Community Altar Project

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :
Made by Larissa Cangussu for her sister Marcelle Cangussu
Title of piece: The Heavenly Butterfly Garden
About the Altar: “The heavenly butterfly garden” pays homage to my younger sister that died in a tragedy that killed 273 people. To me, she transcended, like an Angel in the shape of a butterfly , flying across fields of flowers, welcomed by the Virgin Mary.

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :
Made by Larissa Cangussu for all the victims of covid 19 in the world.
Title of piece: Still Life
About the Altar: “Still life” is about time. Life ends, but the memories keep our loved ones alive, eternally. It is a collective piece that honors all that perished of Covid-19 and the families that suffered the loss of their loved ones to this mysterious and fatal virus. Their life remains as beautiful as a flower, even after withered by time.

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :
Made by Deb Bushy for her Japanese Ancestors
Title of piece: Ship of Dreams
About the Altar: "Ship of Dreams"...The story: During dreamtime I board the boat that transports me to Heaven. While in Heaven I'm able to meet with my Japanese ancestors and all that have crossed. I bring Curiosity, Love and Hope to Heaven in my dream travels. When my visit to Heaven is complete and I return to the Earthly realm, I bring a renewed sense of Self, a healing Soul and Hope for Humanity.

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :
Made by Mark Bitney for his brother Bradd Bitney

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :
Made by Carolyn Benforado for Martha Opheim Iverson
Title of piece: Fine Lady of the Prairie

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :
Made by Emmett Ballweg for his Father
Title of piece: Dear Dad

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :
Made by Madeline Ballweg for her Father
Title of piece: I Love Dad

Featured Altar of the Day from the 2021 Virtual Community Altar Project :

Made by Beatriz Aguilar for her father Dr. Miguel Aguilar-Casas

Title of piece: Dr. Miguel

About the Altar: With this altar I honor my father, who died 2 days after the lock down started, and therefore I was unable to travel to Mexico to say goodbye or attend his funeral. I have represented everything that he loved: He was a orthopedist surgeon in pediatrics. The colorful skeleton is him, checking the pulse of a child skeleton with his stethoscope. On his heart is an elegant skeleton that represents my mom, who is still alive and who he called beautiful up to his last moment. On his stomach is the image of a good stake, and a glass of milk with sweet bread called "co**ha", his favorite food. On his chest is the shield of his alma mater (national Autonomous University of Mexico) and his favorite camera, and the Dallas Cowboys shield, his favorite football team. And below the kid and in front of him is a skeleton mariachi, because he loved music, specially Mexican folk music. At the top and front of the box there are two poems written by my mom, what we call Calaveritas, poems referring to the deceased loved one when they encounter "the Death."

The virtual altar video project at Garver Feed Mill is tomorrow night! Please come and help remember and celebrate those who built the altars and those the altars were built for.

Screening will run from 5pm to 10pm and Garver Feed Mill vendors will be open for food and beverage.

And don’t forget to keep visiting out altar boxes at the Overture. The exhibition will be open until Sunday, November 14th, until 6pm.