Altar of Freedom: Opening Paths in All Directions Altar de la Libertad: Abriendo caminos en todas las direcciones About the Exhibition This Altar of Freedom provides the structural elements for the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Celebration of Martin Luther King and his visit 50 years ago to South Bend and Notre Dame. However, the Altar awaits the most important elements: the offerings of people from the community to be placed on and around the Altar. Offerings for the dead, part of celebrations in many cultures such as the Mexican Day of the Dead, provide an opportunity to pay respect, tribute, and commemoration to our ancestors and to recommit to what they have created, taught us, and ask us to carry on into the future. Please help bring the Altar of Freedom to life by bringing offerings to place on the altar, in particular: • Shoes and boots, all kinds and sizes, representative of the leaders, workers, students, families who have and continue to march and work for civil rights in the U.S. and internationally. (Note that we will not be able to return donated shoes) • Keys for the African Heritage aspect of the Altar. Elegua is the Yoruba God who is the “Keeper of the Path” and thus the holder of the keys for all of the ways and roads of our lives. (it is important the these keys be no longer needed by the donors). • Rosaries and photographs of deceased people (of any ethnic or cultural group) for the more “traditional – Mexican” aspect of our Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Altar. • Participation via comments on the blog, for those who are physically present in South Bend and especially for those who can only join contributing to the Altar of Freedom virtually. The Blog The online portion of the installation diogenesballester helps to articulate the contemporary history of the movement after 50 years of struggle. Please join the online conversation by sharing experiences from the civil rights movement in South Bend, other parts of the U.S. and abroad. Your thoughts about your community and hopes for the future are a true offering for the Altar of Freedom. Altar de la Libertad /Altar of Freedom: Opening Paths in all Directions Installation by Diógenes Ballester October 4 to November 15, 2013 Opening Reception Wednesday, October 16, 2013 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture Crossroads Gallery for Contemporary Art 1045 West Washington Street, South Bend, IN 46601 This event is made possible in part by support from the Institute for Latino Studies, Letras Latinas, Department of Africana Studies, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Office of Community Relations, The First Year Studies, Office of the Provost, and the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame; Entergy-New Orleans, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, and Indiana University Civil Rights Heritage Center at the Natatorium.
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