La Peña presents “Dream Carvers” an exhibition of artwork by fourth grade students from Sanchez Elementary. It opens with a reception on Friday, April 25 from 4:30 – 6:00 pm at Las Manitas Avenue Café with performances by the Sanchez Elementary Choir and Roy Lozano’s Ballet Folklorico.

For “Dream Carvers” the fourth graders of Sanchez Elementary have created tin reliefs featuring colorful animals based on Oaxacan wood carvings. Their art teacher Jennifer Gonzalez told them the story from the book “Dream Carver” by Diana Cohn and Amy Cardova. It is about a boy who followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and created tiny wood carved animals. However, he wanted to do more, broke with tradition, and started to create large, brightly colored animals unlike anything that had been seen before. Inspired by the story of the young boy, the students have created their own colorful, dream-like animals. However, instead of carving them from wood, they have carved into tin to bring us their visions.

The participating students are:
Leandra Aguilar
Victor Arriaga
David Bradford
Xochitl Banda
Emilia Brocca
Kaelan Byrd
Yesenia Cabrera
Alexa Camacho
Veronica Campos
Alexis Chapa
Sara Charro
Daniella Contreras
Hailey Cuffee
Alfredo de los Santos
Alejandar de Jesus-Leal
Sokoza Diudonne
Becky Flores
Hilce Flores
Cody Ferguson
Joan Garcia
Jose Garcia
Victor Garcia
Juan Gomez
Lysette Gonzales
Marissa Gonzales-Rios
Johan Gonzalez Bustos
Oscar Guel
Osleydi Lozano Najera
Erica Maldonado
Thelma Manzano
Erick Marina Zaragoza
Claudia Martinez
Daniel Martinez
Donovan Martinez
Carmen Mendoza
Flor Mendoza
Jeremiah Montemayor
Jailin Munoz
Ray Ojeda
Jennifer Padron
Gerardo Perez
Maria Perez Lopez
Cecilia Rangel Mata
Jessica Rangel
Julisa Reyes
Kelly Rodriguez
Jordan Rouse
Leslie Sanchez
Mark Sanchez
Daniel Sandoval
Ruth Santiago
Melanie Saldaña
Manuel Sosa
Armando Sosa
Eh Ta Taw
Cesar Triminio
Yuci Torres Jimenez
Diana Villalpando
Boris Vindou
Delilah Zapata
Moses Zapata