'Day of the Dead' exhibit continues into December

Image of the first Dia de Los Muertos poster created by CSUS professor Ricardo Favela in 1975. California State University, Sacramento celebrates a ritual the indigenous people of the North American continent have been practicing for more than 3,000 years with a Dia de Los Muertos art exhibit. The exhibit called "Masmuertos" includes works by CSUS professor Ricardo Favela and student Xico Gonzalez. "Masmuertos" is open from 7 a.m. - 11 p.m., Monday - Friday, in the second floor of the CSUS library and continues to Dec 12.

The exhibit coincides with Dia de Los Muertos, a Mesoamerican holiday that honors the dead. Today, in the United States and in Mexico's larger cities families build altars - consisting of everything from specially made breads to modern art collages - and dedicate them to the dead.

Favela is a CSUS art professor and a co-founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force, RCAF, an artist collective founded in Sacramento in 1969. Gonzalez is a CSUS art student and a member of the RCAF's fourth generation. The exhibit consists of RCFA silkscreen prints, mixed media on Amatl (Aztec) paper and an altar.

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