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, April 26th at 4:00 p.m. to create vivid and detailed botanical paintings using watercolor paint and paper.
CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON YOUTUBE.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibraryThursday, April 15th at 1:00 p.m. for World Art Day, an international celebration of the fine arts. This celebration was declared by the International Association of Art to promote awareness of creative activity worldwide.
Watch OFPL’s resident artist, Joshua Whitman, create a work of art in a virtual demonstration followed by an interactive Q & A session. Create your own art using materials found around your home and share your creativity through OFPL’s Facebook or Instagram, @galluplibrary.
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, April 12th at 4:00 p.m. to using next to nothing, create a simplistic work of art for your home. Made famous in America during the 1960s and early 1970s.
CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON YOUTUBE.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
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, April 5th at 4:00 p.m. to learn how to create a splatter painting using various leaves to create a unique hangable work of art for your home. Made famous in the 20th century by Jackson Pollock.
CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING on YOUTUBE.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Would you like a sneak peak into the weekly events at the library? Watch our newest virtual show!
Join us on Facebook and Instagram, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. to catch the latest talk on movies and books, and to hear about the exciting events coming next week. We’ll answer questions, showcase library materials, and more. So watch us every week and be our guest, Deep in the Stacks!
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us Saturday, April 3rd at 1:00 p.m. on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library to make DIY self-care products. Watch our Self-Care playlist on YouTube to increase your mental and physical health with a variety of self-care demos.
Ingredient lists is available below:
LEMONADE BATH BOMB
INGREDIENTS: • 1 cup baking soda • ½ cup cornstarch • ½ cup citric acid • ¼ cup epsom salt • ½ cup lemon essential oil • 1½ tbsp coconut oil • yellow gel food coloring • 1 tbsp water
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Whisk dry ingredients together. Add coconut oil, food coloring, and essential oil. Mix until ingredients are well blended. 2. Add ½ tbsp water and mix well. Check to see if the mixture holds together well by squeezing in your hand. If not, add another ½ tbsp of water. 3. Fill each side of the bath bomb mold with mixture and press to pack it down. Add a bit more of the loose mixture into each side. Press both sides of the mold together tightly. Tap gently on the side of the bowl and twist the mold to release the bath bomb. Carefully set aside to dry. 4. Let dry for a few hours and place in an airtight container or bag.
Join us on Facebook LIVE, @galluplibrary, every Friday at our new time, 5:00 p.m. to participate in Fun Friday interactive events and the opportunity to win some great prizes!
Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make their own art from various materials that can be found around their homes and/or are inexpensive to purchase. Art courses are for the inner creative geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.
Tune in this upcoming Monday, June 13th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on collaging with paper materials that can be found around your home. Use old magazines, photographs, books, glue, markers, paint, and more. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.
OFPL does not own the rights to the music contained within video.
Collage Definition
Collage is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
5 Contemporary Collage Artists Adding New Layers
Laslo Antal’s Collage – Visual Diaries
Lance Letscher’s Collage – The Pull Towards Collage
Raquel van Haver’s Collage – The Collage Mindset
Vanessa German’s Collage – From Found Objects Towards Assemblage
