In honor of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Special Collections employees created the 4th annual ofrenda (altar) to celebrate and remember loved ones who have passed. For this year’s display, our student employees hand-made / crafted hundreds of paper cempasúchitl (marigold) flowers which were used to create a beautiful back drop for the ofrenda.

A double-sided broadside (single sheet of paper, with a printed message, sometimes illustrated) by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Aguilar was on display as well as a curated set of songs by Alba Fernandez-Keys.

Much appreciation to this year's altar committee including Patricia Ballesteros, Michelle Boyer, Maggie Dwenger, Amanda Howard, Alba Fernandez-Keys, and Irisbeltsi Enriquez-Gutierrez.

Special thanks to our student employees Will Diaz, Hannah Fackrell, Atreylen Freeman, Dayanara Guadalupe Castro, Ash Maxwell, Zach Reynolds, Tre-Devon Rhodes, Amelia Mae Sommerhauser, Logan Stetson, Gina Tome Moeller, and preservation student employee, Brittany Murphy, who created the custom exhibit mount to showcase both sides of the posada poster. Also, thank you to James Lord who set up an iPad to play the music.