El Muertorider by Artemio Rodriguez, John Jota Leaños, and Sean Levon Nash of the Burning Wagon Collective, 2006. Image: Artemio Rodriguez

El Muertorider, a 1968 Chevy Impala customized by artists Artemio Rodriguez, John Jota Leaños, and Sean Levon Nash of the Burning Wagon Collective, will be on view October 22–November 26, 2006, on the first level of the museum, near the koi pond. Visitors can sit in El Muertorider and listen to ¡radio muerta!

El Muertorider and ¡radio muerta! are part of a larger collaborative work, Imperial Silence, A Xicano New Media Opera, which will have its premiere screening at the museum Sunday, November 19, at 3 p.m.

Imperial Silence: A Xicano New Media Opera is a 20-minute series of animated short films combining mariachi boleros, huapangos, rock-en-español, children’s

Graphic: Artists of the Burning Wagon Collective

rhymes, Chicano blues, and many other tontadas. A lively discussion with artists John Leaños, Sean Levon Nash, and other members of the Burning Wagon Collective follows the screening. The first act of the opera, Los ABCs, was featured at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

Friday, November 3, 2006 5:30 p.m.
Artists Talk
Talk with El Muertorider artists John Leaños and Sean Levon Nash of the Burning Wagon Collective on level one, next to the vehicle.

El Muertorider in your classroom!
Grades 9–12
Free!
A lesson plan inspired by the project El Muertorider is available. Students will explore how satire and tribute are used in the Days of the Dead tradition. For more information call Evelyn Orantes at 510/238-3819 or eorantes@museumca.org.

All school groups require reservations to visit the Days of the Dead exhibition. Self-guided school groups will be admitted only after 2 p.m. For more information call the Docent Center at 510/238-3514

Programs are generously supported by the Creative Work Fund.

For information, call 510/238-2200 or visit www.museumca.org.

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