Students and faculty built Ofrendas for Dia de los Muertos as part of the UMass Week of Memory and Forgetting. Participants came from several Departments.
The winning Ofrenda was constructed by graduate students in the Spanish and Portuguese Studies and was dedicated to female surrealist painters. It is located on the 4th floor of Herter Hall
Ofrendas or offerings are traditional in some communities, particularly in Mexico and northern Central America as way of commemorating deceased loved ones.
Students are invited to build displays in the memory of an important person in their field of study who has passed on.
Participants will receive a free Memory Stick. A $100 gift certificate to the UMass campus store will be awarded for the most evocative ofrenda.
Deadline for on line registration is Oct 22nd.
If you are interested in participating, please register here.
(You must log in with your UMass e-mail. If you have a problem with logging in, contact ions@umass.edu)
The Ofrendas must be displayed Oct 29th – Nov 2nd for the UMass Week of Memory and Forgetting.
