Day of the Dead at Lewiston Middle School

: Artist-in-residence Natasha Mayers talks with Brooke Cloutier, 13, about the eighth-grader’s Dia de Los Muertos project during an opening reception at Lewiston Middle School on Monday evening. Students in Jennifer Goodine’s Spanish class applied what they learned about the history, culture and meaning of the Mexican holiday, Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), into a piece of artwork that paid tribute to someone who passed away. Students used recycled materials and pictures to tell a story about their dead loved one. The project was a collaboration between the school and L/A Arts. Cloutier made a shrine in remembrance of her great-grandfather, Henry “Old Grampy” Lamoreau.

: Perr Tripp shows his mother, Margit Tripp, his Dia de Los Muertos project during an opening reception at Lewiston Middle School on Monday evening. Students in Jennifer Goodine’s Spanish class applied what they learned about the history, culture and meaning of the Mexican holiday, Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) into a piece of artwork that paid tribute to someone who passed away. Students used recycled materials and pictures to tell a story about their dead loved one. The project was a collaboration between the school and L/A Arts. Tripp made a shrine in remembrance of his grandmother, Patricia “Nana” Tripp.

: A student named Hailey created this tribute to her cousin Brandon as part of her Spanish class project at Lewiston Middle School. “The moon charm is because he loved the moon at night,” Hailey wrote. “There is a rake because he loved to rake leaves, then jump in it,” she wrote in a description of her Dia de Los Muertos project. Students in Jennifer Goodine’s class applied what they learned about the history, culture and meaning of the Mexican holiday, Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) into a piece of artwork that paid tribute to someone who died. Students used recycled materials and pictures to tell a story. The project was a collaboration between the school and L/A Arts.

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