SAN FRANCISCO: Diego Rivera Mural

Group works to save large Diego Rivera mural

SAN FRANCISCO: Diego Rivera Mural

City College to preserve Diego Rivera mural

Mexican Season at The British Museum

W H A T : Day of the Dead
W H E N : Sunday 1 November, 11.00–17.00

Join the fiesta! In Mexico, Day of the Dead is an annual festival where families gather to remember the dead. This year, celebrate Day of the Dead at the British Museum with free performances, dance, workshops and carnival parades for the whole family.
Free, just drop in

W H E R E : The British Museum

M O R E :

• Video about Day of the Dead
• Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler
• Moctezuma Events: Family Visit
• Hmmm… C H O C O L A T E
• Chocolate week at Fortnum & Mason

12–18 October 2009
To celebrate Moctezuma’s rumoured consumption of drinking chocolate 50 times a day, Fortnum & Mason are focusing on this delicious theme with a week of special events and a window display.

• Revolution on paper: Mexican prints 1910–1960
• Monarchs and Día de los Muertos

Al Mercado

SF MOMA’s Family Studio will take you on a trip to a Family Mercado.

When: Sunday, 20, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: SF MOMA, Koret Visitor Education Center
What: Family Studio:

• Family tour at 1:00 p.m.
• Special reading at 2:00 p.m: My Papa Diego and Me/Mi papá Diego y yo by Rivera’s daughter, Guadalupe Rivera Marín

What kinds of things would you see if you were going to a Mexican market? Perhaps you’d find beautiful blossoms, like the ones pictured in Diego Rivera’s painting The Flower Carrier. At this Family Studio, youll take a trip to our Family Mercado and create a variety of your own Mexican marketplace items. Enjoy a 2:00 p.m. reading of My Papa Diego and Me/Mi papá Diego y yo, by Rivera’s daughter, Guadalupe Rivera Marín. Please note: the author will be unable to attend as planned on September 20th.

Museum and program admission are free for families with children ages 4 to 11 on family program days. The Family Studio capacity is limited. Families will be served as space is available. Please note: admission to Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities and Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 is not included.