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THE 18TH ANNUAL HISPANIC GALATHE COLORADO SPRINGS HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A graduate of New York’s famed High School of the Performing Arts, Esai’s stage/movie/television credits include working with some of the most successful actors of all time, including; Oscar winners Al Pacino, Sean Penn, and legendary director Francis Ford Coppola. His starring role in La Bamba, the most successful Latino-themed film of all time put him on the map. Other films include Gregory Nava’s My Family, Mi Familia and his latest films, American Fusion and The Virgin of Juarez. He currently is shooting a film with Cheech Marin, Ving Rhames and Louis
Gossett Jr. called The Perfect Game, in theaters October 2007. Television
credits include PBS’s “American Family,” HBO’s “The Burning Season,”
“Resurrection Blvd.” and the CBS film “Heartless” starring Melanie Griffith.
Describing himself as an "actorvist," Morales has combined art and activism to
build bridges of understanding. In 1997 Morales co-founded the National Hispanic
Foundation for the Arts (NHFA), created to advance the presence and quality of
Latinos in media, telecommunications and entertainment. Join us, as the Colorado
Springs Hispanic Chamber welcomes one of America’s favorite actors, ESAI
MORALES. MATA ORTIZ POTTERY - Along the Palanganas River near the ancient ruins of Paquime, a local vaquero and self taught potter named Juan Quezada founded a native art movement inspired by traditions that died out around the time of the Spanish conquest. Surrounded by a sea of pottery fragments from the ancient ones, this man began to experiment with he same raw materials available to his predecessors. With no input from the outside world, by trial and error alone, he taught himself and eventually mastered the ancient craft. Then he taught his own extended family members and any neighbor that cared to learn. He discovered how to pinch and coil clay to near perfect symmetry, how to burnish it with hard stones to a high polish, how to craft the finest brushes from human hair, and how to make and then to fire the clays in the open air. Formed and painted entirely by hand and using only local materials and without the benefit of a potter’s wheel or kiln their works rose to artistic heights rarely seen before. This spectacular achievement accomplished only since the 1970´s has been widely publicized and featured in exhibitions and museums around the world. It has set new standards of quality for hand-built pottery. Today nearly 300 Mata Ortiz potters are producing these fine ollas. Some are creating one of a kind pieces that can only be called "works of art". From these humble origins emerge new possibilities for contemporary design that are inspired by roots that reach back a thousand years. This new art is not a copying of the old but a creative departure with its own integrity. TERRI SANCHEZ FINE ART - A native of Colorado Springs, Terri works exclusively in oils, enjoying the richness of color and texture oil paints have to offer. Her approach to painting is truly expressionistic yet traditional in style. Terri specializes in impressionistic Colorado landscapes and dramatic still life paintings. Ms. Sanchez also enjoys painting outdoors which provides her with a world of knowledge and has proven to be an invaluable learning tool. She believes nature is the perfect teacher. Every year, Terri participates in “Victor Celebrates the Arts” in old historic Victor, Colorado and has received numerous awards for her Plein Air landscapes. CELEBRANDO NUESTRA CULTURA POR MEDIO DE LAS ARTES (CELEBRATE OUR
CULTURE THROUGH THE ARTS. Be sure to mark your calendar for The 18th Annual
Hispanic Gala, as it is sure to be one of the most cultural and enjoyable times
you will have. For more information please call Joe Aldaz at (719) 635-5001 or
visit www.hcccs.com.
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