The Indianapolis Art Center, located at 820 E. 67th Street, held the annual Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead on November 1, 2009.

"The Mexican tradition, Day of the Dead, is a blending of both indigenous Aztec beliefs and Spanish Christian beliefs surrounding death. The Aztecs, Maya and other pre-Hispanic peoples of Central and South America saw death as a part of the process of life. They honored the dead by inviting the spirits of the dead to return on certain days, placing food offerings on their tombs. When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, they combined the Aztec people's beliefs and rites regarding death into their religious calendar."