The Octavia Fellin Public Library will be closed starting Thursday, November 25th through Saturday, November 27th for Thanksgiving.
During that time, OFPL’s online services, as always, will be open at ofpl.online featuring downloadable e-books, audiobooks, magazines, streaming movies, virtual programs and many other resources.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information
Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library on Mondays at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years and older.
Celebrate and honor Native American Heritage Month by crafting baskets. Many cultures around the world turned local resources into functional baskets.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL and dual-heritage graffiti artist ‘Rezmo’ on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library Friday, November 19th at 4:00 PM. Learn the step-by-step process used by Rezmo to blend acrylic paints for the cultural iconography she is known for.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-12921 for more information.
Join us inside the Rio West Mall near Hobby Lobby on Saturday, November 13th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM to celebrate Native American Heritage Month by creating usable pinch pots out of clay.
Pinch pots have been used since ancient times by various civilizations and are hand-made pottery using the pinch technique. Dreamcatcher supply kits will be available on-site with everything you need to create your own dreamcatcher! Books, games, library cards, and more will be available.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL LIVE on Facebook @galluplibrary or Zoom for a book talk with Brian Lee Young on Wednesday, November 10th at 2:00 PM, author of Healer of the Water Monster.
When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he’s in for a pretty uneventful summer. Still, he loves spending time with Nali, and with his uncle Jet—though it’s clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL LIVE on Facebook @galluplibrary or Zoom for a baking demonstration by Indigenous author Lisa Platero-Brown on Saturday, November 6th at 12:00 PM.
The author of The Living Full Cookbook: Making Family Meals Abundantly Good and features New Mexican cuisine, Native American food, and other family favorites. It contains over 100 recipes plus a toolbox for hosting, serving, and setting the table along with stories of growing up on the Reservation.
Email bmartin@gallupm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
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 and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.
Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day by learning how to create your own rainstick and wampum weaving. A musical instrument that was used by many indigenous cultures to summon rain for crops, animals, and thirst. Wampum weaving is popular in Eastern woodland tribes for ornamental, ceremonial, diplomatic, and commercial purposes.
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 Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.
Premiere Dates:
Join OFPL in the Meeting Room at the Main Library on Monday, August 16th for in-person sessions at either 2:00 PM or 4:00 PM.
Learn how to create a dream catcher using wire, suede lace, string, beads, and more while discovering its history and significance to the indigenous people.
Can’t make the in-person session? Request your supply kit after the event and make the dream catcher at home with a pre-recorded tutorial. Each session is limited to 20 individuals on a first-come first-serve basis.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Register at ofpl.online/ofpl-book-club for a copy of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer now through July 19th.
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.
Zoom discussions will be held in August.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.