Traveling museum tour to stop in Chandler in October

The Office of Collecting & Design, a traveling museum located inside a 42-foot trailer, will be making a tour stop at the Chandler Museum, Monday through Friday, Oct. 7-11.

Created by multi-disciplinary artist Jessica Oreck, the Office of Collecting & Design is a "love letter of leftover fragments" from people's collective memories, meticulously organized and displayed for maximum satisfaction and delight, according to a news release.

The Office of Collecting & Design is a sanctuary untethered from technology, an oasis of tactile exploration, a testament to the tangible, a manifestation of the multi-sensory experience of the analog world, it states.

The office is known for photographs, specifically, a type of image called a flatlay -- a careful arrangement of objects photographed from directly above.

Visitors can participate in a flatlay experience, scavenger hunt or just take time to roam around and explore.

Tour stops for the office include Denver; Santa Fe, N.M.; Tucson, El Paso and Houston.

For more information on tour stops and ticket purchases, click here.

Join the  Chandler Museum for related events:

• Film Screening & Conversation with Jessica Oreck, 6-8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9. Threading together short films, trailers and animations, Oreck traces the trajectory of a practice built on collecting the invisible. Between screenings, she talks about what links one project to the next: the research, the analogue materials, the pull toward the overlooked. Register by clicking here.
   
• Flatlay workshops from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and noon-1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10. Oreck arrives with two giant tubs of treasure pulled from the museum's collections and turns visitors loose to sort through them. Once each person has gathered an array of objects that appeal to them,  Oreck coaches them through composing a flatlay, photographs it and sends them home with a tiny instant film print. Register by clicking here.

The Chandler Museum is located at 300 S. Chandler Village Drive. It is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, closed Mondays. Admission is free. 

Find more information on the exhibits and programming online by clicking here or by calling 480-782-2717.

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