Exhibit: A Room of Her Own-My Mothers Altar

Saturday, October 15, 2011 - Friday, March 30, 2012

Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street and Caramelo, has created an art installation in the tradition of Día de Muertos ofrendas in the NHCC Art Museum. The work, titled "A Room of Her Own: My Mother's Altar," honors Cisneros' mother, Elvira Cordero Cisneros.

Cisneros was assisted by Texas artist Irma Carolina Rubio. Commenting on this work, a version of which they installed two years ago at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Cisneros writes: "My Mother never had a room of her own until the last 10 years of her life. She relished her room and often locked the door when the grandkids came so they wouldn't touch and destroy her things. She was a gardener, and loved her flowers. So I have tried to incorporate a garden bedroom in my installation with items from my mother's room and books from her bedside. She had a knack for finding antiques, and putting odd things together."

Source: http://www.itsatrip.org/events/default.aspx?eventid=18346

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