/PRNewswire/ Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) has reached a key milestone in its Capital Campaign and has successfully repaid its mortgage this spring, just.
Artists and activists from the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1970s helped dramatically expand appreciation of Día de los Muertos among Mexican Americans living in LA. The first public celebration in the city was held at Self-Help Graphics and Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights.
Folk artist Ofelia Esparza, L.A.'s most admired altar maker, reminds a somber city of the meaning of Día de los Muertos. Hint: It's not Mexican Halloween.