a website that sells handmade Day of the Dead crafts and promotes the holiday's rituals, sugar skulls — calaveras de azúcar in Spanish — are traditional folk art from southern Mexico.

On April 13, 1944, thousands of people clashed with police on the steps of the Art Institute ... the satirical skull and skeleton illustrations he made for Day of the Dead, which he printed ...

Here’s one thing we know: Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is not a Mexican ... (Read more about pan de muerto.) Sugar skulls are part of a sugar art tradition brought by 17th-century ...

However, the unity of life and death continues to be the dominant theme of the art, tradition ... “During contemporary Day of the Dead festivities, people commonly wear skull masks and eat ...

Downtown Aurora will once again be transformed into Sugar Skull City from Oct. 15 to Nov. 6, offering a three-week celebration of the Day of the Dead ... painter Jose Art in the parking ...

A three-week celebration of Mexican culture honoring the tradition of the Day of the Dead began Saturday ... A special Sugar Skull City themed Art and Market event will also be held featuring ...

Día de los Muertos, which means Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday celebrated ... Limited to 25 pieces, the L.U.C Skull One Calavera Pop Art (US$10,700) has a colorful personality with a ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of ... where the dead rejoin their families in celebration. Among the most recognizable features of Día de los Muertos celebrations are colorful skulls, often ...

LANSING - For people looking for a family-friendly event centered around Day of the Dead, Casa de Rosado Galeria and Cultural Center at 204 E. Mt. Hope Ave. is offering free sugar skull making ...