La Raza Galeria Posada is a multi-disciplinary cultural center and public space serving the Sacramento community by offering Latino/Chicano and Native arts programming, art education workshops, and a community gathering place.
LRGP is a center of cultural pride, self-governance, self-expression and community empowerment through the arts.
We remain a public space where young and old come to pass on their stories, share their challenges, create art and build community.
December 1st-, 2010-7pm
Collector’s Talk and Public Reception.
December 12th- 2010- 3pm:
Posada Navideña A ballet Folklórico performance of
La Compañía Mazátlan Bellas Artes at
The Crest Theatre (1013 K St), Sacramento.
$12.50 in advance/$15 at the door.
November 19th – December 23rd, 2010
Holiday Art Sale to benefit La Raza Galería Posada programming.
Nothing over $75!
Join Imelda of Sugar Skull Art and your friends here at LRGP for a day of sugar skull making and decorating for the whole family! Sugar skulls are traditional tokens of the Mexican celebrations of Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos/All Saints & All Souls days that are decorated with icing and food coloring to reflect the memory of a particular loved one, or just for the heck of it. Participants will have the chance to make and decorate their own skulls over the course of the workshop. Requested donation: $10 for adults, $8 for children
Come learn the secret to the perfectly folded, more-lifelike-than-should-be-right paper Marigolds that adorn the altares in our current exhibition and Dia de los Muertos celebrations the world over! In the Native tradition, the Marigold flower symbolizes death and rebirth, and it lends its eye-catching orange color to many of the traditional Day of the Dead ceremonies and constructions. LRGP project coordinator Christina Preston will be on hand to show young and old alike the intricacies of this delicate art. Requested donation: $10 for adults, $8 for children.
The classic calavera papiér mache is an icon of Dia de los Muertos the world over. If you’d like to make one of your own, don’t miss our workshop on the history and technique of this artistic style, led by Jesus Barela, a local cinematographer, artist and historian. Requested donation: $10 for adults, $8 for children.
