Create your own art from various materials found around your home! These courses are geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis and can be requested below.
Tune in this upcoming Monday, August 3rd at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on creating clay pinch pots using air-dry clay. Pinch pots are the oldest form of pottery dating back to ancient times. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.
Submit an original design to the Main Library or the Children’s Branch Bookdrops by Friday, August 31st at 5:00 p.m.
Entries will be displayed in an online poll for community voting during the entire month of September. Winning entries will be printed and distributed at both libraries.
Register at ofpl.online for a copy of The Library Book by Susan Orlean now through August 7th.
The story chronicles the Los Angeles Public Library fire and its aftermath. Get ready for some great conversations and tons of fun as we meet virtually for the first time ever!
Zoom discussions will be held Thursday, August, 20th at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 29th at 2:00 p.m.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Imagine Your Story this summer at OFPL! Adults and Teens can participate in Summer Reading by completing a Book Bingo card available on our website octaviafellin.libguides.com/srp2020.
Win by completing a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line! Turn in your card and you’ll be entered into a weekly prize drawing – OR – complete all 25 squares (Blackout) for an even better prize!
Drop off your card inside our OFPL Book Drop or post a photo of your completed card to one of the Library’s social media channels using the hashtag, #OFPLBookBingo2020, Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter, @galluplibrary.
Entries must be received by 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020. Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make your own art from various materials that can be found around your 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 27th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on abstract painting while learning the basics in oil painting. This is Part One in a multi-series exploring the fundamentals in abstract painting. Part One explores techniques and brand names trusted by our resident artist and will be laying the foundation to our painting. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.
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10 Oil Painting Tips for Beginners
Artists have been painting with oil paints for hundreds of years and oil paints continue to be popular worldwide due to their versatility, quality, and color. While getting started with oil painting is fairly easy, there is a little bit more to it than acrylics, since you are working with toxic solvents and mediums and the drying time is much longer. Individual artists who have been painting for a while have their own favorite brands, brushes, palettes, and mediums, but here are some general tips that may be useful to you if you are just starting out with oil paints.
Learn how to discover new job opportunities using Google Search and organize your job search experience using G Suite tools. In this workshop we also share strategies to improve your resume, tips to help you communicate effectively online, virtual interview best practices, and the latest resources from Google and other partners to help support job seekers.
Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make your own art from various materials that can be found around your 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 20th at 4:00 p.m. for a meditative experience using acrylic paints set to calming meditative music. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.
OFPL does not own the rights to the music contained within video.
Drip Painting Definition
The technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.
Artist Spotlight
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Jackson Pollock
Full Fathom Five. Oil on canvas with nails, tacks, buttons, key, coins, cigarettes, matches, etc. 50 7/8 inches by 30 1/8 inches. Circa 1947.
In March, the U. S. Congress passed, and the President signed, the CARES Act, legislation designed to provide economic help for Americans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the law, most households would receive an “Economic Impact Payment” (a “stimulus check”) of $1,200 per adult and $500 per child under 17 years old, or up to $3,400 for a family of four.
It’s now July — have you gotten your payment yet?
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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
