Self Help Graphics is proud to present our 51st Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration in Partnership with the Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis on Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 3:00 PM-8:00 PM at LA County Civic Center Park, located at the East LA Civic Center at 4801 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90022 (on the same campus of the East LA County Library). This family-friendly event is FREE to the public and open to ALL AGES. Learn more here.

Día de los Muertos Procession (Via Metro) • Meet-up 2:00 PM at Mariachi Plaza
Organized by Mujeres de Maíz, this year's procession will be led on the Metro L Line, from Mariachi Plaza to East LA Civic Center, where we'll move collectively to arrive to our Celebration destination! Meet-up at Mariachi Plaza at 2:00 PM, where you’re are encouraged to dress festively and express yourself in your favorite Día de los Muertos fashion! The procession will feature local artists along the train route, sharing poetry, music and palabra! The procession is open to ALL AGES.

Note: SHG will provide up to 150 Metro TAP cards for procession participants, while supplies last (please note that all riders must use TAP cards to ride the Metro).

Shop Muertos Market & SHG Prints • Begins 3:00 PM
The 51st Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration features 40+ local artists and artisans selling handmade goods and art, many of which is only available during this season! Stock up on special gifts in anticipation of the upcoming holiday season or treat yourself to that special t-shirt or artwork made wit amor.

Self Help Graphics will also have select prints for sale, including this year's Commemorative Print by Amalia Mesa-Bains. *Note that SHG can also arrange for pick-up of pre-purchased prints - made online by October 21- on the day of the Celebration. (scheduled print pick-ups must be completed by 6:30 PM on Nov 2 at the SHG vendor booth.)

Street Food Market • Begins 3:00 PM
Come hungry! Self Help Graphics will proudly offer a variety of food made from the hands and hearts of our local community of street food vendors, in collaboration with In the Making and the East LA Eastmont Farmer's Market.

Our FREE Día de los Muertos Workshops start this weekend! Register now on Eventbrite for our Dia de los Muertos season art workshops, where you can create beautiful crafts to honor your ancestors! Workshops will be held on Saturdays in October 2024, specifically on October 5, 12, & 26, from 12:00 PM.-3:00 PM and October 19, from 3:00 PM-5:00 PM at the East Los Angeles County Library.

Our free seasonal workshops feature exciting activities such as Papel Picado, crafting Paper Marigolds, Painting with Natural Dyes and decorating a Pre-made Calaca Magnet that participants can take home. Please note that the Painting with Natural Dyes workshops are only available on the 5th and 12th of October and the Pre-made Calaca Magnet workshops are only available on the 19th and the 26th of October.

Registration here:

• October 5 - 12:00 PM-3:00 PM

• October 12 - 12:00 PM-3:00 PM

• October 19 - 3:00 PM-5:00 PM

• October 26 - 12:00 PM-3:00 PM

The Dia de Los Muertos Community Art Workshops will be held at the East Los Angeles Library every Saturday of the month of October in the Community Room. The East Los Angeles County Library is located at 4837 E 3rd St Los Angeles, CA 90022, directly across from the Metro L Line East LA Civic Center Station; located at the intersection of 3rd Street and Mednik Avenue.

This year Self Help Graphics had the distinct honor of working with Chicana Curator, Author and Visual Artist, Amalia Mesa-Bains, on the production of our 51st Annual Día de los Muertos Commemorative Print, Antepasados y Memoria, 2024, available for purchase on our website. Antepasados y Memoria, 2024 is a Serigraph, Ediion of 55, 30 x 44 in.

*Collectors who purchase Antepasados y Memoria, 2024 by October 21 may be eligible to pick up the print at our Día de los Muertos Celebration; otherwise collectors may request to schedule an in-person pick-up of the artwork, or have it shipped.

SHG is proud to host an unveiling ceremony on Saturday, October 5th at 1:00 PM for Heritage, an augmented reality experience by artist Beatriz H. Jaramillo, in collaboration with and featuring images by youth artists from the SoLA Foundation and made possible with technical support by Denise Coke of  $NP Designs. This project reflects on the history of the land where Magic Johnson Park is located and envisions sustainable, safe green spaces for the future of South Los Angeles.

Heritage is part of Sinks: Places We Call Home, an exhibition presented by Self Help Graphics & Art, curated by Marvella Muro with curatorial assistance by Ana Guajardo, featuring artists Maru Garcia and Beatriz Jaramillo. Sinks is part of Getty's PST Art: Art & Science Collide initiative and highlights the long-term ramifications of pollution on communities of color in Los Angeles.

For more information about the exhibition on view at Cal State LA’s Luckman Gallery through February 15, 2025, including upcoming tours, programs and gallery hours, please visit https://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/exhibitions.

Sinks Exhibition Special Thanks

This exhibition was organized by Self Help Graphics & Art, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A,. and is presented by Getty as part of the PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, with generous support by Bank of America, Alicia Miñana and Rob Lovelace, and the Getty Patron Program.