April 1, 2022

Dear CHAC Community,

Tonight we have 2 openings! Looking at the "World Through the Lens of a Photographer" and "Arte y Culture: Folk Arts of The Southwest". We are very excited for these new exhibits, click posters below for more information.

Journeying through my walk of life, I have always felt a deep connection with the earth, the sacred tierra, the plants, the animals, the people.

I am fascinated by the Indigenous people of the Americas. My photography and jewelry designs begin with questions and end with the telling of a story, images, and wearable art that I know will touch someone else’s soul as deeply as they have mine.

I might not know what I am supposed to be doing as far as where my photography unfolds, I just want to do it! I want to tell the stories of years gone by and how our lives are today. The jewelry designing is all about storytelling as well, memories of places I’ve been, the colors of my cultura, those all come out in the unique, one-of-a-kind pieces I create.

I identify often with our beloved Frida Kahlo when she said, “I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you.” Tammy Yancey