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Tweens Who STREAM – Delicious DNA

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 17th at 4:00 PM

Learn about DNA by building an edible scale model.

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Block that Noise

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 26th at 4:00 PM

Design sound-insulating containers and measure how well they work using a sound measuring device.  Learn how sound waves can be reflected, absorbed, and transmitted.

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

Block Letter Book Art

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library July 8th at 3:00 PM to transform simple wooden letter blocks into art using your favorite book covers, poetry, magazines, and more.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 8th at 3:00 PM

Register at below by July 6th to receive a 13-inch letter of your choice.

block letter registration

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

Basic Block Printing

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library on Mondays at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years and older.

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MONDAY, December 6th
STARTS AT 4:00 PM

Learn how to create a block print of linoleum. Block printing is a technique for printing text, images, or patterns used since 220 AD. Inspired by a CreativeBug class from the Sarah Matthews collection.

Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

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

What are YOU made of?

Celebrate National DNA Day Sunday, April 25th at 1:00 p.m. on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library.

Discover the building blocks of life found within the cosmos. Then, learn how to extract the DNA from fruit and yourself in an interactive workshop. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

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