Saturday, September 20, 2025
11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Help us kick off Hispanic Heritage Month at the DMA with live music, tours, a film screening, art making, and more.
Schedule of Events
NOON–4:00 PM
Open Studio Art-Making Activity
Level 4, Tower Gallery
12:30 PM–1:30 PM
Lara Latin: Live Music in the Atrium
Level 1, Hamon Atrium
Put on your dancing shoes and enjoy live Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, and Bachata music in the Atrium. DFW’s Lara Latin band includes Texas-based musicians from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Venezuela, South Korea, Mexico, and of course Texas!
2:00–3:00 PM
Collection Tour Highlights
Level 1, Meet at the Guest Services Desk
Explore the DMA’s four floors of art with a DMA docent and visit some of the highlights of the Museum’s global collection. Whether you are an art history buff or this is your first visit, we can’t wait to talk about art with you!
Tours meet at the Guest Services Desk near the Museum’s Main Entrance and are limited to 30 participants. All ages are welcome.
2:00–3:00 PM
Film Screening: The Mourning Of, a film by Merced Elizondo
Level 1, Horchow Auditorium
Join Dallas-based filmmaker Merced Elizondo to view a screening of his latest short film, followed by a Q & A session with the actors.
Maribel has been mourning the tragic loss of her mother in the most peculiar way imaginable— by secretly attending the funerals of strangers. After weeks of lying and searching for solace through the grief of others, her inability to move on finally catches up with her.
Merced Elizondo is a Mexican American filmmaker from Texas who launched his career in 2017 after working on multiple television and film productions across his home state. Since then, he has been nominated for an Imagen Award, selected as a directing fellow for Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative in 2022, and shortlisted for a Young Director Award at Cannes Lions. In 2021 he was selected as a fellow for HBO's Tomorrows Filmmakers Today program and honored as “Person of the Year” by the National Hispanic Institute.
His latest film, The Mourning Of, is a proof-of-concept short that was awarded a NewNarratives Filmmaker Grant through NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022. It’s currently on the 2024–2025 festival circuit and won the Best Live Action Short Film award at the 2024 St. Louis International Film Festival, officially making it Oscar® Qualifying. Elizondo is currently writing and developing his debut feature film, The Thing About Elephants.
The Mourning Of official movie poster
To request accessibility accommodations such as ASL interpretation, gallery stools, or wheelchairs, please send an email to access@dma.org.
