Día de los Muertos
Project Description:
For this project we used what we learned about the culture, traditions, origins, artwork, and celebrations of Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, to create artwork that honors our loved ones who have died. In addition to the artwork we wrote two paragraphs on our family members. The first paragraph was a biography of our person and the second paragraph was my favorite memory of this person. I did my project on my grandfather, Art Chase. I drew him as a skeleton holding a fish because I remember my grandfather by going fishing with him and how much he fished.
Reflection:
I learned that Día de los Muertos is on November 1st and 2nd. On November 1st, the souls of the children come back to visit the family, and on November 2nd, is when the adult souls visit. The families set up alters in their homes and place different items on it, each representing something. Marigold flowers lead the spirits to the alter, the soul´s favorite food, candles, pictures, favorite things, and toiletries to freshen up before the celebration. The cemeteries are cleaned, decorated, and there is often music and families celebrating the lives of their loved ones found there. The biggest take away from this project was changing my perspective on the holiday. Before I learned all the traditions and really neat things about it, I never appreciated the holiday. Now I think it is such an amazing part of the culture and gave me a whole new perspective on death. It helped me get over my fear of death and the grief of my grandfather and grandparents that have passed. The most challenging thing about this project was writing the paper on my grandfather because of my limited Spanish, but I was proud of refraining from using Google translate of word reference. If I could do this project again, I would put more planning and organization into my artwork. I am happy with the way my art turned out, but I wish we had more time and supplies for the artwork.
For this project we used what we learned about the culture, traditions, origins, artwork, and celebrations of Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, to create artwork that honors our loved ones who have died. In addition to the artwork we wrote two paragraphs on our family members. The first paragraph was a biography of our person and the second paragraph was my favorite memory of this person. I did my project on my grandfather, Art Chase. I drew him as a skeleton holding a fish because I remember my grandfather by going fishing with him and how much he fished.
Reflection:
I learned that Día de los Muertos is on November 1st and 2nd. On November 1st, the souls of the children come back to visit the family, and on November 2nd, is when the adult souls visit. The families set up alters in their homes and place different items on it, each representing something. Marigold flowers lead the spirits to the alter, the soul´s favorite food, candles, pictures, favorite things, and toiletries to freshen up before the celebration. The cemeteries are cleaned, decorated, and there is often music and families celebrating the lives of their loved ones found there. The biggest take away from this project was changing my perspective on the holiday. Before I learned all the traditions and really neat things about it, I never appreciated the holiday. Now I think it is such an amazing part of the culture and gave me a whole new perspective on death. It helped me get over my fear of death and the grief of my grandfather and grandparents that have passed. The most challenging thing about this project was writing the paper on my grandfather because of my limited Spanish, but I was proud of refraining from using Google translate of word reference. If I could do this project again, I would put more planning and organization into my artwork. I am happy with the way my art turned out, but I wish we had more time and supplies for the artwork.