Día de los Muertos Festival
WHAT: Día de los Muertos Festival
WHO: Artists Mas Paz and Guache
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 2
Festival: 5–8 p.m.
Projection performance: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Kogod Courtyard
Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
Eighth and G streets N.W.
The National Portrait Gallery will host its annual Día de los Muertos celebration Nov. 2. The evening event will include art activities, music, and performances by local folk-dance company DC Folklórico in the museum’s Kogod Courtyard from 5 to 8 p.m. Visitors will be invited to place artworks, photographs and other offerings on the community altar as a tribute to their loved ones. Admission is free.
At 6:30 p.m., artists Mas Paz and Guache will present their live video artwork, “La Común Unidad: Caminando con los Ancestros,” highlighting the artists’ ancestral cultural heritage. Their vibrant digital paintings will be accompanied by music. The artists will also premiere new Instagram filters of Día de los Muertos masks the day of the festival. The custom filters can be accessed on Instagram at @smithsoniannpg. NPR is the media partner.
Media RSVP is required for film crews; RSVP to Gabbie Obusek at obusekge@si.edu.
National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tells the multifaceted story of the United States through the individuals who have shaped American culture. Spanning the visual arts, performing arts and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the nation’s story.
The National Portrait Gallery is located at Eighth and G streets N.W., Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Information: (202) 633-1000. Connect with the museum at npg.si.edu and on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
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