LAURIE ZUCKERMAN SHARES DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTAR PHOTOS FROM MEXICO

Laurie Zuckerman wishes you a wonderful Day of the Dead. Here is one of my favorite photos I took on my last trip to Oaxaca, Mexico—life-sized paper maché skeletons sitting on a wrought iron bench under a classic arch of marigold blossoms. Life AND death: it doesn't get any more magical and beautiful than this sidewalk altar.

My favorite Day of the Day ofrenda altar was photographed in Tlacolula, in Mexico's Oaxaca region countryside. I photographed this simple table display back in 2008. Sure wish I was Oaxaca today. I miss Mexico with all my heart!

One of the purest presentations for the Day of the Dead comes from the penitente church of Atotonilco, outside of San Miguel de Allende, back in 2006. Another trip I will treasure.

I wish everyone a wonderful Day of the Dead celebration, especially my best altarista pals—Kathy Pinkerton in Mexico City and Rebecca Brooks in San Miguel de Allende. You lucky ladies!!!!

LAURIE ZUCKERMAN DIA DE LOS MUERTOS OFRENDA ALTAR AT STUDIO 12 GALLERY Denver, Colorado: Reception is November 5

"Devil May Care" ofrenda altar installation by Laurie Zuckerman, 

in honor of Blanche and George Zuckerman.

Laurie Zuckerman was invited to create one of her eclectic ofrenda altars for the Studio 12 Gallery's Day of the Dead exhibit in Denver, located in the Arts District of Santa Fe Drive. I installed my "Devil May Care" altar on Saturday, September 25, one of the two invited ofrendas anchoring this diverse exhibition of sculpture, painting, altars, and jewelry. Jerry Vigil, internationally reknowned Day of the Dead artist from Denver, invited me to participate in this Second Annual Día de los Muertos Show. Jerry and I showed our Day of the Dead artwork in the fabulous exhibit "Grave Matters" at the Loveland Art Museum back in 2005 and together at Olinger Crown Hill Cemetery Diá de los Muertos Festival in Denver this weekend.

There is one more public reception for this Day of the Dead show on November 5th from 4-9 pm. Hope to see you there!

Details at all of these Denver websites:
http://denverarts.org/local_exhibits/studio_12_2nd_annual_dia_de_los_muertos_show.html
www.artdistrictonsantafe.com/events/dia-de-los-muertos-day-of-the-dead
www.facebook.com/pages/Denver-CO/Studio-12-Gallery/325665542277

LAURIE ZUCKERMAN DIA DE LOS MUERTOS "DEVIL MAY CARE" ALTAR AT STUDIO 12 GALLERY Denver, Colorado receives good press in Kaitlin Cranor's UCD Advocate review

Art Beat: Studio 12 gallery converts a skeptic: 
Artists breathe life into Day of the Dead exhibit
Kaitlin Cranor, Senior Staff Writer, UCD Advocate, Oct. 20, 2010
http://www.ucdadvocate.com/infocus/art-beat-studio-12-gallery-converts-a-skeptic-1.1718316

"The works displayed at Studio 12 were obviously crafted with extreme care and undeniable talent. Anyone who has the patience to...collect hundreds of tiny knickknacks to create an enormous diorama ("Devil May Care Altar" by Laurie Zuckerman) seems like a true artist to me." Kaitlin Cranor

Read the entire review below:

LAURIE ZUCKERMAN PHOTOGRAPHS WYOMING'S DINOSAUR MUSEUM "DAY OF THE DEAD" ART A

Laurie Zuckerman drove to Thermopolis Hot Springs, Wyoming in early October and took a photo of this "Day of the Dead-like" skeleton at a defunct Dinosaur Museum, a building on the National Historic Register built from thousands of dinosaur bones. The old hand-painted sign compares this human skeleton to the skeleton of a Brontosaurus dinosaur. Nothing more charming than weathered hand-painted signs. Below is the full sign measuring five feet across, in the middle of Nowheresville, Wyoming, northwest of Laramie.