CHAC

Sabor Latino - A celebration of Latin Flavors

Celebrating the cultural richness of the Latin world in food, music, dance and words -- Saturdays in January at CHAC Gallery from 1 to 4 pm

Opening Reception:  Friday  Jan 4th  6 - 10 pm

Jan 10th - Spoken Word featuring storytelling, poetry and book readings

Jan 17th - Musica Latina featuring canciones folkloricos, flamenco and acoustic guitars

Jan 24th - Cooking with Sabor Latino - have you ever tried Paella?

Jan 31st - Celebrate Latino Dance featuring Fiesta Colorado and other dancers

 

CHAC Gallery Featured Artists

Alistair Andrew Bane

Alistair Bane is a member of the Eastern Shawnee Nation of Oklahoma. He credits his father and grandmother with being the two strongest influences in his development as an artist. His grandmother, Henrietta Sylvia Stonebraker passed on a wealth of stories and history about his family. His father, Gary Stonebraker, an architect; taught him how to paint and draw at a young age and instilled in him the importance of social justice. These two influences have inspired him to often choose subject matters that speak to the continuing struggle of Indigenous people for basic human rights and sovereignty. Besides painting, Alistair is also a bead worker. His mixed media pieces often incorporate traditional Shawnee beadwork designs with images that reference modern day lives of Native people.

“Sometimes people view our culture and our arts as something that exists only in the context of the past. I want people to recognize that we are here and strong in the 21st century and to understand that our connection with our traditions is what gives us our strength.”

Thompson Williams

Thompson Williams is a resident of Denver, Colorado. He is a member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, born to the late Melford and Winona Wells Williams. It was through the stories of their childhood that Thompson learned the richness of his culture. Thompson was fortunate to be part of this very artistic family. His father, his brothers and sister were all very talented artists. Today Thompson is a nationally known award winning artist. James Coburn of The Edmond Sun, Edmond Oklahoma says, “Mind, body and spirit integrate holistically in Thompson’s brushstrokes.

His creativity seems organic, flowing from a deep personal reservoir.” “My paintings focus on the spiritual heritage of my people. As viewers of Native American art we must see our involvement with the spirit that dwells inside each of us.” “I try to honor the people who came before me through my paintings. Today more than ever we need to be grateful to our ancestors. It is through their strength our culture survives today and will continue through the lives of our children.”    http://thompsonwilliams.blogspot.com/

CHAC Del Norte Featured Artists

Stevon Lucero

Stevon Lucero has been painting for over thirty five years. Since childhood, he has experienced intense dreams and visions and ventured more then once into separate realities. Through these revelations and studies of metaphysical, philosophical, and historical books and tapes, he has been guided to create two unique art forms: Metarealism and Neo-Precolumbian art.  www.stevonlucero.com

Robert Martinez

Robert, a Colorado native, was born and raised in the San Luis Valley. After completing his high school education, he received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Adams State College located in Alamosa. Bob recently retired from an enjoyable career of teaching elementary school art. He and his wife Janice, have three children and six grandchildren.

His paintings are both contemporary and traditional. He is inspired by the artists Malcolm Furlow, John Nieto, and Fritz Shrolder to name a few. Bob enjoys working with bold colors, and a variety of subjects from Native American to modern.   www.robertmar.com

Lola Montejo

Originally from Spain , refers to her paintings as Landscapes where the Land and Sky meet.  Explaining, that the land of the Eastern coast of Spain , from Barcelona down to Alicante has a climate where luscious vineyards and olive groves grow in mild and moderately arid conditions, under a skyline of low mountain ranges and the blue of the Mediterranean Sea and sky. “There is a proverb, that this Spanish landscape is a place where, Se le juna el cielo con la tierra, The sky comes together with the earth. Luminous surfaces and a picture plane full of movement suggest a landscape where the water, land, and sky all meet at once. My paintings are a place of contemplation. Nature is a surface loosely imagined and reality is the affects of one's own condition. To have this, sense of the material world, is to find oneself in their scale of the world”, says Montejo.  www.lolamontejo.com  

 

Artist Announcements

Milagros Del Corazon

Artists!  Don't forget that February is our Milagros del Corazon (heart) show.  Plain wooden hearts will be available for pick up In January.  (We will announce the date soon.)  Be thinking about what beautiful hearts you can create for the February show.