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Spend a mindful hour with us listening to music and creating a Nicho! Registration Required. Please watch for confirmation emails a week prior to the event.
In this Lo Fi Craft Hour, we will be making our own Nicho!
Dating back to the Spanish Colonial period, nichos are a type of folk art popular throughout Central and South America. They began as an adaptation of the Roman Catholic ‘retablo’, which is a painting of a patron saint on wood or tin. In different places, nichos may be called by a local name or still called a retablo.
A nicho box, or simply nicho, is a three-dimensional display box, like a shadow box. They combine elements from Roman Catholicism, mestizo spirituality, and popular culture. Today, people create nichos as shrines to important people or loved ones or used for protection or devotion. Nichos can also display political themes, scenes of everyday life, or images of saints or other deities.
Nichos can be made and displayed at any time of the year. However, many people include nichos as part of their Day of the Dead decorations and on ofrendas.
AGE GROUP: | New Adults | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Workshop | Health & Wellness | Crafting/Makers | Class |
TAGS: | Hispanic Heritage | Harvest/Fall |
| Mon, Sep 08 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Sep 09 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Sep 10 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Sep 11 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Sep 12 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Sep 13 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Sep 14 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
