Altar Installation by Sandra Cisneros

LVM2014/2014

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino
Washington, DC, United States

Altar Installation by Sandra Cisneros. A Room of her Own: An Altar for my Mother. “We try to be brave when we grieve…but an altar is a sacred space for to transform our grief to light…A healing takes place.” Sandra Cisneros 2014.

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Title: Altar Installation by Sandra Cisneros
Creator: LVM
Date Created: 2014/2014
Location: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino

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