By: Brittney Schering
In a non-traditional celebration of the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, Red Hydrant Press hosts Dead End, an exhibit of small prints created by Michigan and national artists around the theme of oil from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29 and from 4 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 30.
Jose Guadalupe Posada, the most widely recognized Day of the Dead artist, worked as an illustrator and printmaker in Mexico City at the turn of the 20th century. His prints popularized the holiday's symbolic Calaveras, or decorated skulls.
Posada's revolutionary ideals remain at the core of today's Day of the Dead artistic celebrations.
The challenge is to connect Dia de Los Muertos imagery to our culture's dependence to oil consumption, production, trade, and environmental impact.
To increase the challenge, artists are asked to express this in a print that is no larger than five-by-seven inches. Red Hydrant's own Alynn Guerra, along with artist and Grand Valley State University professor, Bret Colley, will curate the mini exhibit.
Guerra and Red Hydrant sculptor, Carlos Aceves, will also construct a traditional Day of the Dead altar where gifts of food, drink, and flowers honor loved ones who have passed away. From 4 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, children can decorate paper Calaveras. Saturday evening, Villalobos will perform live music.
The prints will remain on display through Nov. 21. For more information, head over to www.redhydrantpress.com
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