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SAACA this Spring at CATALYST
March 1, 2022 @ 8:00 am - April 30, 2022 @ 5:00 pm MST
Join SAACA this Spring at CATALYST. As we begin to return to in-person events, classes and experiences, we invite you to support the local artists and organizations that are helping SAACA make deep change in our community.
CATALYST is located in the heart of the Tucson Mall, on the lower level, between Sears and Dillard’s. CATALYST is available for private rentals, co-working use, pre-scheduled classes and special community uses, available Sunday-Saturday. To book private use of the space, or to rent out the entire space or individual classrooms, contact Kevin Larkin kevin@saaca.org
TUCSON MALL
4500 North Oracle Road, Suite 110
Tucson, AZ 85705
MARCH & APRIL
IN CATALYST
PAPER MACHE AND CREPE PAPER FLOWER WORKSHOP BY LUNA’S PAPER DESIGNS
Drop-in Hours
Fridays | 12pm – 7:30pm
Saturdays | 11am – 8pm
Sundays | 12pm – 6pm
Learn the traditional Mexican Folk Arts of Paper Mache sculpture and Crepe Paper Flower Making with artist Sandy Villegas of Lunas Paper Designs. Lunas Paper Designs is also available for special bookings such as private workshops, parties, birthdays, Quinceañeras, weddings, baby showers and anniversaries.
Learn more and make reservations at:
https://www.lunaspaperdesigns.com/
Follow Luna’s Paper Designs on Instagramand Facebook
ART MIXER CLASSES
Drop-in Hours
Wednesdays | 12:30pm – 4pm
Thursdays | 12:30pm – 7pm
Friday & Saturday | 12:30pm – 8pm
Sunday | 2:00pm – 6pm
*Art Mixer will be closed from 3/14 through 3/22
Have some fun and get creative with Art Mixer, a unique Tucson paint and sip experience. Public and private paint events and classes are available with no minimum number of participants. Just pick a project and schedule a date and time to paint. Attendees can choose step-by-step painting projects on canvas, wood board, wood cutouts, wine glasses, wine bottles and paint-and-take ceramics! Browse the Photo Gallery, Class Listings, and Shop at www.artmixer.net to see more projects and pricing! New projects are always being added.
To schedule an experience with Art Mixer, email artmixertucson@gmail.com.
Follow Art Mixer on Instagram and Facebook to stay up on events.
GET ON BOARD
A CHEESE BOARD CLASS WITH CHANTILLY TEA
Saturday March 26
12:30pm – 2pm OR 2:30pm – 4pm
Serving boards are blank canvases made to let you craft, slice, and display limitless combinations of food items from savory to sweet. Join Tamara from Chantilly Tea as we explore the “must haves” of a charcuterie/cheese board. Participants will learn to make parmesan crisps, stuffed peppadew peppers, and a dip. Then, using those elements plus fruits, nuts, cheeses, meats, cookies, and more, will create their own boards (2) to take home.
Class size limited. $48.00/pp includes the two boards and all other supplies. Masks required.
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FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER EDUCATION CLASS (FREE)
Saturday March 26 | 11:00am – 12:30pm
Become familiar with the homebuying process in this free monthly community workshop. This workshop will be held every 2nd Saturday at CATALYST Arts and Maker Space.
Buying or selling a home is similar to playing a game, only more impactful, and it’s far more fun when you know the rules! Learn the benefits of home ownership, how to work with credit and debt, and determine the right time to buy for your family. Our goal is for families to have a home they can love, afford, and make their home.
Our goal is for families to have a home they can love, afford, and make their own. Own your home. Find your community.
CAN YOUR FOOD CHOICES SAVE THE PLANET?
PRESENTED BY NATURAL GROCERS
Saturday, April 9 from 11am -12pm
Throughout history, civilizations that have destroyed their environments have disappeared. Industrial agriculture in the United States is destroying our environment and jeopardizing the American way of life. How can one person influence change in the face of such a problem? Farmers who raise animals on managed pasture provide a beacon of hope and a way in which your food choices can save the planet!
MAKING SPACE: A WORKSHOP ON SPACE, SCIART, & SOCIETY
April 15-17 from 10am – 6pm
Making Space is an in-person multi-day workshop about space, sciart, and making where we use and create data-driven art as a tool to communicate scientific concepts and explore humanity’s relationship to space. Participants will learn about how we use spacecraft observations to explore other worlds, how to access public data from space missions, do collaborative discussion and art activities, and practice creating sciart through hands-on art labs using a variety of mediums. By the end of the workshop, participants will create their own piece of art which they will be invited to showcase at an art exhibition later in the year. The workshop is targeted towards a mixed, adult audience with backgrounds (professional or otherwise) in art and/or science. Artists, makers, scientists, science communicators, and educators are encouraged to apply!
The first workshop is Feb 25-27, 2022 at the Catalyst Arts & Maker Space in Tucson, AZ, with dates for Denver, CO and Pasadena, CA in the works (sign up to be notified).
These workshops are supported by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).
Website: https://trex.psi.edu/making-space
Email Contact: jmolaro@psi.edu
CRUNCHY CAULIFLOWER BITES WITH PLANT BASED POTENTIAL
Saturday, April 23 from 11:30am – 2pm
It’s comfort food at its healthiest, perfectly crunchy and tender bites that will satisfy your cravings. Join Delia for an interactive cooking class at the CATALYST Teaching Kitchen. Preparing and battering cauliflower with dipping sauce option(s). All tools and ingredients will be provided as well as a folder of recipes and to-go containers for any leftovers. $35 per person.
YOUNG ARTIST SERIES SUMMER CAMP WITH ANGELA HITT DESIGNS
June 13-17 from 1pm – 4pm
Give your child the gift of creative expression this summer! Join us for 5 days and learn a variety of 2D and 3D art techniques. Students will be taught a variety of skills and be given options for projects they would like to complete. Lessons will be tiered so that beginning through experienced young artists will have the opportunity to learn new techniques and expand the ones they already have. Techniques include: weaving, ceramics, watercoloring, and charcoal drawing. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their artwork by composing artist statements and displaying their work in an art show for families on the last day of class. Students will participate in the complete artist experience in this summer camp through the processes of design, production, reflection and display of their work. Ages 8+
Sign up before April 30 for the discounted rate of $200, registration is $220 beginning May 1, 2022
TUCSON YOUTH MUSIC CENTER
CATALYST is partnering with Tucson Youth Music Center to bring free weekly music lessons for underserved families in the community! Tucson Youth Music Center (TYMC) provides comprehensive weekly free music lessons to teach students how to play a musical instrument as well as, proper technique, repertoire, sight-reading, music theory, ear training, performance, and music appreciation. All necessary materials are provided to qualifying school-age children, pre-K through 12. TYMC music teachers are an extraordinary group of musicians who bring compassion and understanding to the life transforming power of music education.
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
3pm – 7pm
Support, volunteer, or see if your child qualifies for lessons by visiting the Tucson Youth Music Center website.
ABC GUIDANCE
This educational non-profit offers assistance in students develop skills, expand their educational knowledge, and growing connections to achieve a viable education and well-planned career. ABC Guidance will resume their CATALYST in-person Open House meet-ups in 2022.
For questions email: jhays@abcguidance.com or call (951) 201-6263
https://www.facebook.com/abcguidance/
ZONA PACHANGA SALSA DANCE
Zona Pachanga, a local dance troupe, rehearses in Catalyst on Tuesday nights! If you love Latin street style dance in Tucson, including salsa, mambo, chachacha, pachanga, boogaloo, etc, follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/zonapachanga/.
More questions email: zonapachanga@gmail.com
RED HERRING PUPPETS PRESENTS THE UGLY DUCKLING
Sundays at 2:00 pm
March 20, 27 and April 3, 10
at Red Herring Puppets studio in the Tucson Mall
An “ugly duckling” overcomes ridicule and loneliness as he finds inner strength and a place where he belongs. The original soundtrack was recorded in the Catalyst Music Lab! Red Herring Puppets is an award winning professional puppet company located in the Tucson Mall. Lisa Sturz, owner and artistic director has worked with Jim Henson Productions, Walt Disney Imagineering, Lucasfilm, PBS, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and many more.
HIGHLIGHTS: MEET THE MAESTRO
Maestro Linus Lerner of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra met with young music students from the Tucson Youth Music Center at Catalyst this month. The conductor shared his story and answered questions from the students before rehearsing for SASO’s big performances last weekend. Did you that any student under 17 can attend SASO concerts for FREE? More info on the website at https://sasomusic.org/2021-22-season/.
CATALYST ARTS & MAKER SPACE
CATALYST is a first-of-its-kind innovative space where culture, collaboration and community intersect.
Combining over 14,000 square feet of flexible learning, performance, gathering and maker spaces which highlight over 30 disciplines, CATALYST is a space for all ages and forms of creativity to flourish.