Tag: art

Crafty Kids – August 2021

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Premiere Dates:
● August 5th, 2021 – Organic Bird Seed Ornaments
● August 12th, 2021 – Elephant-astic Recycled Elephants
● August 19th, 2021 – Pool Noodle Airplanes
● August 26th, 2021 – Recycled Bottle Cap Art

Glass Butterfly Havens

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube every Monday at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years of age and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Tune in on Monday, August 2nd at 4:00 PM to use moss, twigs, butterflies, and other recycled material to create a butterfly haven. Add your own flare using other items such as string lights, glitter, paint and more.

CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON YOUTUBE.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Summer Reading Block Party

Join OFPL for an end of Summer Reading Block Party on Friday, July 30th at 3:00 PM outside the Children’s Branch near the playground.

  • Play OFPL’s Minute to Win It mini-challenges and win PRIZES.
  • Participate in Chalk the Walk and make your own colorful sidewalk chalk art.
  • Assemble your own Artist Trading Cards and exchange them with other community members.

Stop by for a fun filled afternoon for all ages.

Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information. 

Mermaid Bookmarks

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Monday at 4:00 p.m. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years of age and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Tune in on Monday, June 21st at 4:00 p.m. to get ready for Summer Reading 2021! This year’s theme is Tails and Tales. Celebrate Summer Reading by making three different mermaid-themed bookmarks in this interactive workshop.

CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON YOUTUBE.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Panel Discussion: Translating Story to Image

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 29th at 3:00 p.m. for a panel discussion featuring 7000 BC, a New Mexican independent comics organization, and AIGA New Mexico, the professional association for graphic design.

Translating a written story into a visual language can be done in many different ways. In this panel discussion graphic designers, illustrators, and comics creators elaborate on different methods to translate stories.

Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Learn more about these groups at newmexico.aiga.org and 7000bc.org

Art Demo: Glamazoning the Gods

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 28th at 1:00 p.m. for a make-up demonstration featuring Goldie Tom.

Goldie is a war paint specialist, a licensed cosmetologist, and a makeup artist who works freelance in the Gallup area. She does not limit herself to one talent; she knows she is capable of adapting and challenging herself in every aspect of her life.

Goldie is VERY passionate, dedicated and LOVES putting everything she has into her work. Watch Goldie demonstrate her techniques in a Livestream and listen to her story.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Slow Look at Lloyd Moylan’s Allegory featuring GallupARTS

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube on Wednesday, May 26th at 2:00 p.m. for a Slow Look at Lloyd Moylan’s mural Allegory featuring GallupARTS.

Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Art Demo: Visual Storytelling through Abstract Art

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube on Tuesday, May 25th at 1:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own, Beth Kuiper.

Beth will be delving into various art techniques to convey both storytelling and emotion through abstraction. Also, dissecting several works from various local artists and discussing how to create your own abstract art for home.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Visions of America A Photographer’s Search for America

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 22nd at 12:00 p.m. for a discussion with Joe Sohm.

Visions of America is an ongoing multimedia project dedicated to capturing the American spirit in print and media presentations. Sohm is an American history teacher turned photo-historian.

Over 30 years he has published his images more than 50,000 times in such publications as National Geographic, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. He will show his latest video production with vintage and modern-day footage of Intertribal Indian Ceremonial.

Email tmoe@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Art Demo: 30 Day Watercolor Painting Challenge

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 21st at 4:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own, Joshua Whitman.

During his spare time, he is an artisan and graphic designer creating both digital and physical artworks in the following disciplines: painting (oil, acrylic, & watercolor), drawing (graphite & ink), and digital photography.

Josh will be demonstrating his approach to watercolor painting as an amateur and challenges the community to a 30 Day watercolor painting challenge.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.