Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center

Upcoming Programming

8th Annual Día de Los Muertos Days of Remembrance 
(October 29 and 30, and November 1, 2025)

Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center (LHYAC) invites you to the 8th Annual Día de Los Muertos Days of Remembrance (October 29 and 30, and November 1, 2025)! LHYAC will have various ways for you to engage in this important cultural tradition, including coming to visit LHYAC's annual indigenous ofrenda created with local  ancestral healer, Georgina Cuatencos, in our front courtyard. Check out our schedule of activities below and see you soon!

Community Altar - Add your own photos, recuerdos, treats, and other items in honor of your loved ones who have passed on, or join as a visitor and honor everyone's beautiful offerings! Our altar is free and open to the public.df

Digital Ofrenda - If you are unable to attend in person, you can still participate by uploading an image using the QR code. Uploaded images will be included in our community Altar in a digital slideshow. Just scan the QR code (ABOVE) with your phone and follow the step-by-step instructions.

Paper Art Frame Making Workshop with Ms. Janet
Wednesday, October 29
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Make and decorate your own creative frame to add to LHYAC's Community Altar or take it home to adorn your altar and honor your loved one at home!

Fuefo y Xocolat: Bonfire and Fall Season Intention Setting & Cacao Tasting with Instructor Jess and Ms. Joy
Thursday, October 30
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Final Event & Movie Night
Saturday, November 1
4:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Join us to celebrate this ancient indigenous tradition of the Mesoamerican people dating back more than 3,000 years that connects the living and the departed. Festivities include Danza Mexica, a platica on the tradition of altar making with Maestra Georgina Cuatencos, art workshops, face painting, and more! We will end the evening with a screening of the film, The Book of Life at 7:00 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public!

About Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center

The Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center (LHYAC) is part of the Lincoln Heights Youth Center complex, which is a renovated 2-story church building constructed in 1930 with subsequent additions built in the 1970s. The complex houses four components: an outdoor roller hockey rink, a boxing gymnasium, a youth center, and a junior arts center; and is jointly operated by the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) and DCA. The complex has approximately 9,000 square feet of space (including the outdoor hockey rink), with the Youth Arts Center occupying approximately one-third of the building. Funding for the renovation of the complex was provided through Proposition K funds.