The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and McAninch Arts Center (MAC) today announced they will celebrate the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with drive-by ofrendas, music by the acclaimed Mariachi Monumental de México, and a drop off food collection to benefit Immigrant Solidarity DuPage. This drive by event will take place Sunday, Nov. 1 from 4 – 6 p.m. at Camera Park in Glendale Heights (101 E Fullerton Ave). The event comes in advance of the CCMA’s Summer 2021 landmark exhibition Frida Kahlo: Timeless, which will be the largest exhibition of the late artist’s work in the Chicago area in over 40 years.
Participants are invited to drive by Camera Park and pay their respects as they view a collection of ofrendas – altars consisting of offerings made to welcome those who have passed – dedicated to Frida Kahlo and the victims of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Upon arrival at the park, guests will be greeted with traditional mariachi music by Chicago’s own Mariachi Monumental De México and directed to the ofrendas, as well as locations where they can drop off their donation items. Everyone donating a non-perishable food item will receive tasty candy treats.
Suggested non-perishable food items include rice, dry beans, bread, tortillas, eggs, potatoes, salt, flour, masa, pasta, cereal, canned tomatoes, oil, canned soup, sugar, onions, garlic, and mac & cheese. Participants are also encouraged to donate diapers and baby wipes for the Latino community in DuPage county. All donations will be hand-delivered by volunteers from the MAC and Immigrant Solidarity DuPage directly following the event.
The highly anticipated upcoming exhibition, Frida Kahlo: Timeless, will run June 5 – Sept. 6, 2021. A comprehensive presentation of Kahlo’s life and works, it will feature 26 original artworks as well as an immersive historical exhibit that provides a framework of the life, circumstances and events that led to Kahlo becoming one of the most important painters of the 20th century and of our time.
For more information about the exhibition and to reserve your tickets, visit www.Frida2021.org.
About “Frida Kahlo: Timeless”
The exhibition, on view June 5 to Sept. 6, 2021, will be the largest Frida Kahlo exhibition in the Chicago area in more than 40 years, and is hosted by the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at the College of DuPage (COD). It will feature a 26-piece collection on loan from the Museo Dolores Olmedo as well as a multimedia timeline, 100+ photographic images from the artist’s life, a family-friendly children’s area and a Frida Kahlo inspired garden designed by Ball Horticultural Company, enabling museum-goers of all ages to grasp an understanding of Kahlo’s life and work through a variety of contexts. The exhibition and related programming are organized by “Frida Kahlo: Timeless” Executive Director Diana Martinez (Director of the McAninch Arts Center) in collaboration with Justin Witte, “Frida Kahlo: Timeless” Curator (CCMA Curator). For more information, visit www.frida2021.org and on social media @CleveCarneyMuseumofArt.
The exhibition is presented by Bank of America and made possible through support from the College of DuPage Foundation, Milly and Alan Peterson, Ball Horticultural Company, Nicor Gas, Wight & Company, AeroMexico, the National Endowment for the Arts and the DuPage Foundation.
About the Cleve Carney Museum of Art
The late Cleve Carney provided a significant legacy gift to establish the Cleve Carney Art Gallery at College of DuPage. The gallery opened in February 2014 with its inaugural exhibition Selections from Cleve Carney’s Art Collection. The gallery has expanded 2,500 square-foot museum, is now the Cleve Carney Museum of Art, and will open this fall with a solo exhibition by Tony Fitzpatrick, Jesus of Western Avenue. The museum will maintain the standards set by the American Alliance of Museums. More information can be found at www.TheCCMA.org or by calling 630.942.3206.
About the MAC
The McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage is located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355. It houses three indoor performance spaces (the 780-seat proscenium Belushi Performance Hall; the 236-seat soft-thrust Playhouse Theatre; and the versatile black box Studio Theatre), the outdoor Lakeside Pavilion, plus the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. The MAC has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and typically welcomes more than 100,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances each season.
The mission of the MAC is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. Visit www.AtTheMAC.org or www.facebook.com/AtTheMAC for more information.