What it is

Mesa Arts Center Lapidary is the first-party studio class curriculum at Mesa Arts Center (Downtown Mesa, Arizona) for multi-week lapidary and jewelry courses — framed here by the printed From Rock to Ring: Lapidary and Jewelry Making Hybrid class pages and related Lapidary Studio offerings. Students cut, grind, and polish rough into a cabochon, then learn metalsmithing to set the stone in a ring or pendant. This listing is for the workshops / class curriculum, not a membership gem club and not a retail lapidary supply shop.

Who it’s for

Adults and teens 16+ who want structured, multi-week beginner-friendly (or refresher) instruction in lapidary cabochon cutting and jewelry fabrication in a municipal arts-center studio — without joining a club or buying a residential school week. Related Lapidary Studio offerings (for example Lapidary: Creating Cabochons) serve students focused on stone cutting alone. Registration runs through Mesa Arts Center box office / class pages.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party lapidary workshop / class program with a printed One East Main Street campus address, published 2026 session dates, times, durations, ages, tuition tiers (general / Mesa resident / member), class codes, and materials notes — not a scraped directory card, not a monthly gem-club meeting, and not Amazon / jewelry-mall retail.

Campus / registration (class pages + footer — checked 2026-09-18): One East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201 (southeast corner of Main and Center Streets, Downtown Mesa). Box office / registration phone 480-644-6500. Box office hours printed: Tuesday–Saturday, 12–5 PM. Museum hours printed: Tue–Sat 10 AM – 5 PM; Sun Noon – 5 PM; Mon closed. Parking note on class pages: downtown parking can be limited; parking $10 in the south lot or Sirrine Street Garage (garage public parking after 5 PM weekdays; anytime weekends).
From Rock to Ring — session CAF26JEAD065-01 (class-details …-hybrid-16 — checked today): Aug 28 – Oct 16, 2026; Fridays 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM; 8 weeks; Lapidary Studio; instructor Angela Dunbar; ages 16+. Tuition: $332.00 | $298.80 Mesa Resident; member $298.80 | Mesa Resident Members $265.60. Curriculum: first four weeks in the Lapidary studio cutting/grinding/polishing rough into a cabochon; next four weeks in the jewelry studio creating a precious-metal setting (ring or pendant). Materials expectation printed: $50+. Beginners and refresher students both welcomed in the class copy.
From Rock to Ring — session CAF26JEAD065-02 (class-details …-hybrid-17 — checked today): Oct 30 – Dec 18, 2026; Fridays 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM; 7 weeks; Lapidary Studio; instructor Angela Dunbar; ages 16+; note No class 11/27/2026. Tuition: $291.00 | $261.90 Mesa Resident; member $261.90 | Mesa Resident Members $232.80. Same hybrid cabochon-then-setting description and $50+ materials note.
Related Lapidary Studio sample — Lapidary: Creating Cabochons CAF26JEFD001-01 (checked today): Aug 24 – Oct 12, 2026; Mondays 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM; 7 weeks; instructor Ford Doran; ages 16+; note No class 9/7/26. Tuition: $291.00 | $261.90 Mesa Resident; member $261.90 | Mesa Resident Members $232.80. All materials provided; notebook and closed-toe shoes requested. First-day materials note for Lapidary classes: students need not purchase supplies (jewelry tracks receive a syllabus/materials list separately).

Tuition tiers, session dates, and materials notes above are what the official class-detail pages showed on the check date. Seats and fees change. Confirm the live class page and box office before treating any figure or seat as fixed.

Official URL

https://www.mesaartscenter.com/

From Rock to Ring (Aug 28 – Oct 16, 2026): https://www.mesaartscenter.com/class-details/from-rock-to-ring-lapidary-and-jewelry-making-hybrid-16

From Rock to Ring (Oct 30 – Dec 18, 2026): https://www.mesaartscenter.com/class-details/from-rock-to-ring-lapidary-and-jewelry-making-hybrid-17

Lapidary: Creating Cabochons (Aug 24 – Oct 12, 2026): https://www.mesaartscenter.com/class-details/lapidary-creating-cabochons-41

Location

Mesa Arts Center — One East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201. Lapidary and jewelry studio classes meet on campus (Lapidary Studio / Jewelry Studio as printed on each class page). Box office 480-644-6500; box office hours Tue–Sat 12–5 PM.

This is a municipal arts-center workshop / class campus address, not a jewelry retail counter and not a monthly gem-club meeting hall.

Notes

Category is Workshops. Curriculum-first multi-week studio classes in lapidary and jewelry. Not a Clubs membership gem society and not a Suppliers equipment/rough shop.
2026 From Rock to Ring tuitions ($332 / $291 and resident/member tiers), Friday session windows, and the Creating Cabochons sample are transcribed from official class pages checked on 2026-09-18 and may change.
First-party logo saved beside this listing as mesa-arts-center-lapidary.png (from mesaartscenter.com setting_photo brand mark).
Not affiliated with Lapidary Plaza.
No Lapidary Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: What does From Rock to Ring cost in 2026?
A: Official class pages checked 2026-09-18: Aug 28–Oct 16 Friday afternoon session $332 ($298.80 Mesa resident; member tiers $298.80 / $265.60); Oct 30–Dec 18 Friday morning session $291 ($261.90 Mesa resident; member tiers $261.90 / $232.80). Expect $50+ materials. Confirm live tuition on the class-detail URL before registering.

Q: Is this a gem club or a supply shop?
A: No. Mesa Arts Center Lapidary is listed here as Workshops — published multi-week studio curriculum (cabochon cutting and jewelry setting). It is not a monthly membership club and not a mail-order equipment retailer. For clubs, see Clubs; for saws/cabbers/rough retail, see Suppliers.

Q: Where do classes meet?
A: Class pages print Lapidary Studio (and jewelry studio for the setting half of From Rock to Ring) at Mesa Arts Center, One East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201. Confirm room and check-in details with the live class page / box office.