Family-friendly crafts for all skill levels!
Crafty Kids with Henrietta – Dinosaurs Made From Cereal Boxes
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Tile Art
Come make beautiful tile art that you can transform into coasters for your tables. Perfect to keep your hot chocolate or tea nice and toasty as your brave the elements.
Join us at the Main Library on Tuesday, December 17th at 4:00 p.m. for an afternoon of creative expression. Supplies provided.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Courtesy of Pauline.
December 2019.
Courtesy of Anonymous.
December 2019.
Saved by Art
Diné artist Jerry Brown finds inspiration in traditions, upbringing
Gallup Independent. November 19th, 2019. Vida Volkert, Staff Writer
GALLUP – The sight of a nun walking down Thoreau’s NM Highway 371 with an acoustic guitar strapped to her shoulder is one of the reasons Jerry Brown changed the course of his life.
Brown, now a successful artist from Mariano Lake, had dropped out of high school and had no direction. In his own words, “I was too wild.” He had spent a few years in different boarding schools in the area, a school in Utah and public schools in Thoreau, Wingate and Crownpoint. Continued after Image
‘Too wild”
“I started the public school, but I didn’t like it there and walked back to the house.” he said
It was around 1988 when Brown saw the nun walking down the street in Thoreau. The nun was “Sister Michelle.” She was the principal of St. Kateri Tckakwitha school in Thoreau, which later became St. Bonaventure Indian Mission and School.
Brown remembered the school was known as “the academy,” and it was a small campus. He was so intrigued by the sight of Sister Michelle walking with her guitar that he decided to visit the school.
“They put me in 10th grade. I met all the teachers. They came from all walks of life. They were missionaries that were doing the good thing for the natives,” Brown said.
Creating Colorful Expression
Library serves up a colorful concoction: Mocktails and Coloring
Gallup Independent. November 18th, 2019. Vida Volkert, Staff Writer.
GALLUP – Josh Whitman was making non-alcoholic mojitos with club soda instead of rum, and Shirley Temple with grenadine syrup and lime juice during a mocktails-and-coloring event at the Octavia Fellin Public Library Saturday.
On the table, next to the cups, syrup, ginger ale, ice cubes, and mixers, Whitman had a spread of designs and colored pencils. On another table behind him, Whitman had a set of speakers and was streaming indie music on Spotify.
“Coloring is one of the things you can do and not stress about it.” Whitman, the library’s experiential learning coordinator said. Continued After Image
‘Creative Expression’
“I have 14 different designs for them to choose from, and three different cocktails – I call them mocktails. The holidays could be stressful time of the year when people are shopping.” he said. “This is a free of stress and gives them a nice creative outlook to creative expression.”
Danielle Leekity, 32, and her children Anjelica, 11 and Jacob, 5, learned about the activity on Facebook and decided it was a good way to spend their Saturday in Gallup. The mother and her two children were sitting next to each other on an adjacent table and were coloring while enjoying their drinks.
“My daughter is very artistic. She has pastels at home and taught herself how to draw,” Leekity said. “We usually come her for the events. Everybody says it gives children something to do but it is also for the families. a relaxing wat to spend the weekend. We go to the ArtsCrawl every month. The fun part about this area. everything is within walking distance.”
MakerSpace – November
MakerSpace: Tech Take Apart
Wednesdays at 4:00 P.M.
Created in October 2019.
Get technical this month at the MakerSpace where we’re going to take apart computers, keyboards, and other electronics to see what makes them tick.
*Intended for ages 8 and older.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
MakerSpace – October
MakerSpace: Heat Tools
Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m.
Created in October 2019.
Get in touch with your creative side and learn new techniques and technologies. This month, October, we’re bringing the heat with our heat tools. Make projects using shrink plastic, polymer clay, and fuse beads.
*Intended for ages 8 and older.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
LEGO Challenge
Are you a master builder? Join us at the Children’s Branch on Wednesday, September 25th at 4:00 p.m. to make boats that float, cars that go, marble mazes, and more!
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information
LEGO Challenge
Are you a master builder? Join us at the Children’s Branch on Wednesday, September 11th at 4:00 p.m. to make boats that float, cars that go, marble mazes, and more!
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information