Farmer Rodrigo Cala grows cempasuchil, the iconic flower which helps lead the dead back to their loved ones during Día de los Muertos when the dead come back to visit and celebrate with the living. Cempasuchil are known as the flower of the dead. And are essential on any ofrenda — or altar. Their overpowering, musky scent helps the souls of loved ones find their way home.

“Frontera Liminal” at the Anderson Center in Red Wing pairs the work of two Latino artists exploring where the spiritual and the everyday collide. At Westminster Gallery in Minneapolis, Susan Sperl’s detailed felted sea creatures, paired with comics by two teen artists, connect the health of the Mississippi watershed with the health of ocean life. Dodie Logue’s abstract paintings evoke the color and texture of the summer prairie in Buffalo, Minn.