Tag: design

Hour of Code – Game Design: Escape Game

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 30th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create an escape game in which a player must avoid other sprites that move randomly.

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

Hour of Code – Game Design: Platform Game

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 23rd at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create and learn about platform games.

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

Hour of Code – Game Design: Maze Game

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 16th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to design a maze game!

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

Hour of Code – Game Design: Racing Game

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 9th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create a 2-player racing game.

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

Hour of Code – Game Design: Gaming Story

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 2nd at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create a gaming story that has different results.

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

Creative Corner – Hojalata Tin Art

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library every other Friday at 3:00 PM. Get Creative and make your own art using material found around your home! Courses are geared towards ages 13-years and up.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 30th at 3:00 PM

Celebrate and honor Hispanic Heritage Month by creating your own tin art, or hojalata.

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

Design and Engineering with OFPL at Rio West Mall

Join OFPL inside the Rio West Mall behind Hobby Lobby April 23 rd from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for SOME hands-on FUN! Try your hand at building robots and explore structural engineering as OFPL challenges you to build the tallest tower. Fun and entertainment for the entire family.

Rio West Mall, 1300 West Maloney Ave.

April 23rd from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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

Spooktacular Bookmark Design Contest

Join OFPL for a wicked and spooky time as we host our second Bookmark Design Contest featuring the theme “Monster Mash.”

OFPL is challenging the community’s creativity to design Halloween-themed bookmarks. Create your own haunted houses, creepy crawlers, and more! Pick up a paper submission from the Main Library or the Children’s Branch or submit at ofpl.online. All art mediums welcome!

Winners will be selected in the following age categories: 0-5, 6-11, 12-18, 19+ and will receive a certificate of recognition, professional bookmark prints, and a gift card. Submission deadline is Friday, October 15th. Winners will be announced Monday, October 18th.

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

Rose Map Bouquet

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.

Have you taken a road trip using an atlas and now it is collecting dust? Tune in on Monday, September 20th at 4:00 PM to repurpose your old maps into a unique rose bouquet to use in your home or during a special occasion.

CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON YOUTUBE.

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

Grow with Google Career Scholarship

Jump-start your career with a Google Career Certificate scholarship. Prepare for entry-level positions in data analytics, IT support, project management, user experience design -no college degree or relevant experience required.

Apply for a scholarship at ofpl.online now through September 15th, 2021.

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