Workshops & Community Experiences   

Dreamscape Learn is a collaboration between Arizona State University and Dreamscape Immersive, a former VR entertainment company. During your visit to Dreamscape Learn, you can look forward to being fully immersed in a narrative story-telling experience. Throughout the hour visit, guests will see both educational VR content used in courses for real students at ASU along with a fun, free-roam entertainment VR experience. Our mission is to merge the most advanced experiential pedagogy with the entertainment industry’s best cinematic storytelling to deliver unique virtual reality and 2D labs as well as full course experiences which are effective, readily scalable and emotionally engaging.

If you have attended OLLI at ASU Zoom classes, you may have noticed that your class was facilitated by a Member Moderator. These are fellow OLLI at ASU members who have stepped up to volunteer and help make classes run smoothly. The ASU Member Moderator program is the perfect opportunity to connect with our amazing instructors, engage with your peers, and learn some new tech skills all while supporting the community we love. Join OLLI at ASU staff and moderator trainer, Judy Bailey, for an orientation on moderating OLLI classes, and learn what moderators do and the advantages of becoming a Member Moderator.

Have you ever written an email that you regretted? Responded too harshly or defensively? This is all too common in the workplace, and in life generally. How can we be strategic in our writing to mitigate conflict and move our goals forward? ASU Lodestar Center's Kristyn Carmichael brings her expertise as director of Mediation Training to answer these questions and more. There are techniques you can learn from conflict resolution experts to master emails and other written communication. You will feel confident to hit send on any email and know you are putting your best foot forward.

Come experience Indigenous creativity at the Heard Museum! Dan Hagerty, Chief Advancement & Engagement Officer, will welcome you and share a 30-minute presentation about the Heard Museum. Following the welcome, enjoy a guided tour of Bob Haozous: A Retrospective View, the first major retrospective for the artist Bob Haozous (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, b. 1943). Through the presentation of more than 75 works, the exhibition brings together six decades of his work including sculpture, painting, prints, and jewelry, and examines the timely social commentary embedded in Haozous’s work. After your tour, stay for lunch at the Heard Museum Courtyard Café and visit the newly remodeled Heard Museum Shop. Please note that lunch is not inluded in the cost of the class.

We live in an age of constant "sharing," where our lives are often on display through social media and other platforms. In this environment, we rarely take the time to pause, listen, and ask meaningful questions. This class will focus on how we can become better listeners, ask better questions, and master the art of questioning as led by ASU's Kristyn Carmichael, Director of ASU's Lodestar Foundation Mediation Training program. By developing these skills, we can build stronger personal and professional relationships. Ultimately, learning to ask the right questions helps us move from just "sharing" our lives to truly "experiencing" them.

Dreamscape Learn is a collaboration between Arizona State University and Dreamscape Immersive, a former VR entertainment company. During your visit to Dreamscape Learn, you can look forward to being fully immersed in a narrative story-telling experience. Throughout the hour visit, guests will see both educational VR content used in courses for real students at ASU along with a fun, free-roam entertainment VR experience. Our mission is to merge the most advanced experiential pedagogy with the entertainment industry’s best cinematic storytelling to deliver unique virtual reality and 2D labs as well as full course experiences which are effective, readily scalable and emotionally engaging.

From chips and salsa to peanut butter and jelly to mac ‘n cheese to Champagne and caviar, some foods just belong together. In this class, led by Chef Larry Canepa, we’ll discover a fascinating world of flavor pairings, uncovering the stories behind these iconic combinations. You’ll sample a wide range of delicious food marriages from around the globe, while learning tips for creating your own perfect pairings at home.

From 1610 to 1670, Dutch art flourished in the Netherlands. Artists transformed previous genres of art by investigating how light reflects off different surfaces, revealing the enlivened and true character of their subjects. The "Dutch Art Expanded" collection pairs landscape, portraiture, interior, and still life paintings with prints and decorative art objects from the broader works at Phoenix Art Museum. Alongside these works, the installation features artworks by Arizona-based artists Rachel Bess and Alanna Airitam, whose practices are inspired by hidden histories and aesthetic concerns associated with the 17th-century movement. Join us for this class led by Phoenix Art Museum Docent, Susan McGee, to explore these themes and more through a lecture-style presentation and in-gallery exploration.