Two extra evenings this year bring additional excitement to the University of Oregon’s annual Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Celebration.

The free celebration runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 29 and 30 and Nov. 1 and 2 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout that country and around the world in other cultures.

The Schnitzer museum will host two special exhibitions commemorating the 100th anniversary of José Guadalupe Posada’s death. Each of the four nights will include dancing, poetry and live music by the Guanaxtecos from Sierra de Guanajuato.

There will also be workshops for all ages with Mexican artist Martín Guevara Luna in the art studio.

An “ofrenda,” constructed by local students to celebrate the holiday, will be on view. The event is co-sponsored by Oak Hill School in conjunction with MEChA de UO, Adelante Sí, el Instituto de Cultura de Guanajuato and el Instituto Estatal del Migrante Guanajuatense y sus familias.

- by UO Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art