Feb. 5th, 2020

Dear CHAC Community,

Thank you to all that came out to CHAC’s virtual event Ballet Folklorico, A Colorado Experience! What a way to kick off the New Year by seeing our community dancing together! Special thanks to Jeanette Trujillo, Director and Founder of Fiesta Colorado Dance Company for sharing ballet folklorico with all of us!!!

CHAC Gallery is excited to announce that we will have a socially distanced and timed entrance collaborative exhibit Nations United, April 6th to June 25th at the Thornton Arts and Cultural Center. This show will be CHAC Gallery artists and open to other artists. To receive a call-for-entry form please contact eventcoordinator@chacgallery.org

Read below for upcoming events, the featured artist and a recipe. 

Upcoming Virtual Events

Free and Open to the Public~Please Register at http://www.chacgallery.org

Feb. 10th from 1:00pm-2:00pm

Black History Month Cleo Parker Robinson Dance 

Aurora Fox Theater Cultural Concert Series 

http://aurorafoxtheaterartscenter.org/cultural-concerts-on-colfax

Feb. 13th from 11:00am-12:30pm

Corazones Demonstration~LED Light Up Hearts

Instructor CHAC Artist Holly Wasinger

Join Zoom Meeting, https://zoom.us/j/95948771324

In religious and cultural traditions, the heart has symbolized secret joys and sorrows, deep compassion, and love of God and of humanity. In popular culture, it has come to mean romantic love and represents our love for others.  In this workshop you will consider your personal symbolism for the heart while learning to create a heart from epoxy resin, lit from within with LED lights.  The instructor will run through all of the steps of the project in a demonstration format, from creating an original from clay, to mold making, to setting the led lights, to dying and pouring the epoxy, to finishing the project. Personal cultural symbolism will be discussed. Students will be encouraged to observe and take notes during the workshop, a video will be made available on youtube.com and e-mail (so please register) for home use. Event MC will be CHAC Education Director Arlette Lucero.

Materials list for class: pencil and paper.
*Project Materials list will be given during demonstration.  

Image below: LED Corazon by Holly Wasinger

Recipe of the Month by Arlette Lucero 

Mexican Wedding Cookies

2 cups flour

¾ cup pecans

½ cup confectioners’ sugar

1 cup butter softened (slightly) 

½ teaspoon almond extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

1. Using the pulse method, grind pecans and 1 cup of flour until nuts are fine.

2. Beat ½ cup of  confectioners’ sugar with butter, add vanilla extract and almond extract. 

3. Add nut and flour mixture into butter mixture. Beat in 1 cup of flour. Place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

4. Preheat oven to 350F

5. Roll dough into spoon size balls and place on ungreased baking sheet

6. Bake 10-12 minutes 

7. Place cookies on cooling rack 

8. Once cookies have cooled for 15 minutes, roll in confectioners’ sugar.

CHAC Featured Artist Holly Wasinger
 

Holly Wasinger’s layered multimedia works in resin reflect the depths of her intellectual curiosity. Her formalized studies of neuroscience, cultural markers in language, and her published research in psychology and history are woven through her art career, transforming her work. In addition to her studio work and gallery shows in Denver, she taught and created art with the youth of the community and people of diverse abilities. She was awarded mural commissions, led community projects and founded a non-profit organization to match local artists with neighborhood institutions. She is currently absorbing the layered cultural history of Pueblo in her ornate studio work.  Her most current project is a partnership with technical experts marrying art with technology to address social issues such as isolation. Visit https://www.hollywasinger.com.