{"id":782,"date":"2026-02-04T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/?p=782"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:41:20","slug":"recap-february-section-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/2026\/02\/04\/recap-february-section-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: February Section Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"782\" class=\"elementor elementor-782\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-965fa1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"965fa1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6846e3\" data-id=\"a6846e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e5acd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52e5acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 02\/04\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>College of the Sequoias, 4999 E Bardsley Ave, Tulare, CA 93274<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 103<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>David Madero, Owner, Madero Co.<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Over a hundred people attended the Central Valley Section&#8217;s February meeting featuring internationally recognized metal artist David Madero Owner of Madero Co. Attendees engaged with David as he spoke about his incredible journey in to the arts from a young age and the profound influence his father has had on him to this day. This presentation was followed by a live demonstration in the College of the Sequoias welding shop where David shared his techniques and graciously invited volunteers to work with him directly. This was an inspiring event that will leave a long lasting impression on those who attended.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c4fe22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c4fe22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Speaking-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"David Madero Speaking\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Ijc4NSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9jZW50cmFsdmFsbGV5XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvNTBcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9EYXZpZC1NYWRlcm8tU3BlYWtpbmctc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Speaking-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-785\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Speaking-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Speaking-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">David Madero shares his story with Central Valley Section Meeting attendees<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-497653e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"497653e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Group-Shop-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">David Madero prepares to demonstrate his metal sculpture techniques with the Central Valley Section<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0155c94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0155c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/DMD.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DMD\" 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attendees<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b75f2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b75f2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Cesar-Ramirez-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"David Madero &amp; Cesar Ramirez\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjgwMyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9jZW50cmFsdmFsbGV5XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvNTBcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9EYXZpZC1NYWRlcm8tQ2VzYXItUmFtaXJlei1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Cesar-Ramirez-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-803\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Cesar-Ramirez-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/David-Madero-Cesar-Ramirez-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">David Madero works with College of the Sequoias welding student Cesar Ramirez to add details to a metal sculpture<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc16a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fcc16a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/dmcc.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"dmcc\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjgwOCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9jZW50cmFsdmFsbGV5XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvNTBcLzIwMjZcLzAyXC9kbWNjLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/dmcc-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-808\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/dmcc-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/dmcc-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">David Madero works with College of the Sequoias welding student Cohen Cotten to add details to a metal sculpture<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76913c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76913c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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