“And having people work on the altars and decorate them and incorporating this special moment of their loved ones and sharing it with everybody in Madison at Overture.
“We are working together to provide this opportunity to the community of Madison to get involved and participate in this event related to El Dia de Los Muertos,” says Torres Mata, a recent UW-Madison Master of Fine Arts (MFA) graduate with a specialization in printmaking. The display features handmade shadow box altars made in memory of loved ones that have been created by members of the Madison-area community and contributed to the 2021 Community Altar Project. Torres Mata is one of the organizers of the 2021 Día de los Muertos Community Altar Project that debuted on Thursday at the Overture Center of the Arts and will be on display until Sunday, Nov. It’s more a celebration of the person’s life and what they’ve accomplished and what they’ve offered and what they’ve given to the next generation. “It’s a very important theme about family and we decorate, we offer food, we drink and we honor this person. Day of the Dead celebrations are based in the belief that the souls of the ones gone can come back to this world on these days. “Día de los Muertos is a remembrance of those people that you loved who passed away and they come back on that particular night to share that moment of love and family,” says artist Roberto Torres Mata. Day of the Dead altars known as altares de muertos or ofrendas are set during the Day of the Dead celebrations on November 1 and 2 to honor the dead children and adults.
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