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FOR TEACHERS	Links to Resources	Preparing for the Day of the Dead Exhibition at Lawndale
Topic Menu Examples of Student Work Installation at Lawndale Art Center Print Resources Teacher Commets Unit and Lesson links Website Resources	Background Information Mexican folkart www.questconnect.org link to images of Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico Link to articles and images for serveral regions throughout Mexico Link to articles and images for Mexican tourism Creating ofrendas Information on Art of Cut Paper-Papel Picado More Information on Papel Picado Return topics menu	Through the Day of the Dead Education Program, Lawndale Art Center (LAC) encourages teachers to educate their students about this important Mexican event and its related art practices. LAC staff assists teachers in coordinating activities for their students Sharpstown Middle School Students work hard to express their ideas for the exhibition at Lawndale Art Center, 2003 In Ms. Schmidt's class students blend ideas and process. Re-conceptualizing the idea of honoring departed family members, the students create mini-altars honoring something or someone that is not currently a part of their life.
Unit and Lesson links Lesson plan--creating an ofrenda in honor of a famous artist 4th - 5th Grade Unit for Day of the Dead Lesson Ideas for Middle School Art and Language Arts Return topics menu	Installation The teachers from the participating schools put in extra time to install their students work.
George Washington Carver High School art teacher, Dave Renner installing student work at Lawndale (right) Sharpstown Middle School Art Teacher, Mayra Schmidt installing student art work (left) Return topics menu
		Examples of Past Student Work exhibited at Lawndale Art Center
		Altar created by students at St. Stephens Episcopal Julie Dietrich, Art Teacher Eastwood Academy Student work Liza Littlefield, Art Teacher	Students create altars for the fiesta, as well as 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional artwork. Briscoe Elementary student work Michael Godoy, art teacher Student stencil work inspired from paper cutting art Papel Picado
Print Resources
Ancona , G. (1993). Pablo remembers: the fiesta of the Day of the Dead. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. Andrade, M. (1999). Dia de Muertos in Mexico. Oaxaca. San Jose, California: La Oferta Review Newspaper. Appelbaum, S. & Berdecio, R. (Ed.). (1972). Posada's popular Mexican prints. N.Y.: Dover Publications. Brandes, S.(1998). The Day of the Dead, Halloween, and the quest for Mexican national identity. Journal of American Folklore. 111(442), p. 359-80. Cardoza y Aragon, L.(2003). Jose Guadalupe Posada's Calaveras. Artes de Mexico, 67. Carmichael, E. & Chloe, S. (1991). The Skeleton and the Feast. Austin : University of Texas Press. Garciagodoy, J. (1998). Digging the Days of the Dead. Boulder : University Press of Colorado . Greenleigh, J. (1991). The days of the dead: Mexico 's Festival of Communion with the Departed. San Francisco , California : Collins Publishers San Francisco . Lechuga, R. D. (2002). Obigatory fiesta: Day of the Dead Rituals. Artes de Mexico, 62. Lechuga, R. D. (2003). The Skeleton and the Calaca. Artes de Mexico, 67. Naggar, C & Ritchin, F. (1993). Mexico through foreign eyes: Mexico visto por ojos extranjeros, 1850-1990. New York : W.W. Norton. Orellana, M.D. (2002). New Questions about the Day of the Dead. Artes de Mexico, 62. Salinas , B. (1994). Indo-Hispanic Folk Art Traditions II. Auburn Hills , MI : Piñata Publications. Sayer, C. (Ed.). (1994). The Mexican Day of the Dead: an anthology. Boston : Shambhala Redstone Editions. Trenchard, K. (1998). Mexican papercutting: simple techniques for creating colorful cut-paper projects. Asheville , N.C. : Lark Books. Westheim, P. (2003). Fear of Death: Anguish in Life. Artes de Mexico, 67. Walkup, N. (2001). Teaching Sensitive Cultural Traditions. School Arts. 101(3) p. 23-5. Return topic menu
Websites
Calacas . from http://www.dhc.net/%7eartgeek/muertos.html Día de los Muertos - Day of the Dead . from http://muertos.palomar.edu/dayofthedead.htm Day of the Dead - Día de los Muertos. http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm Day of the dead How to make your own altar The Day of the Dead. from http://www.mexweb.com/muertos.htm #758. Activities for Day of the Dead. from http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/758.html An Introduction to Mexican Art and Culture through the Day of the Dead.http://www.juniperlearning.com/skull.html Mictlan myth for kids. from http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/quest6.htm Oaxaca photo index. from http://www.questconnect.org/oaxaca_photo_index.htm Pan de Muerto, "Bread of the Dead". from http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg1096/panmuert.html Papel Picado. from http://www.mybackyard.com/current/198p1.htm Papel Picado: The Art of Mexican Cut Paper. (Fall 1996 Vol. 7, No. 3). from http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/news/vol_7/issue3/96falp11.htm José Guadalupe Posada - Printmaker. from http://muertos.palomar.edu/posdad.htm Yellow Marigolds. from http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/muertos/zempasuchil.html Diaz, M. Oaxaca Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos. from http://www.mexconnec.com/mex_/travel/mdiaz/mdmuertos.html Graber, K. H.Pan de muertos Day of the Dead bread. From http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recipes/puebla/kgpandemuertos.html Herz, M. Common Misconceptions About the Day of the Dead Celebrations.from http://www.inside-mexico.com/noes.htm Kastelein, B. Raising the Dead November marks one of Mexico 's most lively traditions. from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/bzm/bzm/bzmdiamuertos.html King, J. Los Dias de los Muertos (The Days of the Dead), from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jking/jkdayofthedead.html Mendoza, M. J. G. Dia de Muertos: The Dead Come to Life in Mexican Folk Art. from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/mjmendoza/mjmdiadelasmuertos.html Palfrey, D. (1995). The Day of the Dead, from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.htmlhttp://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html Palfrey, D. H. Mexico conjures spirits with picturesque ofrendas, from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dpofrendas.html Pomade, R. Arts of Mexico , The Series , from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rpomade/rpartiofmexico1003.html Pretti, A. Celebrations: Day of the Dead mini-unit, Subtopic: Day of the Dead, or "Dia de los Muertos" Grade level: 4th - 5th grade, from http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/Day.html Salvador, R.J. What Do Mexicans Celebrate On The Day Of The Dead?,pp. 75-76, In Death and Bereavement in the Americas . Death, Balue and Meaning Series, Vol. II. Morgan, J. D. and P. Laungani (Eds.)2003, from http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html Wood, T. Searching for Great Women Artists in History: Lesson Three - Creating an Ofrenda. from http://coe.uh.edu/arted/gendersite/gendersite/lessonplansartherstory3.htm Return topic menu

FOR TEACHERS

Links to Resources

Preparing for the Day of the Dead Exhibition at Lawndale

Topic Menu

Examples of Student Work

Installation at Lawndale Art Center

Print Resources

Teacher Commets

Unit and Lesson links

Website Resources

Background Information

Mexican folkart

www.questconnect.org
link to images of Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico

Link to articles and images for serveral regions throughout Mexico

Link to articles and images for Mexican tourism

Creating ofrendas

Information on Art of Cut Paper-Papel Picado

More Information on Papel Picado

Return topics menu

Through the Day of the Dead Education Program, Lawndale Art Center (LAC)
encourages teachers to educate their students about this important Mexican
event and its related art practices. LAC staff assists teachers in coordinating
activities for their students

Sharpstown Middle School Student painting Teacher and student working together

Sharpstown Middle School Students work hard to express their ideas for the exhibition
at Lawndale Art Center, 2003

In Ms. Schmidt's class students blend ideas and process. Re-conceptualizing the idea of honoring departed family members, the students create mini-altars honoring something or someone that is not currently a part of their life.

Unit and Lesson links

Lesson plan--creating an ofrenda in honor of a famous artist

4th - 5th Grade Unit for Day of the Dead

Lesson Ideas for Middle School Art and Language Arts

Return topics menu

Installation

The teachers from the participating schools put in extra time to install their students work.

Art teache, Dave Renner installing work at Lawndale Art teacher, Mayra Schmidt intalling work at Lawndale Art Center

George Washington Carver High School art teacher,
Dave Renner installing student work at Lawndale (right)

Sharpstown Middle School Art Teacher,
Mayra Schmidt installing student art work (left)

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Examples of Past Student Work exhibited at Lawndale Art Center

Student altar photo

Altar created by students at St. Stephens Episcopal
Julie Dietrich, Art Teacher

Eastwood Academy Student work
Liza Littlefield, Art Teacher

Students create altars for the fiesta, as well as 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional artwork.

Briscoe Elementary student work
Michael Godoy, art teacher

photo of student artwork

Student stencil work inspired from paper cutting art Papel Picado

Print Resources

Ancona , G. (1993). Pablo remembers: the fiesta of the Day of the Dead. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.

Andrade, M. (1999). Dia de Muertos in Mexico. Oaxaca. San Jose, California: La Oferta Review Newspaper.

Appelbaum, S. & Berdecio, R. (Ed.). (1972). Posada's popular Mexican prints. N.Y.: Dover Publications.

Brandes, S.(1998). The Day of the Dead, Halloween, and the quest for Mexican national identity. Journal of American Folklore. 111(442), p. 359-80.

Cardoza y Aragon, L.(2003). Jose Guadalupe Posada's Calaveras. Artes de Mexico, 67.

Carmichael, E. & Chloe, S. (1991). The Skeleton and the Feast. Austin : University of Texas Press.

Garciagodoy, J. (1998). Digging the Days of the Dead. Boulder : University Press of Colorado .

Greenleigh, J. (1991). The days of the dead: Mexico 's Festival of Communion with the Departed. San Francisco , California : Collins Publishers San Francisco .

Lechuga, R. D. (2002). Obigatory fiesta: Day of the Dead Rituals. Artes de Mexico, 62.

Lechuga, R. D. (2003). The Skeleton and the Calaca. Artes de Mexico, 67.

Naggar, C & Ritchin, F. (1993). Mexico through foreign eyes: Mexico visto por ojos extranjeros, 1850-1990. New York : W.W. Norton.

Orellana, M.D. (2002). New Questions about the Day of the Dead. Artes de Mexico, 62.

Salinas , B. (1994). Indo-Hispanic Folk Art Traditions II. Auburn Hills , MI : Piñata Publications.

Sayer, C. (Ed.). (1994). The Mexican Day of the Dead: an anthology. Boston : Shambhala Redstone Editions.

Trenchard, K. (1998). Mexican papercutting: simple techniques for creating colorful cut-paper projects. Asheville , N.C. : Lark Books.

Westheim, P. (2003). Fear of Death: Anguish in Life. Artes de Mexico, 67.

Walkup, N. (2001). Teaching Sensitive Cultural Traditions. School Arts. 101(3) p. 23-5.

Return topic menu

Websites

Calacas . from http://www.dhc.net/%7eartgeek/muertos.html

Día de los Muertos - Day of the Dead . from http://muertos.palomar.edu/dayofthedead.htm

Day of the Dead - Día de los Muertos. http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm

Day of the dead How to make your own altar The Day of the Dead. from http://www.mexweb.com/muertos.htm

#758. Activities for Day of the Dead. from http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/758.html

An Introduction to Mexican Art and Culture through the Day of the Dead.http://www.juniperlearning.com/skull.html

Mictlan myth for kids. from http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/quest6.htm

Oaxaca photo index. from http://www.questconnect.org/oaxaca_photo_index.htm

Pan de Muerto, "Bread of the Dead". from http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg1096/panmuert.html

Papel Picado. from http://www.mybackyard.com/current/198p1.htm

Papel Picado: The Art of Mexican Cut Paper. (Fall 1996 Vol. 7, No. 3). from http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/news/vol_7/issue3/96falp11.htm

José Guadalupe Posada - Printmaker. from http://muertos.palomar.edu/posdad.htm

Yellow Marigolds. from http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/muertos/zempasuchil.html

Diaz, M. Oaxaca Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos. from http://www.mexconnec.com/mex_/travel/mdiaz/mdmuertos.html

Graber, K. H.Pan de muertos Day of the Dead bread. From http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recipes/puebla/kgpandemuertos.html

Herz, M. Common Misconceptions About the Day of the Dead Celebrations.from http://www.inside-mexico.com/noes.htm

Kastelein, B. Raising the Dead November marks one of Mexico 's most lively traditions. from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/bzm/bzm/bzmdiamuertos.html

King, J. Los Dias de los Muertos (The Days of the Dead), from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jking/jkdayofthedead.html

Mendoza, M. J. G. Dia de Muertos: The Dead Come to Life in Mexican Folk Art. from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/mjmendoza/mjmdiadelasmuertos.html

Palfrey, D. (1995). The Day of the Dead, from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.htmlhttp://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html

Palfrey, D. H. Mexico conjures spirits with picturesque ofrendas, from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dpofrendas.html

Pomade, R. Arts of Mexico , The Series , from http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rpomade/rpartiofmexico1003.html

Pretti, A. Celebrations: Day of the Dead mini-unit, Subtopic: Day of the Dead, or "Dia de los Muertos" Grade level: 4th - 5th grade, from http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/Day.html

Salvador, R.J. What Do Mexicans Celebrate On The Day Of The Dead?,pp. 75-76, In Death and Bereavement in the Americas . Death, Balue and Meaning Series, Vol. II. Morgan, J. D. and P. Laungani (Eds.)2003, from http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html

Wood, T. Searching for Great Women Artists in History: Lesson Three - Creating an Ofrenda. from http://coe.uh.edu/arted/gendersite/gendersite/lessonplansartherstory3.htm

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