Karina Hernandez, a member of the LatinX Creative Society, stressed the importance of this event to the Latino community. “At midnight the dead come and partake in the food and other things that they enjoyed while they were alive.” Ketzel Morales, a junior, said the altars are used to invite the dead back with with everything they liked in life. The altars had items such as pictures of ancestors, flowers, food and beverages. “For me it is a day to remember where we came from and give our ancestors the honor they deserve,” she said.Īlong with the procession, there were traditional altars, or ofrendas, on display in the Taggart Student Center ballroom. Jenna Riches, sophomore in Spanish, said it was fun to participate in the procession. “It’s not my personal beliefs but it is interesting to come be a part of it.” “From a non hispanic perspective I believe that this holiday is a way to celebrate the people before us,” he said.
Jonathan Dursteler, global communications major, was one of the students who joined the procession. Dia Beacon's facility, the Riggio Galleries, is a former Nabisco box-printing facility. The museum, which opened in 2003, is situated on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Make it unique,” said Christina Carreño, a senior. Dia Beacon is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation 's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 11 locations and sites they manage. Since its opening in 2003, Dia:Beacon has helped transform the City of Beacon into a vibrant arts destination. No one escapes death.” Lopez said.Īll students were welcome to dress up in Día De Los Muertos inspired costumes. Dia Beacon occupies a former Nabisco box printing factory, the museum is the home for Dia’s collection of art from the 1960’s to the present as well as special exhibitions, new commissions, and public and education programs. In May 2003, Dia Art Foundation opened Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, as a museum to house its renowned permanent collection of major works of art from the 1960s to the present. Occupying a former Nabisco box printing factory, the museum is the home for Dia's collection of art from the 1960's to the present as well as special exhibitions, new commissions, and public and education programs. He’s well dressed and represents a person that was rich, but when death came to him it was the ultimate equalizer. Specialties: Located in a former Nabisco box-printing factory, Dia Beacon presents Dia's collection of art from the 1960s to the present as well as special exhibitions and public programs. Located on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York, Dia Beacon is just an 80-minute train ride from Grand Central Terminal. A short train-ride up the Hudson is an incredible visual art and sculpture museum Dia:Beacon presents Dia Art Foundations collection from the 1960s to the. I think about the clothes that the Catrin would wear. “I think about how I want to portray this character in public.
From emptiness, to overwhelm, gross gruesomeness to peaceful wholesomeness, the pieces really made my friend and I feel every shade of the rainbow and it honestly built a feeling of excitement for what would be next as we toured.Day of the dead participants heading towards old main hill to go and end the event and take pictures at USU in Logan, UT. The Hudson Valley encompasses the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington.
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The way every piece interacts with the walls and light in each space is unique and purposefully designed to make viewers have evolving emotional relationships with the pieces, the artists, and the museum as a whole as they go room to room. 00:00 23:45 Europe/London Hudson Valley Free Day Hudson Valley residents receive free admission to Dia Beacon on the last Sunday of each month.
But what really united all of the pieces was their ability to make you feel emotion - which is really what art’s purpose is, even if it only sometimes achieves it. The curation widely ranges from immense and colorful Warhol rooms - unsure if I’m even allowed to call it a room considering it was larger than a football field - to geometric Judd installations, claustrophobic mazes of Sera’s in warehouses, gaping dark holes in the floor, shockingly bright Flavins and light installations imitating Berlin underground techno nightclubs, gruesome sculptures of crumbled capitalistic remnants and even a few errant meat cleavers in the wall.
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