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los Muertos in Los Angeles. The organization was formed in 1973. She said that the organization played a significant role in reviving the tradition in Los Angeles and have helped turn it into one of “Los Angeles’s major celebrations, celebrated by diverse audiences.”

After Vallejo’s presentation, the attendees went over to visit the art gallery exhibiting different altars and artwork connected to Dia de los Muertos. Altars, also known as ofrendas, honoring the dead are common for families to create when celebrating Dia de los Muertos.

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Live music started playing at 5:30 p.m., where multiple Pierce students were able to perform in front of peers, staff and others in attendance. There was a guitar player, a trumpet player, a singer and a band who performed.

The art gallery opened at 6 p.m. The gallery displayed alters and artwork that were connected to the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead. There was a community alter that people could leave a card with someones name on it that they wanted to remember. At the art gallery, people could enjoy food and drinks as well, and make papel picado, punched paper, with the Spanish Club.

There were also literary works that had been sent in by Pierce students and from LAPC’s Winter 2018 edition of Directions that were hanging from trees and strings for people to read.

Raelon Bolton, a theater major at Pierce, attended the event and said that she enjoyed listening to the music at the event.

“My favorite part has been listening to the music. It was amazing, the energy was really fun and the musicians are extremely talented,”

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Roman Hill, a theater production major at Pierce, said that his favorite part of the ArtWalk was getting to connect with new people.

“It is nice to see all these different people from different majors coming together and supporting each other, and it is nice interacting with everybody,” Hill said.

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