EVENTS: February event calendar

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Far East Center’s Lunar New Year Celebration

February 5 and 6 | 11am to 4pm

Cost: Free and open to the public Follow Far East Center and Truong An Gifts on Facebook for updates

Truong An Gifts and Far East Center invite you to their 28th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Stop by on February 5 and 6 to enjoy performances in front of Truong An Gifts all day (11am to 4pm) that will include dragon and lion dances, martial arts, Vietnamese dances, singing, and more. Shop for all your Lunar New Year decorations and gifts at Truong An Gifts including special flowers, plants, fruits, decorations, red envelopes, and much more! On Welcome the year of the tiger with the local Denver community!

NAAAP Colorado Vision Board Workshop

Saturday, February 19, 11am to 1pm

FirstBank Community Center at Belmar 550 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood, CO 80226 NAAAP Members: Free | Non-members: $5 Donation More information and tickets at: colorado.naaap.org

National Association of Asian American Professionals of Colorado (NAAAP) in partnership with FirstBank can help you roar right into the year of the tiger with their vision board workshop! Hosted by wellness expert Keiko Yoneyama-Sims, this in-person event includes treats provided by local Asian-American businesses and the opportunity to connect with other individuals as we all embark on our new goals.

Taiko Chandler, Frozen, 2017. Installation view of Indelible Garden: Prints by Taiko Chandler. Taiko Chandler, On and On (T12020), 2020.

The Indelible Garden: Prints by Taiko Chandler

Now through April 3, 2022 Denver Botanic Gardens | 1007 York St, Denver

botanicgardens.org/exhibits/indelible-garden-prints-taiko-chandler

Memories of nature have left an indelible mark on Taiko Chandler’s identity, one which is reflected in her delicate, undulating abstractions.

Chandler’s work is born of the natural world’s influence on memory and emotion. Her organic compositions are not literal representations of plants and rivers, but instead represent emotions interpreted through form and color, each alluding to the powerful presence of nature in her life. From the lush forests and cascading streams of the artist’s native Nagano, Japan, to her father’s garden and her mother’s ikebana, this landscape of memory and feeling embodies the tangled, flowing beauty of nature.

Based in Denver, she works primarily in printmaking and site-specific installation art. Her work has been exhibited in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, as well as at numerous print fairs throughout the U.S. Her work is in private and public collections in the U.S. and Japan, including the Denver Art Museum, University of Colorado Denver Business School, Cleveland Clinic Art Program (Ohio), and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York).