, rain, macaw parrots, the rabbit in the moon, and peyote cactus to trace the movement of ancient people between Mesoamerica and the American Southwest. Included is a Dia de los Muertos altar illustrating the nine leverls of the journey to Mictlan, the place in Aztec beliefs where most people went after death. The exhibit will be open through march, 24, 2013. |
Venue Information
Address:
4301 Transmountain Rd.
City:
El Paso
State:
TX
Zip Code:
79924
Country:
United States
Telephone:
915-755-4332
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