Dear CHAC Community,

Fall is just around the corner and we are looking forward to creating and celebrating with you with new exhibits and activties. CHAC is always striving to bring families and local artists a place to thrive. A place to express one's creativity and cultural heritage. We had a wonderful summer spending time with all of you! 
 

You will find in this newsletter:

• Celebrating Summer 
• Upcoming Events and New Exhibits 
• Letter from Chicano Humanities and Arts Council Executive Director 
• Featured Artist
• Event Posters
• Community Announcements 
• Recipe of the Month 

Sincerely,
CHAC Staff

A few highlights as summer comes to a close for this year! 

• Partnership with Transforming Creatives to bring you Generations An Intergenerational Art Show (3 part exhibit) at Converge Denver curated by Alicia Cardenas. 
• Serving over 600 youth in our partnership with MSU Journey Through Our Heritage Art-To-Go program. 
• The Journey Continues, El Movimiento Sigue with our partnership with BMOCA curated by CHAC artists Judy Miranda and Jerry Lawson to honor dreamers. 

SEPTEMBER 25TH, 11AM-2PM CHAC artists will be teaching a bilingual piñata and flores de papel all ages class at RiNo ArtPark's Grand Opening! 

CHAC is proud to continue their annual Dia de Los Muertos celebration and to be among one of Denver’s earliest organizations dedicated to this ancient Mexican custom. Join us as we remember our families and communities who have passed on. Let us celebrate the lives of those who inspired and nurtured us. 

This year we are partnering with the Arvada Library, Denver Public Library, Colorado Folk Arts Council and MSU Denver CHS JTOH.
 

List of Dia de Los Muertos Events:

Arvada Library Dia de Los Muertos exhibit and altar
October 1st - November 4th - 7525 W 57th Ave, Arvada, CO 
~OCTOBER 29th, 5PM-8PM Community Celebration

Dia de Los Muertos Show with 40 West & Pirate Art Gallery
October 22th  - November 7th - 7130 W 16th Ave, Lakewood, CO
~ October 19^th  6PM- 8PM  Community Altar and Art Set Up (walk-ins welcome) 
~November 5^th Community Celebration 5PM -  10PM with Tribute to Bob Luna Dia de Los Muertos Pioneer  at 6PM. 

Cultural Concerts on Colfax Dia de Los Muertos
Family Stories from Tummy Tales Book Series
October 20th, 12 noon - 1pm Aurora Fox - 9900 E. Colfax Aurora, CO
 
Dia de Los Muertos in Breckenridge
October 23rd Art workshop by CHAC artist

FEATURED CHAC ARTIST
KARMA LEIGH
 

Karma Leigh is a Chicana from Colorado who was blessed to grow up between two worlds, the urban life of the city and the natural wonders of the Rockies. Both have inspired her work as an artist and educator. Karma has always had an innate desire for exploration and traveled to many cities in the US landing her in Phoenix for three years. It was there her passion to create, and hone her skills as an artist, were fueled by the many prolific artists she was surrounded by.

Karma is a self-taught painter, muralist, curator and creator of jewelry and tangible goods. Her talents are not limited to the paint and palette; she has helped organize successful vendor markets for FemFest, taught for the EPIC Arts program out of Redline Gallery, and was the former Education Coordinator for Museo de las Americas and has been a teacher there for eight years. Karma is also an art teacher with Voz y Corazon, a suicide prevention program in Denver, for five years and will be teaching her own art programs in 2021. 

www.KarmaLeighta.com

Image 1 Karma Leigh by Mooxie Soul Photography
Image 2 Roberto Clemente 
Image 3 Lineas de Sangre
Image 4 Family Portrait
Image 5 Jaguar Daughter

EVENT POSTERS
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COMMUNITY EVENTS 
 

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

New Mexican Tortillas
by www.newmexico.org

Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lard or vegetable shortening
3/4 cup lukewarm water

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt, then add the lard or shortening. Work the fat into the flour with your hands until it resembles coarse bread crumbs.
2. Add the water.
3. Mix with your hands until it comes together into a sticky dough.
4. Gather the dough and turn it out onto a floured surface (the bowl works fine for the pros), kneading for about a minute until it becomes smooth and satiny. Let it rest at least 15 minutes.
5. Pinch off an egg-size ball. Duran’s tortillas are very big and very puffy, so Cecilia Granados' ball is the size of a turkey egg.
6. Shape the dough into a fat disk. Repeat with the remaining dough.
7. On a floured surface, give each disk a few quick passes with a roller, pressing from the center toward the edges. Give the dough a quarter turn and repeat until the circle is between 1/8- and -inch thick and 10–12 inches in diameter.
8. Heat a large cast-iron griddle or pan over high heat, to about 500°. Add one circle of dough and cook 30–45 seconds, until large bubbles form across the surface. Check if brown spots have appeared on the bottom. If so, flip the tortilla and cook another 30–45 seconds, until it puffs and browns on the other side. Rest the tortillas under a towel while you cook the others.