Vision Gallery

Make and Take: DIY Fan
2026-05-30 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix) | Vision Gallery, 10 E Chicago St, Chandler, AZ, 85225, United States
The temperature is rising! What’s better to cool you down than a stylish accessory? Make your own handheld fan out of paper and popsicle sticks to keep you cool all summer long. Everything you need to craft your fan is provided!
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!
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Make and Take: Dinosaur Visor
2026-06-06 11:00 - 15:00
Summer is here! Stop by Vision Gallery to have a roarin’ good time creating your own dinosaur visor out of foam shapes and googly eyes. All materials are provided for you to make some dino-mite headwear!
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!
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UNLOVABLE
2026-06-13 - 2026-08-15
Bats, rats, gnats, oh my! From the creepy to the crawly, this open call exhibition invited Arizona based artists to submit work of animals that are often deemed Unlovable by the general public. Artists were encouraged to reimagine these creatures through unique perspectives, whether by emphasizing their beauty, strangeness, resilience or symbolic power. With artwork ranging from arachnoids to marsupials, these misunderstood animals will be sure to delight and fright folks of all ages.
Juried by Daniella Napolitano
Opening Reception
Friday, June 12, 5-7 pm
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Creepy Crawly Day
2026-06-27 11:00 - 14:00
Celebrate our summer exhibition “UNLOVABLE” and join us for a fun-filled day of critters and crafting! Enjoy live animals provided the Phoenix Zoo, bug and animal themed crafts, and explore the mobile Chandler Discovery Library!
Save the date and stay tuned for more details!
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Make and Take: DIY Pet Snake
2026-08-08 11:00 - 15:00
Always wanted a pet snake but don’t want to deal with the mess? Look no further! Create your very own slithery snake using melty beads, pipe cleaners, pony beads, and googly eyes. Once you’re done, bring your adopted friend back to their new home! Everything you need to craft your friend is provided.
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!
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The Collectionists: Heidi Dauphin & Laura Spalding Best
2026-08-22 - 2026-11-07
In 2024, Heidi Dauphin and Laura Spalding Best were paired up to create an installation for Artlink’s Annual Gala at the Phoenix Art Museum. The two initially were uncertain how their practices would mesh as Dauphin is a mixed media/ceramic artist while Best is best known for her found object paintings and murals. However, after their first meeting, they formed an instant connection and friendship. Their conversations lasted for hours, discussing their individual practices. Among the many commonalities between both of their work was their desires to collect objects whether it be personal everyday items or found objects. Each of their collections were immense. Dauphin has an entire room dedicated to items she has saved over the years to use in her artwork while Best’s house has what she deems as, “paintings in waiting” tucked away throughout her house. Both realized that they wanted to peel back the curtain of their artistic practice and share their collection of objects but how?
That is when the idea of Curiosity Chapel was born. The team searched for months finding the right furniture to house their collection, creating a free-standing room from thrifted cabinets and dressers. Hidden inside the drawers were collections of objects from both Dauphin and Best’s studios. With each new drawer to open, a new discovery. Visitors spent hours going through each of the cabinets finding interesting collections of items along the way from bread tags to silver spoons. The question that frequently fell from visitor’s lips, “What’s next?” The duo felt this natural inertia to continue this installation and began discussing possibilities. Their resolution: implode Curiosity Chapel.
For The Collectionists, the artists decided that their one guiding rule for the exhibition would be that they could only create artwork from the collections that were in Curiosity Chapel. While on the surface, the exhibition appears to be about two artists that have an affinity to collect found objects, their practices are more interwoven than that. This exhibition explores the intersections of Dauphin and Best’s practices including their affinity for numbers and both of their habits of creating rules around their artwork. However, what seems to be most apparent in both of their work is how both of their artworks seem to collect something much more existential, the passage of time.
Opening Reception
Friday, September 11, 6-8pm
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Make and Take: Bug Friends
2026-08-22 11:00 - 15:00
Make some friends – literally! Create some cutesy crawlies to carry around with you using clothespins, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. When you’re done, clip them onto your shirt to show off your new BFF! Everything you need to craft your friend is provided.
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!
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