Creative Corner – Dreamcatchers

Create your own art using materials found around your home! Can’t make the in-person workshop? Watch a video replay on our YouTube channel. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form at ofpl.online.

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November 25th at 3:00 PM

Learn how to create your own dreamcatcher using wire, suede lace, string, beads, and more as well as its history and significance to the indigenous people.

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

Creative Corner – Dreamcatchers, Pinch Pots, & Basket Weaving

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on Fridays at 3:00 PM. Get creative and make your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards ages 13 years and up.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 12th at 3:00 PM

Celebrate & honor 100 years of Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial by creating your own dreamcatchers, pinch pots, and baskets. Craft supplies will be provided. 

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

Sunburnt Stone: Troubled Dreams

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and YouTube on Monday, May 17th at 6:00 p.m. for a presentation featuring New Mexico band Sunburnt Stone from Albuquerque, NM.

From the winds of the reservation to the pavement of Burque they bring to you their experience in life through music. Their presentation on From Voice to Vision will discuss their experience in bringing their music through Visual Storytelling by releasing their first album during the pandemic.

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

Dream Catchers

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 and can be requested below.

In honor of National Native American Heritage Month

Tune in on Monday, November 9th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on creating dream catchers. Learn how to create from start to finish dream catchers which is a protective talisman believed by the Native Americans to trap bad dreams and allow good dreams to filter through.

CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING, VISIT YOUTUBE, @GALLUPLIBRARY.

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

December Film Series – The Peanut Butter Falcon

Wednesday, December 4th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler come true.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 1 hr. 37 mins.
  • Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.