This year a group called Lore Productions “curated” some of the large altars for Grand Park. Their altars were large and professional in appearance, like the one at the top of this post.
This year I didn’t see an altar by artist Ofelia Esperanza, the most famous altar creator in L.A. but the community altar this year was built by Self-Help Graphics, one of the old art studios for Chicano artists.
There was also something entirely new: the floating altars with La Calavera Catrina, the Queen on the Dead. With a little research I discovered that La Calavera Catrina was a figure developed in the early 20th Century that has become very popular for Day of the Dead during the last century.
Today was the last day for the altars in Grand Park. Here are some photos.
