Make and Take: Sand Bottle Art

Vision Gallery 10 E Chicago St, Chandler, AZ, United States

Come make sand art exploring your emotions! This activity is inspired by our current exhibition, Chasing Ghosts. Choose colors of sand that represent your emotions and then make beautiful shapes as you pour layers of sand into a keepsake bottle to take home.

Free

Make and Take: Cyanotypes

Chandler Center for the Arts 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ

Use the cyanotype blueprinting process to make a found-object photogram inspired by Out of the Blue! This activity is free for all ages.

Free

Melting Point: Artisans of Bollinger Atelier

Vision Gallery 10 E Chicago St, Chandler, AZ, United States

Fine art foundry Bollinger Atelier has transformed artists' visions into reality since 1997. The heart of the foundry is its roster of highly-trained artisans, nearly all of whom are also working artists. This show represents the breadth and talent of the artisans of Bollinger Atelier.

Free

Make and Take: Custom Crayons

Vision Gallery 10 E Chicago St, Chandler, AZ, United States

Make a wacky new crayons in fun shapes by melting down old, discarded crayons! This activity is inspired by our exhibition, Melting Point: Artisans of Bollinger Atelier.

Free

Art Social: Block Printing with LivMakesPrints

Vision Gallery 10 E Chicago St, Chandler, AZ, United States

Learn the basics of relief printmaking in this fun class for adults! Carve your own design on a small linoleum block and use it to print repeated patterns on a greeting card. Led by Olivia Yuen of LivMakesPrints. Beginners welcome!

$25

Michelle Emami: Both, Neither and All of the Above

Chandler Center for the Arts 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ

Mexican/Iranian artist Michelle Emami uses her artwork as a space to celebrate her mixed heritage on canvas. In Both, Neither and All of the Above, Emami explores both her Iranian and Mexican heritages through motifs and cultural symbols drawn from both cultures. Emami asserts that she is not just one race or another, nor is she simply the sum of her parents’ cultures: she is unapologetically all of the above.

Free

Make and Take: Painted Tiles

Chandler Center for the Arts 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ

Make a colorful decorative tile inspired by Talavera and Islamic tile designs! This activity is inspired by our current exhibition, Michelle Emami: Both, Neither, and All of the Above.

Free

Inward Shift/Outward Gaze: Chelsie Tamala & Cam DeCaussin

Vision Gallery 10 E Chicago St, Chandler, AZ, United States

At the beginning of the pandemic, the landscape of our daily lives went through a dramatic shift. In Chelsie Tamala and Cam DeCaussin's paintings, viewers can sense the stillness and introspection many felt during this time of great change, which still echoes through our lives today.

Free

Artist Talk: Michelle Emami

Virtual

Join Michelle Emami and Vision Gallery curator Jillian Nakornthap for this virtual artist talk to hear Emami discuss her work in Both, Neither and All of the Above.

Free

Art Social: Bookbinding and Visual Journaling

Vision Gallery 10 E Chicago St, Chandler, AZ, United States

Learn how to use visual journaling to capture your thoughts by using techniques like drawing, painting, or collage! Participants will learn how to bind their own simple journal and then go through a series of exercises to build their visual journaling skills.

$25