CODEX EXPRESS YOURSELF + COMMUNITY OFRENDA: REMEMBERING STUDENT ACTIVISM

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Exhibit Community Diversity and Inclusion Exhibition Library

Mon, Oct 2, 2023 9:00 AM –

Tue, Dec 12, 2023 7:00 PM CDT (GMT-5)

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CODEX EXPRESS YOURSELF + COMMUNITY OFRENDA: REMEMBERING STUDENT ACTIVISM

Please view these artist books, “one of a kind” codex-inspired creations that resulted from the HUMA121 course, “LATIN AMERICAN ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC” instructed by Jesus Macarena-Avila. Alongside book display is a small community "ofrenda" inspired by the Mexican holiday, Dias de los Muertos.

Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 1st Floor
Chicago IL 60605

Oct. 3-Dec. 12, 2023

This ofrenda remembers student activism, murdered by crime syndicates and/or political corruption. For example, Julio César Mondragón Fontes (1982-2014), a Mexican college student; fighting for education rights. Healing with Maya/Mexica smudging material: copal, sage, etc. displayed in the case.

Courtesy of HHSS & Library Depts. with HUMA 121 students. A special thank you to International Scholar and Student Services for hosting the art activity space!