On the Path of Marigolds with Ann Murdy

620 Cerrillos Road,Santa Fe NM 87505

23 May, 2022

Description

Join IFAM and Ann Murdy at the IFAM Center in partnership with the Santa Fe Literary Festival. Ann Murdy has been photographing the celebrations around Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) in México for more than twenty years. A native of southern California and now based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she first started collecting Chicano art during the 1990s and was drawn to México by the vibrancy of its culture and traditions. As her hauntingly beautiful images show, in México death is considered part of life, something to be celebrated, no feared. El Día de los Muertos is a time to gather with friends and families to feast, pray, dance, sing, and honor the lives of those who have died. In 2020 “On the Path of Marigolds” received the Gold Award with the Forward INIDIES in the category of best multi-cultural, adult, non-fiction book. Also in 2020 “On the Path of Marigolds” received an honorable mention as an art book with the International Latino Books Awards. In 2021 “On the Path of Marigolds” received three awards with the Southwest Book Design Awards as Best in Show for a hardbound book, best art/photography and best bilingual book.