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March 2023
Make your own beaded tapestry using plastic pony beads! Participants will use a grid technique to turn original drawings into pixelated beaded tapestries. All materials included. Led by Merryn Omotayo Alaka. Beginners welcome!
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Make a dazzling suncatcher to hang on a window or use as a bookmark! Melt crayon shavings between wax paper to create beautiful abstract artwork that glows. This is a free activity for all ages. Children under age 8 are welcome to participate with assistance from an adult.
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Make an Arizona sunset to hang on your wall! This activity is inspired by our current exhibition, Textures of Arizona at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Use colorful wool roving to create a fiber art "painting" depicting the beauty of our state. This is a free activity for all ages. Children under age 8 are welcome to participate with assistance from an adult.
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Join the Vision Gallery at the Multicultural Festival as we partner with not one but two artists—Daniel Nez and Richelle Key, to create community focused artwork. Nez will be creating a collaborative sculpture that celebrates bond and kinship, while Key will be creating a live painting that will highlight unity through shared humanity. Come make your mark and meet two phenomenal artists! About the Artists Richelle Key is a member of the Navajo Nation tribe and is based in Phoenix, Az. Her lifelong passion for sketching transformed her into a multi-media artist, painter and graphic designer. Through
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Who gets to tell the story of cowboys and Indians? In Familiar Territory, artist Jacob Meders (Mechoopda-Maidu) updates 20th century prints depicting glorified moments from westward expansion, a historical period often romanticized from a white perspective. Meders' work centers an Indigenous viewpoint and asks viewers to reconsider the story they think they know.
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Get in the spirit with a fun holiday craft! Stop by Vision Gallery on Saturday, December 17 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!
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Textures of Arizona features a broad spectrum of work that highlights the majestic nature of this state we all call home. From the sandstone spires of Monument Valley to the outstretched arms of the iconic Saguaros, the beauty of this land is inescapable.
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Re-Vitalized!, our 27th annual Art Quilts exhibition, encouraged art quilters to create artworks from previously discarded, recycled, and repurposed materials. Featuring 41 quilts from 25 artists from all over the country, this exhibition demonstrates the vast artistic potential of unwanted and/or recycled objects.
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In collaboration with our Art Quilts exhibition, the Chandler Public Library has put together a ton of upcycling-themed activities for the month of November!
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You can never reach the horizon. As you approach it, it recedes, becoming infinite. Skalleberg’s paintings capture this confounding pull of the far away, and the longing to understand the difference between there and here.
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