Day of the Dead: Cultural Significance Panel Discussion

On Saturday, November 2nd join in on the fun festivities at the Idaho Historical Museum and afterwards, parade over to JUMP to enjoy the panel discussion!

Day of the Dead or Dia de Muertos on November 1st and 2nd is a visually stunning celebration with painted faces and colorful skulls, but what is the cultural significance of this vibrant Latin American Holiday? Join us for a panel discussion to dig deeper into this wonderful tradition.

When: Saturday, November 2nd from 6 - 7:30PM

Where: JUMP Pioneer Room on the 6th floor

Cost: FREE

Panel Speakers

Ben Earwicker:

Dr. Ben Earwicker served as a faculty member and administrator at universities in the U.S. and New Zealand for 13 years and now serves as Director of the Idaho Human Rights Commission. Prior to this, Ben worked as a social worker for the State of Idaho and the Idaho Migrant Council, and ran a successful small business for 10 years. He currently manages dual-enrollment modern language and social science courses throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, while working with the Idaho Human Rights Commission to enforce state and federal anti-discrimination laws and promote human and civil rights in Idaho.

Fonda Portales:

Fonda Portales currently serves as Boise State University’s Art Curator and Collections Manager. Prior to this position, she taught art history at colleges and universities throughout the Treasure Valley. She continues to be a passionate educator and enjoys developing student engagement with the visual arts on campus.

Fonda earned a BA in English Education from Northwest Nazarene College, in Nampa, Idaho, and an MA in Art History from California State University, Los Angeles. Her academic focus is on the transcultural iconography of Mesoamerican and Spanish influence. Her drawings of Aztec and colonial works can be found in the Oxford University Press Handbook to Life in the Aztec World, authored by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno.

Luz Camarena:

As a Latina of Mexican heritage from Mexico City, Luz Camarena has been painting and working with clay to focus on the history of the Mexican people and their pilgrimage to the United States. Her art reflects the wisdom of her country, where imagery is something that is in between imagination and religion. There is not separation between worlds. There is coexistence between death and living, between angels, saints and moribund. She has been participating in the “Dia de Muertos” altares since she arrived to Boise.

Luz Camarena was born in Mexico City in 1965. She has studied one-on-one with various artists in Mexico City, Tepoztlán, and San Miguel de Allende. She has also received formal training at the Pacific-Northwest College for Art in Portland, Oregon, at Bellas Artes Sn Miguel Allende, and the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende. She graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts from Boise State University.

Ana Maria Schachtell

Ana Maria Nevarez-Schachtell was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and came to Idaho via California in 1974. She has a BA Multi-Cultural /Bilingual Education including endorsements in Spanish and German from Boise State University. She spearheaded the creation of the Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho in Nampa, founded the Stay-in-School Quinceañera Program (motivational program for Latino middle school students), and serves on the board of the Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation. She was the Project Director for the Idaho Corrido Music Project (2010-14) sponsored mainly by the Idaho Humanities Council. She also participated in the Jesus Urquides Memorial Project established by the City of Boise during its Sesquicentennial Celebration. In 2014 she was awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Support for the Arts.

*The opinions expressed in the Connecting Community Programs are the instructors own and do not necessarily reflect the views of JUMP.

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