Project Overview
In this Project my class learned about the traditional holiday that is celebrated by Mexican culture known as Dia de Los Muertos. Dia de Los Muertos means "Day of The Dead" and is celebrated to remember people who have passed away. On this day people will make ofrendas or offerings to their ancestors to keep them in their memories. In these offerings people will put a picture of the person or things like foods, flowers, candles and sentimental items to represent the person the offering is for.
I made my offering for the famous artist Pablo Picasso. In this offering I had El papel picado which means decorative paper which is a more traditional things. I also had a candle and a sugar skull and flowers which are also more traditional decorations. I also had a picture of pablo picasso and one of his paintings in the background. I also included a pencil which represents the first word he said which was "Piz" which translates to pencil.
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The button below will take you to the artist statement for my ofrenda
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How challenging was this project for you? Be specific.
This project was a little challenging for me because at first I couldn't really think of anybody that is very close to me that has passed away so I had to try and find somebody that I wanted to make an ofrenda for. Besides that this project wasn't very challenging for me and I actually enjoyed it and found it interesting to see how some other people celebrate the lives of their lost ones. what did you enjoy most about this Cultural Connections project? The thing that I enjoyed most was just learning about how other people do things in other cultures. I usually enjoy learning about things that are different from what I’m used to and found this particularly interesting because I had heard about Dia De Los Muertos before but didn’t really know what it meant in detail and how people actually celebrate. |
Did you receive critique and feedback from anyone? Was the feedback helpful?
I did get feedback while in the process of making my ofrenda from some of my classmates. I found this pretty helpful Because the critique made me confident I wasn't just skipping over something by getting another person's perspective on what I could do to make my ofrenda better by adding something or putting more detail into something else. What grade do you think you deserve? Why? For this project I think that I would deserve an A because I completed all the assignments and did them to the best of my ability by putting time and thought into each thing. I also put effort into my offering to try and make it look nice. |
If you could change something about this project, what would it be?
If I could change one thing I would have put things in my ofrenda that were real, for example real flowers or some real food. I also would have liked to make a better box to make my ofrenda look a little nicer
If I could change one thing I would have put things in my ofrenda that were real, for example real flowers or some real food. I also would have liked to make a better box to make my ofrenda look a little nicer