Community Altar Build + Story Offering
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Community Altar Build + Story Offering

By Cornerstone Gallery
The Masonic Event Center|Fort CollinsFort Collins, CO
October 19 at 1pm MDT
Overview

Help build a Día de Muertos community altar. Bring photos, mementos, or stories to honor loved ones in a welcoming space.

Arts • Cultural Heritage

Join Liz Ortiz of Mad Hare Press in creating a collaborative altar in honor of Día de Muertos. All are welcome.

This event offers space for quiet reflection, shared memory, and creative participation. You’re invited to bring printed photos, mementos, or hand-written memories to contribute to a community altar built inside Cornerstone Gallery. Participants are welcome to share stories aloud or simply reflect in community.

This is a meditative, welcoming event open to all and part of Liz’s solo exhibition We Were Never Meant to Disappear.

Free event. RSVP encouraged.

More info: www.madharepress.com


Workshop Overview

  • Intro to Día de Muertos and community altars
  • A space to reflect and share stories
  • All ages welcome
  • Quiet, meditative atmosphere

This gathering encourages personal reflection, storytelling, and honoring loved ones through shared ritual and collective memory.


What’s Included

  • Flameless candles
  • Writing materials
  • Natural and recycled altar decoration supplies


What to Bring

  • Printed copies of photos (not originals)
  • Handwritten memories or keepsake replicas
  • Your stories, grief, joy, or silence

Note: The altar will remain on public view after the event. Please bring copies or items you are comfortable leaving behind.


About Liz Ortiz

Liz Ortiz is an Indigenous Latina printmaker and cultural educator whose work uplifts the stories of those often erased. Her workshops blend cultural tradition and creative accessibility.


Contact

Email: thehare@madharepress.com

Website: www.madharepress.com

Instagram: @madharepress

Help build a Día de Muertos community altar. Bring photos, mementos, or stories to honor loved ones in a welcoming space.

Arts • Cultural Heritage

Join Liz Ortiz of Mad Hare Press in creating a collaborative altar in honor of Día de Muertos. All are welcome.

This event offers space for quiet reflection, shared memory, and creative participation. You’re invited to bring printed photos, mementos, or hand-written memories to contribute to a community altar built inside Cornerstone Gallery. Participants are welcome to share stories aloud or simply reflect in community.

This is a meditative, welcoming event open to all and part of Liz’s solo exhibition We Were Never Meant to Disappear.

Free event. RSVP encouraged.

More info: www.madharepress.com


Workshop Overview

  • Intro to Día de Muertos and community altars
  • A space to reflect and share stories
  • All ages welcome
  • Quiet, meditative atmosphere

This gathering encourages personal reflection, storytelling, and honoring loved ones through shared ritual and collective memory.


What’s Included

  • Flameless candles
  • Writing materials
  • Natural and recycled altar decoration supplies


What to Bring

  • Printed copies of photos (not originals)
  • Handwritten memories or keepsake replicas
  • Your stories, grief, joy, or silence

Note: The altar will remain on public view after the event. Please bring copies or items you are comfortable leaving behind.


About Liz Ortiz

Liz Ortiz is an Indigenous Latina printmaker and cultural educator whose work uplifts the stories of those often erased. Her workshops blend cultural tradition and creative accessibility.


Contact

Email: thehare@madharepress.com

Website: www.madharepress.com

Instagram: @madharepress

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