DESCRIPTION: This presentation will share history, traditions, and symbolic meanings of the very old custom, El Dia de Los Muertos / the Day of the Dead.
PRESENTERS BIO: Jill Hoffman is the Curator of Education and an Assistant Director at the Museum of Texas Tech University, at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, TX. In her museum career she has worked as an executive director, educator, outreach educator, and traveling exhibits project manager for diverse museums in New Mexico, Texas and Pennsylvania. Jill earned her doctorate from Penn State University and her research focus is on how museums interpret Native American art and culture.