HOLA, ¡QUE PASA!
CHAC GALLERY January 2022
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Dear CHAC Community,

CHAC is excited to spend another year with you! We love to see everyone safely coming together for cultural events, new exhibits and education classes that preserve, showcase, educate and reflect the essence of Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x and other multicultural/multiracial communities. We hope the New Year brings peace, love and healing to the world as we continue to persevere through Covid19.  CHAC wants to let all the families that have lost their homes due to Colorado's fire yesterday that they are in our thoughts and prayers. 

CHAC wishes everyone a very blessed and safe New Year’s Eve! CHAC is starting off the New Year’s with “Honoring Stevon Lucero” and "Milagros del Corazón”. 

CHAC Gallery and Northglenn Arts present: Honoring Stevon Lucero. Stevon was an amazing artist, mentor and co-founder of CHAC. Stevon Lucero is greatly missed by his family, friends and community. "Honoring Stevon Lucero" will showcase his artwork and poems. This event takes place on Friday, January 7th from 6:30-9:00 PM at Northglenn Arts  in community room 1, 1 E. Memorial Parkway, Northglenn, CO 80233. The exhibit will run January 7-March 30, 2022. This exhibit and event is generously supported by CHAC Gallery, Northglenn Arts, Northglenn Arts and Humanities Foundation, Colorado Creative Industries, SCFD and Mile High United Way Community ACTS Fund. 

For more information please click painting. 
Passion Painter by Stevon Lucero 
CHAC is gearing up for their annual  "Milagros del Corazón" Miracles of the Heart Fundraiser for CHAC.Hand-crafted hearts by CHAC artists (made with their heart and soul) will be auctioned, along with gift baskets and more artwork by CHAC artists. "Milagros del Corazon" Miracles of the Heart will be at Los Amigos Kitchen, located at, 7260 N. Pecos St, Denver, CO 80221 on Monday, February 7 from 6:30-9:00 PM and will be free and open to the public. Food and drinks are available to purchase through Los Amigos Kitchen. 
 
Interested in creating a hand-crafted heart for the auction? 
Contact eventcoordinator@chacgallery.org for information. CHAC will provide you with a blank wooden heart, for a donation of $5.00 to cover supplies, which you will then turn into one of your magnificent masterpieces!

 
 "Milagros del Corazón" Heart

REMEBRING AND HONORING ALICIA CARDENAS

Alicia Cardenas, a beloved CHAC artists and member of our community was shot and killed Dec. 27th during the shooting in Denver/Lakewood, CO. Another member of the community Jimmy Maldonado was hospitalized and is recovering. Jimmy's wife Alyssa Maldonado-Gunn was shot and killed. Our hearts our broken and we are praying for these families during this tragic time. 
 

To help the victims families in this time of need please click links for their GoFundMe.  



Please read below as we honor and remember CHAC artist Alicia Cardenas.
GO FUND ME FOR ALICIA CARDENAS
GO FUND ME FOR MALDENADO-GUNN FAMILY
LINKS TO HELP ALL VICTIMS
@soltribemama @tribalmurals
Photo  "Xipe" by Alicia Cardenas @chicanosmuralproject
 
Alicia brought her light to Denver and beyond as a muralist, visual artist and tattoo artist. She was a Native Mexican American painter from Denver who took inspiration from tribal culture, the earth and its mathematics and her kid Xochitl Mayahuel.  She identified as Chicanative. Alicia had owned a tattoo and piercing studio in Denver for the last 26 years called Sol Tribe where she tattooed full time.
 
Alicia’s art was bold, nurturing, vibrant and sincere. CHAC was so honored to have her be the creative force and curator behind the “Generations” exhibit this year that brought together artists from different generations to show, highlighting the profound legacy that Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x artists have in Denver. Long time CHAC member, her father Alfredo Cardenas, was among the artists featured in this exhibit. It was beautiful to see them showing together. “Generations” exhibit will forever be in our hearts. Alicia’s art is a vibrant and loving force that will forever bring us peace, justice, creativity and connection to our ancestors and the earth. Alicia was a dedicated mother to her 12-year-old Xochitl. CHAC’s prayers are with her family during this tragic time. 

EVENT POSTERS
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CHAC Gallery & Cultural Center was founded in 1978 by a group of visual and performing artists. The organization was established as a place where Chicano/Latino artists were provided with a venue to explore visual and performance art and promote and preserve the Chicano/Latino culture through the expression of the arts.

CHAC is an inclusive community of creatives that are dedicated to preserving, showcasing, educating and reflecting the essence of Chicano/a/x, Latino/a/x and other multicultural/multiracial communities. 
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