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Two linked artworks give this workshop its focus: a clay calavera guided by a Manuel Álvarez Bravo work, followed by a mixed-media remembrance for someone loved.
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At LACMA’s Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera workshop, the making has two distinct aims: shape a clay skull like the calavera in Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Día de Todos Muertos, then create an artwork in memory of a loved one. The connection between the named work and the personal piece is the project’s central idea.
LACMA points participants to the calavera in Álvarez Bravo’s Día de Todos Muertos as a model for the sculpted piece, which the museum frames as honoring ancestral traditions. The reference gives the first activity a specific link to an artwork rather than leaving the skull as an unspecified craft prompt.
The second work has a different purpose: participants make a mixed-media piece in remembrance of someone they love. These are connected acts of making, but the announcement gives each its own meaning.
Further reading: Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗
The listing names clay, tissue paper and colorful embellishments for the mixed-media artwork. It does not say whether those materials are supplied, so anyone who needs to know what to bring should confirm with LACMA rather than assume a kit is included.
Further reading: Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗
LACMA lists the same calavera-and-remembrance project for both appointments; the announcement does not describe them as different themes or as a two-part course. Choose between a Saturday morning and a Tuesday afternoon session. The Saturday workshop ends before the museum’s announced 1 p.m. public closing that day.
Further reading: Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Visit-Plan Your Visit | LACMA ↗
The announced project pairs a clay calavera modeled on the one in Álvarez Bravo’s work with a second artwork made in remembrance of a loved one. The two listed dates are separate opportunities to take part in that project.
Saturday, November 7, 2026, 10:30 a.m.–noon; or Tuesday, November 17, 4–5 p.m.
LACMA will close to the public at 1 p.m. on November 7 for a private event, after the workshop’s scheduled end.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Visit-Plan Your Visit | LACMA ↗
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The event listing does not state a workshop fee or whether advance registration or a separate museum ticket is required. LACMA’s general-admission page gives museum ticket terms but does not establish the workshop’s admission arrangements.
For questions about registration, admission or materials, contact LACMA at 323-857-6000.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Visit-Plan-Tickets | LACMA ↗
The event is at LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. The Wilshire/Fairfax station on the Metro D Line is across the street.
Metro Local 20 and Rapid 720 run on Wilshire Boulevard; Local 217 and 218 and Rapid 780 run on Fairfax Avenue. LACMA says these buses stop within half a block of the museum.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Visit-Plan-How to Get Here | LACMA ↗
LACMA’s Pritzker Parking Garage is on 6th Street, just east of Fairfax Avenue, and is open daily from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. The museum also lists nearby garages and street parking.
For drivers arriving from I-10, LACMA directs visitors north on Fairfax Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard. From US-101, its directions use Highland Avenue south to Wilshire, then west. Bicycle racks are near Wilshire and Spaulding Avenue and just inside the 6th Street gate. During public museum hours, visitors may request an onsite bike locker at the Ticket Office; a Visitor Services Associate escorts them to it and secures the bike.
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The event listing identifies LACMA but does not give a particular workshop room or entrance. If you need an exact arrival point or accessibility details, contact the museum at 323-857-6000.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗
A clay calavera modeled on the one in Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Día de Todos Muertos, followed by a mixed-media artwork intended as a remembrance of a loved one.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗
The listing describes the same project for both sessions, not separate stages. Choose either November 7, 10:30 a.m.–noon, or November 17, 4–5 p.m.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗
The event listing does not state a workshop fee, registration requirement, museum-admission requirement or whether materials are provided. Contact LACMA to confirm.
Communities Create LA! Día de los Muertos Calavera | LACMA ↗ · Visit-Plan-Tickets | LACMA ↗
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Images from the linked sources. Each caption identifies the context of the image.
Event, planning and background information checked 2026-11-04 against the linked sources.