An Experience L.A. Event
Gloria Molina Grand Park, 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos is on view October 19 to November 2, 2024. To visit on your own, go to grandparkla.org.

ADMISSION:
Admission is free and open to current USC students only. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Check-in for the event will begin at 10:30 a.m. on campus. Students will travel together on the Metro E Line to Gloria Molina Grand Park and return to campus at 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided during the tour.

JOIN WAITLIST

USC Students will need a Metro TAP card to participate. Students can sign up for the USC U-Pass Program at transnet.usc.edu.

DESCRIPTION:
Experience the vibrant tradition and learn the significance of Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at Downtown Día De Los Muertos at Gloria Molina Grand Park. The two-week exhibition is a community-oriented space that invites park-goers to stroll through 20 altars made by professional artists and local organizations led by long-time multimedia artist, educator, and curator Consuelo G. Flores.

USC students will join Flores for a private tour of the stunning altars, which honor people, places, and ideas and uniquely reflect Los Angeles, and contribute to a community altar. Additionally, Flores will lead students in a Día de Los Muertos–themed art-making project to take home.

Recap of Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos in 2023.

Bio:

Born and raised in East Los Angeles, Consuelo G. Flores is a renowned altarista and culture bearer, a council member of the Eastside Arts Initiative, and an adjunct professor at Antioch University. She has created Day of the Dead altars at Gloria Molina Grand Park since 2012 and curated altar installations there from 2022–2024, including designing and creating Community Ofrendas. Flores has curated several important exhibitions, including one dedicated to the work and legacy of José Guadalupe Posada and several Day of the Dead collections, and is also a published poet and produced playwright.

Presented by Visions and Voices.