Join the Mesa Arts Center for an artmaking workshop series celebrating the past, present, and future of water as part of the Mesa Water Public Art Challenge “Water=Life.” In this workshop, Native American pottery artist Ron Carlos, a member of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, will lecture on and demonstrate traditional pottery techniques. Participants will work with local ceramics artist Richard Littlefield to create their own pottery pieces to take home or contribute to the Water=Life temporary public art piece that will be displayed at Mesa Riverview in late November. Registration required. For more workshops please visit Mesa Arts Center.

Enjoy a unique blend of farmers, food vendors, artists, home goods and other local makers. Families and community members will enjoy the newly renovated Pioneer Park, the perfect setting for outdoor shopping, eating, playing and lounging on the main lawn to listen to live music. Visitors can experience the large splash pad with a 15-foot water wall, 9,000 square foot tree house style playground, basketball courts and the Historic Engine 2355 Steam Locomotive in the center of the park. The market will run every Saturday from 8am-1pm (subject to seasonal changes). Summer Hours 7am-11am (June-August).

Join Mesa Arts Center for an artmaking workshop series celebrating the past, present, and future of water as part of the Mesa Water Public Art Challenge “Water=Life.” In this workshop, local Native American artist Tony Duncan will demonstrate and talk about hoop dancing and traditional flute playing while local ceramics artists Danielle Wood & Rich Littlefield lead participants in adding their own designs to pottery pieces to contribute to the temporary public art piece that will be displayed at Mesa Riverview in late November. This class will take place at IDEA Museum’s Atrium Classroom.

About the artists:
Tony Duncan: Tony is a five-time World Champion Hoop Dancer and Native American flute player. He’s released ten albums and toured the world to entertain audiences of all ages.

Richard Littlefield: Richard is an art educator with a background in archaeology. Richard creates vessels inspired by early southwestern culture techniques, such as the coil sculpture method and the corrugated pinch method.

Danielle Wood: Danielle is an art educator and exhibitor raised in Tempe, AZ. Her work involves abstract forms inspired by introspection, ocean life, nature, shapes, and color found in the surrounding desert landscape and also symbolic of the inner psyche.

Enjoy a unique blend of farmers, food vendors, artists, home goods and other local makers. Families and community members will enjoy the newly renovated Pioneer Park, the perfect setting for outdoor shopping, eating, playing and lounging on the main lawn to listen to live music. Visitors can experience the large splash pad with a 15-foot water wall, 9,000 square foot tree house style playground, basketball courts and the Historic Engine 2355 Steam Locomotive in the center of the park. The market will run every Saturday from 8am-1pm (subject to seasonal changes). Summer Hours 7am-11am (June-August).