Monday, November 05, 2007

Chicken of the Dead, a response to celebrations of Dia de los Muertos

Being involved in a celebration of Dia de los Muertos at Artspace, Shreveport, has resulted in . . .

* shooting and editing 2 videos: one of interviews with Mexican-Americans and another of the party that marked the opening of the exhibit (please see youtube.com/trudeau11 on the short one).
* making 6 illustrations from the life of folksinger Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter for a large ofrendas.
* making a calaveras to be auctioned for the sponsoring arts organization.
* additionally, this quasi-skeleton popped out last week.
* expresso pen in a moleskine.

1 comment:

Robert E Trudeau said...

One copy of Chicken of the Dead donated to an Xmas Gala Benefit at Louisiana Tech - hosted by the student chapter of ASID to aid in the expenses of the
Domestic Abuse Response Team of Ruston.