Tag: New Mexico

Creative Corner – Deity & Divine Art

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 below.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 31st at 4:00 PM

Celebrate and Honor Women’s History Month by reflecting on the important role of women and create your own deity art.

Supply Request Form

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

Crafty Kids – Vanishing Hand Craft

Join us in person at the Children & Youth 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-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 30th at 4:00 PM

Watch your hand disappear and reappear with this craft using recycled materials.

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

Supply Request form

Tinker Tech – 3D Jewelry

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.

March 29th at 4:00 PM

Use Tinkercad to design and 3D print jewelry for yourself or to give as a gift to someone special!

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

Midweek Matinee – Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 3:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 29th at 3:00 PM

everything everywhere all at once (Women’s Her-story month)

2022 | R | 2 hrs. 19 mins.
A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

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

OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Eureka! – MagLev Train

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 27th at 4:00 PM

Learn how to build a train with no wheels using magnets! Discover this real world method by building your own mini maglev train.

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

Family Storytime – Trains

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 27th & 29th at 11:00 AM

This month, our story times will explore different forms of transportation. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 4: Planes

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

Kidz Cinema – Mask (1985)

Join us in person at the Children & Youth Library every Saturday at 2:00 PM for weekly family-oriented film screenings.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 11th at 2:00 PM

Wonder

1985 | PG-13 | 2 hrs.
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

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

OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Teen Makers Club – March 2023 (2/2)

Let’s get creative! Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on March 25th at 2:00 PM for the teen makers club! OFPL will provide a space where creative minds can give shape to their ideas, and help spread their passion.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 25th at 2:00 PM

This month we focus on origami and zoetropes as we discover animation! Open to creative teens of all skill levels.

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

Painting & Mocktails

Join OFPL in person at the Main Library on March 24th at 6:00 PM for an after-hours step-by-step workshop to learn some basic painting techniques. Try something new with us, relax, have fun, and be creative!

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 24th at 6:00 PM

Complete a full painting while sipping on mocktails after hours at the library. Space is limited. Includes all supplies, instruction, and mocktails! Register below to reserve your spot. The workshop is limited to 20 participants.

Workshop Registration

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

Navajo Rug Weaving – March 2023

Diné weaver Lois A. Becenti with Diné Be´iinà – The Navajo Lifeway. Navajo Rug Weaving Classes are returning to OFPL in March and every 4th Friday of each month. Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library on March 24th at 10:00 AM. Learn the fundamentals and techniques of rug weaving in the traditional Diné style, including warping, carding, and spinning.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 24th at 10:00 AM

Please bring your own weaving materials and projects to work on.

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