Time to explore downtown Chandler, which boasts wonderful art galleries, great public art, unique local shops and restaurants and a monthly art walk.

The city of Chandler offers two free public galleries Vision Gallery and the Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery, as well as working with InFlux to bring engaging public art from local artists around the valley. The Chandler Art Walk features local artists working in a variety of mediums, crafts and live music on the Third Friday of each month in the historic square in downtown Chandler from 6-10pm. For more information about the artwork and artists involved please visit: http://chandlerartwalk.com/.

Vision Gallery presents a variety rotating exhibitions along with maintaining a rooster of artists on hand throughout the year. Vision Gallery’s latest exhibition is The New Old World: The Photography of Robert Granzow. The artist takes color photographs and converts them to black and white achieving what the artist calls “the new old way of photography” trying to evoke a story in the viewer’s mind, awakening the imagination with hopes that you will develop your own narrative. The New Old World: The Photography of Robert Granzow exhibition will be on display until March 5, 2016. Vision Gallery is located at 10 East Chicago, Chandler 85255. For more information about upcoming exhibitions and events visit: http://www.visiongallery.org

Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery showcases performances as well as a beautiful gallery featuring engaging exhibitions highlighting local artists and various mediums. Currently the Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery is featuring A Plethora of Platters–Ceramic Art by Alvin Pace. Alvin Pace is a ceramicist based in Arizona with a Masters of Fine Arts from Arizona State University, for 30 years he was the head of the art department at Chandler High School and is currently a ceramics instructor at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. His work can be found in the City of Scottsdale Arts Collection, the Arizona State University Ceramic Collection and the Eddie Basha Art Collection. “Mr. Pace’s work has been described as, “a complete transformation of clay into disks that seem to float, ethereally on the wall”, states Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery. Join them this Saturday, January 23rd from 2-4pm for the Artist Reception for Mr. Pace with the exhibition on view through March 6th, 2016. Visit them online for more information: http://chandlercenter.org/events/exhibitions/chandler-center-for-the-arts-gallery.