Art Installation: En Duelo (In Grief) by Candida Gonzalez (June 30)
June 30 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
En Duelo transforms public space into a shared place of remembrance, reflection, and collective grieving. We invite you to join us at Lakewood to participate in this interactive art installation throughout the summer and fall of 2026. At En Duelo, participants are invited to contribute photos and letters honoring loved ones to communal altars, creating an evolving memorial shaped by the community. Surrounded by others moving through their own experiences of loss, visitors are also offered space for quiet meditation, personal reflection, and individual grief.
You are invited to bring photos or items in honor of your loved ones which can either be left with the artist or taken home. Interactive elements will also be available at the installation.
This event will take place in the grove of hawthorn trees near the reflecting pool in the mausoleum courtyard. Signs will be posted. A map is also included below.
About the artist: Candida Gonzalez
Cándida González (they/them) is a mixed Puerto Rican multimedia artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They most often work in temporary altar installations using found objects, words, digital collage, photography and elements of the natural world. Their projects explore how the manipulation of basic elements into different configurations produce distinct energies/spells. They approach their work by centering at the intersection of art, activism, healing and personal/community empowerment. They are deeply invested in the concept of using art and community design as tools to wage love and healing and prioritize participatory installations. González has shown installation work at Public Functionary, Lanesboro Arts, Indigenous Roots Cultural Art Center, Franconia Sculpture Park and CLUES as well as managed community engagement for various public art projects nationwide.
Location: The Mausoleum Courtyard
The installation will be set up in the grove of hawthorn trees in the mausoleum courtyard. This space is open and accessible through many routes, however we encourage guests to use either the stairs across from the Memorial Chapel, or for accessibility access (elevator) you may enter through the Garden Mausoleum.
Weather Notice / Rain Plan
In the event of rain, this event will be moved into the Memorial Chapel. We will make the call a couple of hours before the event and signs will be posted. The chapel has a fully accessible entrance but does not have a wheelchair accessible restroom.
Parking and Transportation
Driving Directions
Parking is available on any of the roads inside Lakewood’s gates unless otherwise noted with a no parking sign. We encourage visitors to park along the roads outside of the Memorial Chapel, click here for GPS directions (this will open Google Maps).
Handicap parking will be available near the Garden Mausoleum, click here for GPS directions (this will open Google Maps).
Lakewood does not have an onsite parking lot – it is street parking only.
Bus Directions
Metro Transit buses stop directly outside of Lakewood’s gates at the Hennepin and 36th St. Station. This is a short walk to the installation site.
Bike Directions
Bike racks are available at the main gate, the Garden Mausoleum, and the Memorial Chapel.
Do not lock bikes to trees or signs, leave bicycles unlocked on the grounds., or leave shared bikes or scooters overnight.
Accessibility Access
Please park along the road or in the driveway of the Garden Mausoleum for elevator access. This will take you down to the garden level where you can access the installation via a short walk on smoothly paved sidewalks. Signs will be posted.
In the event of rain, we will move into the Memorial Chapel. This building has a wheelchair accessible ramp and parking, however it does not have wheelchair accessible restrooms. The nearest wheelchair accessible restrooms will be in the Garden Mausoleum.
About the Lakewood Heritage Foundation
The Lakewood Heritage Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Lakewood Artist in Residence program. The Lakewood Heritage Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization created to sustain Lakewood as a local treasure by supporting educational programming and the preservation and restoration of Lakewood’s landscape, art, architecture and public spaces—for the benefit of all.
Questions? Email us at events@lakewoodcemetery.org
