A Diasporic Offering to the Ancestors

Reception Details

Friday, November 6, 2009
CIIS Minna Street Center
6:00–9:00 PM

About the Exhibit

From the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday (El Dia de los Muertos) and the Catholic All Saints’ Day to the Celtic festival of Samhain (also known as Halloween) and the African-American Maafa (African Holocaust) Commemoration, cultures from Europe to the Philippines, North America to Africa have created holidays that celebrate the living by honoring family members and friends who have died.

These celebrations usually occur from late October through early November and focus on community gatherings where altars are built to the deceased, offerings of marigolds and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed are presented, and the graves and sites of remembrance and departure are visited with gifts.

Inspired by this global transnational tradition, Spirit in the Arts is pleased to present Mi Tierra, Mi Corazón: A Diasporic Offering to the Ancestors. Through the perspectives of 30 artists representing cultures from the four directions, this group exhibition pays homage to the ancestors—ancestors of a people, ancestors of a land, ancestors both ancient and contemporary—with a range of artworks and altars that speak to diasporic longing.

Artists

Abba Yahudah
Khalil Anthony
Emily Butterfly
Chun Moi
Ebony Iman Dallas
Eesuu
Ezra Li Eismont
James E. Gayles Jr.
Priya Assal Gheysari
Jocelyn Goode
Refa One
Sakura Haru
Kwesi Hutchful
Marlon Sagana Ingram
Derick Ion
Lucy Kalyani
Keba Konte
Yasi Mak
crystal am nelson
Bayeté Ross Smith
Refer One Senay
Karen and Malik Seneferu
Andreas Smith
Jeff Straker
Jennifer Tamez
Joel B. Tan
Scott J. Taylor
Jessica Tully
Githinji Wa Mbire
Joshua Whitaker

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