{"id":11090,"date":"2015-10-21T08:44:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T13:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=11090"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:40","slug":"day-of-the-dead-sugar-skull-decorating-and-altar-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2015\/10\/21\/day-of-the-dead-sugar-skull-decorating-and-altar-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of the Dead: Sugar Skull Decorating and Altar Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/files\/2015\/10\/DAY-OF-THE-DEAD-TANKA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2015\/10\/DAY-OF-THE-DEAD-TANKA-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"DAY-OF-THE-DEAD-TANKA\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2015\/10\/DAY-OF-THE-DEAD-TANKA-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2015\/10\/DAY-OF-THE-DEAD-TANKA-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2015\/10\/DAY-OF-THE-DEAD-TANKA.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn about the basics of this traditional part of the <strong>D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/strong> (Day of the Dead) celebration! We\u2019ll have sugar skulls to decorate and test your artistic skills, and we&#8217;ll have a conversation about the importance of the altar during this traditional Mexican celebration. When all of the skulls are decorated we\u2019ll put the altar together in a display case in the Information Commons for the duration of the celebration for all Loyolans and visitors to check out on the first floor. Come join us, get artistic, and leave a small tea light candle in remembrance of a loved one. <\/p>\n<p align=center><FONT COLOR=\"#DF013A\"><strong>Monday, October 26 @ 12PM<br \/>\nLewis Library \u2022 WTC<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\nand<br \/>\n<FONT COLOR=\"#DF013A\"><strong>Tuesday, October 27 @ 1PM<br \/>\nKlarchek Information Commons, 1st Floor \u2022 LSC<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Materials will be provided as will explanations and examples of decorative techniques by our expert Annette Alvarado!<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on D\u00eda de los Muertos in Chicago check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>National Museum of Mexican Art<\/strong><\/a> in the Pilsen neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by Loyola University Libraries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us as we decorate sugar skulls and discuss the importance of the altar during this traditional Mexican celebration. Monday, October 26, 12pm at Lewis Library and Tuesday, October 27, 1pm in the IC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":11098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11090"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17699,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions\/17699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}