Talento Bilingüe’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibit captures both the celebration and the sorrow of the Mexican holiday. First is the art exhibit “Día de los Muertos Houston” by photographer Sergio Santos. A documentation of how our city celebrates the holiday, “Día de los Muertos Houston” includes Tambores, an image showing local teenagers marching in a procession led by a drummer. The teens are wearing brightly colored Mexican costumes, complete with feather headdresses and beaded skirts; we can see glimpses of blue jeans and sneakers under their costumes. In that one image, Santos shows the duality of the young people’s lives, their mixing of Mexican traditions with American realities.

For “Escucha Mi Voz,” self-taught artist and poet Elvira Díaz-Ocampo created a memorial altar dedicated to the immigrants who have died crossing from Mexico into the United States. Díaz-Ocampo says, “To some they’re only faceless statistics, intruders…but they have a Christian name, a face, a family, a story…” Opening reception for the artists today at 6 p.m.; regular viewing hours 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. 333 South Jensen. For information, call 713-222-1213 or visit www.tbhcenter.com. Free.

Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Starts: Nov. 2. Continues through Nov. 21, 2007

This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2007.