Day of the Dead Altar at DIA Spotlights Air Pollution’s Human Impact

Day of the Dead altar at DIA spotlights air pollution’s human impact

This article first appeared on Planet Detroit and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This story also appeared in Planet Detroit Visitors to the Detroit Institute of Arts may encounter any of a dozen ofrendas scattered throughout the building. A Mexican tradition, these commemorative altars display posthumous photos of loved ones, along with significant obj…

Day of the Dead altar at DIA spotlights air pollution's human impact

Visitors to the Detroit Institute of Arts may encounter any of a dozen ofrendas scattered throughout the building. A Mexican tradition, these commemorative altars display posthumous photos of loved ones, along with significant objects and symbols representing them. One ofrenda, titled “Where the Air Remembers and the Trees Dream,” is the creation of environmental activists, representing Clear the Air , Michigan Sierra Club and Urban Neighborhood…