Events for November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024

For this exhibition, curator and monosilk enthusiast Edgar Fernandez invited eleven other Phoenix-area artists to create monosilk prints. Ranging from novice to expert printmaker, each artist brought their various techniques and styles to the process in a series of open studios. During their studio time, they were given one directive-- to use a specific type of pencil and crayon to draw on the screen. The result is a unique single edition print. Art of Letting Go Invitational Exhibition highlights a medium that is seldom celebrated while also helping artists find the freedom to let go.

Get in the spirit with a fun holiday craft! Stop by Vision Gallery on Saturday, December 7 to make an ornament with fusible beads. Enjoy free hot cocoa or cider as you do any last-minute shopping in our gift shop too!

Stop by Vision Gallery to make origami and enjoy our current exhibit! Follow instructions to fold colorful paper to create a variety of animals and objects. This is a free, self-led activity for all ages. Children are welcome to participate with assistance from an adult. Registering for a time slot helps us plan, but drop-ins are welcome!

Stop by Vision Gallery to make valentines for your sweetheart! Collage, draw, color, and paste beautiful cards for your loved ones while enjoying our current exhibit. This is a free, self-led activity for all ages. Children are welcome to participate with assistance from an adult. Registering for a time slot helps us plan, but drop-ins are welcome!

Local artists have transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary in this colorful and exuberant exhibit in The Gallery at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Visitors will discover a varied palette of original works in oil, watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media that showcase elements we see every day that often go unnoticed.  The juried exhibit is hosted by the Tempe Artists Guild.

Learn to let loose when creating art! For this class students can bring in any object or image that inspires them as reference. Instead of drawing/painting it realistically, they will look at the colors, shapes and textures of the object to create mixed media pieces with no pressure of perfection. This class is for adults; registration is $35.

M|otherworlds is a group exhibition featuring regional Arizona artists who are also mothers. The work in the show centers on the transitional space of new parenthood during the first years of postpartum, also referred to as matrescence, or mother-becoming. The notion of transformation is echoed in the title of the exhibition. M|otherworlds references a surreal and unfamiliar experience. M|otherworlds is also about creation, the creation of a new reality, the creation of a new self. Themes of identity, caretaking and imaginative world building weave throughout the works in this exhibition.

Stop by Vision Gallery to paint rocks for your spring garden! We will be taking advantage of beautiful springtime weather - this event will take place outside. This is a free, self-led activity for all ages. Children are welcome to participate with assistance from an adult. Registering for a time slot helps us plan, but drop-ins are welcome!

Create your own monster plush doll! Participants will sew a cute or creepy plushie of their own design using fabric, buttons, beads, embroidery, and more. This class is for adults; registration is $35.

Come check out what CUSD and Kyrene students have been up to with our 2025 Community Artists in Schools program! We matched four local artists with four schools across the two districts to work with their students this year. The resulting artwork expresses the new skills, creative methods, and thought processes the students learned with these teachers that enhanced their artistic development.