Día de los Muertos

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Where	Main Museum
When	October 26, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Where

When

October 26, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Where	Main Museum
When	October 26, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Where

When

October 26, 10:00am - 5:00pm

FREE REGISTRATION

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Palm Springs Art Museum and the community.

A celebration with dance, music, art, storytelling, and the honoring of those who have passed away. Día de los Muertos is a tradition where families and communities gather, build altars, and create pathways to welcome home their loved ones while celebrating life.

Workshops and Activities

Most activities are drop-in.

Memory Tree
Marigold Making
Wooden Calavera Mask Decorating
Face painting
Photobooth

Artist Installation by Yulissa Mendoza

For Día de los Muertos, Palm Springs Art Museum presents a special installation by Yulissa Mendoza, a San Bernardino based photographer and multimedia artist whose work transforms personal and collective memory into spaces of reflection and empowerment.

For this year’s celebration, Mendoza creates an artist altar that honors and elevates tradition through visual language. Blending photography, textiles, and symbolic objects, the installation becomes both a site of remembrance and a statement of belonging, an evolving dreamlike landscape that bridges ancestral memory and contemporary expression.

Corazon de Nopal with John Flores

Join High Desert artist John Flores and decorate your own corazon de nopal inspired by the desert landscape.

Flores created ceramic pieces in his home studio so guests could paint and embellish sculptures of their own. Add your loved ones names and place your artwork on your ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos.

Paper Nichos with Frank Lemus

Create your own paper nichos of various colors and shapes with different screen printed día de los Muertos objects like sugar skulls pan dulce and candles.

Artist Frank Lemus will walk participants through paper weaving and layering to create various elements of a nicho.

Musical Performances

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Annenberg Theater
Desert Mirage High School Folklorico

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Annenberg Theater
Ballet Folklorico Flores of Conney Velly's Hispanic Clubs

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Atrium
Aristeo

2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Atrium
Discos Rolas

Community Altars

Available for viewing on the third floor of the Clayes Wing.

College of the Desert Marks Art Center
Mecca Senior Center - DRD
YLI
The Center
Friends of the Desert Mountains
DAP Health

Mercado Vendors

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Elrod and Meyerman Garden

Join us in the Elrod Garden for food and artisan vendors. This year's mercado will be curated by Blue Hill Studios.

Preorders have ended.

A limited quantity will be available at the Museum Store on October 26.

Costumes

Costumes are allowed within the following guidelines:

Masks and full-face coverings are not permitted
No costume weapons
Avoid costumes with protruding elements, like wings or shields
Inflatable costumes are not allowed

Face Painting

Face painting will be available on-site, but if you arrive with face paint, please remember that only half-face designs are allowed. Full-face paint and costume masks are not permitted.

Día de los Muertos

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Palm Springs Art Museum’s Youth Impact Initiative is generously supported by Benefactors Edeltraud McCarthy and The Barker Foundation; Founders Jim & Carol Egan, The Anderson Children’s Foundation, and Patron Amazon. Additional support is provided by The Helzel Family Foundation.