Events and Workshops
We have a unique organizational structure to ensure that we can effectively carry out our mission. We have various departments responsible for different aspects of our organization including workshops, conferences, and public events.
Conferences
- Our meaning of the dead of the dead festivity
- Community panels with diverse cultural representatives to relate our vision of life-death and after life. Processing grieving and understanding oneself/remembering those that have leave
- Circle of life discussion of after life and how do we remember our love ones and honor them
- Modern Día de los Muertos celebration and its influences in art and community (including Guadalupe Posada)
- La Tonanzin here and always/La virgen de Guadalupe
- Cartoneria-Mojigangas from Carmen Caballero to our studio in The Franklinton district
Public Events
- Day of the Dead Columbus Festival in October
- Calaveritas Contest
- Catrina y Catrin Contest. Dress and make up
Workshops
- Conversation Circles for the Practice of the Spanish Language
- Children’s Makeup
- Adult Self-Makeup
Our workshops take place in the same event space. All are welcome to join us!
400 W. Rich Street, Suite 248 C
Columbus, Ohio 43215
workshop
2024 Workshop Series Brazilian Soap
March 16
Ages: Adults and children 10+ with adult supervision.
You will learn how to make traditional Brazilian soap at home, while also learning about the history of the craft. Dominique Flaksberg will teach us how to create molds and use a cold process technique to make multi-use soap, for hands, clothes and dishes. She is the creator of Circular Bodies, bringing affordable home & body essentials to the community.
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
workshop
kids
Printmaking-carve your own stamps
APRIL 13
This workshop is taught by Renee Zamora, a Columbus mixed media and printmaking artist. She will teach you how to carve a design into a relief block to create your own stamps, which can be used over and over in endless art projects. You will get to experiment with your stamps on a variety of materials and with different colors of ink. Beginners welcome! All supplies included. Ages 13 and up
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
workshop
kids
Hablemos en Español * Conversation Club
sTARTS MARCH 9TH
The Spanish-Speaking Club is the best way to speak Spanish in a real-life setting in a structured conversation group with a native Spanish-speaking host.
By completing this module:
- you’ll learn how to converse on a wide range of topics
- you’ll perfect your verb conjugation so you can speak in different tenses
- you’ll be able to conversationally use your Spanish so you feel confident when traveling or conversing with a native speaker
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
free event
festival
kids
Day Of The Dead Columbus
October 19
10:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
