Education Programs
It all started when…
We chose to make our Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead festivities more accessible to communities that would otherwise struggle for access to this form of arts and cultural programming.
Partnering with multi-disciplinary artists, and Latinx and indigenous arts practitioners, we developed curricula correlating Mesoamerican arts and cultural traditions and ecological and sustainable practices.
Marigold Project’s Education Programs present the history of the Day of the Dead and Ofrenda Arts, papel picado, flower crown-making, painting and drawing, writing, and music and dance focusing on the elements and directions, the necessary balance of air, fire, water, earth, and our center, Love.
Our youth workshops are free-of-charge or donation-based and accessible to Title I schools like Bryant Elementary and John O'Connell High School, Spanish-English bilingual schools.
Our presence in the schools and community centers empowers youth to feel more connected to one another and the planet through creativity. In turn they make decisions that positively impact societal well-being and environmental balance because they learn the value of keeping communities in conversation with one another and focused on our shared habitat.
Bring the Marigold Project to your school
If you would like to schedule an assembly or workshop at your school please contact rosa@themarigoldproject.org
MARIGOLD PROJECT
The Marigold Project serves the community by creating healing spaces connecting us to our ancestors and our impermanence in One Spirit.
By providing cultural education, art and writing therapy workshops, and altar building skills connecting as a community, we honor the circle of life and death. We respect life by teaching our children who we are in the cosmos, our humanity, and the preservation of our planet.