Library Advisory Board Meeting

The public is invited to join virtually or by phone

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81501174844

AGENDA

Call to Order – Janet Tempest, Library Advisory Board Chair or designee

BUSINESS AGENDA

August 26, 2020 – Meeting Minute (action)

CONSENT AGENDA
(These items are placed on Consent Agenda so the Board may designate by unanimous consent these routine items they wish to be approved on one motion. If any item does not meet with the approval of all Board members or if a citizen so requests, it will be heard as a separate item)

August, 2020
• Cash Revenues Report (action)
• Circulation Statistics (action)

September, 2020
• Cash Revenues Report (action)
• Circulation Statistics (action)

Comments from the audience (limit of 5 minutes)

REPORTS of OFFICERS, BOARDS, STANDING COMMITTEES

• Library Updates – Tammi Moe (information/discussion)
• Friends of the Library Updates – Anne Price (information/discussion)

NEW BUSINESS

• Election of Officers (discussion/vote)
• Shared Drive for Library Advisory Board Materials (information)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• Design of Strategic Planning Process (discussion/action)
• Absentee Library Advisory Board Members (discussion)
• LAB Report for Council and Mayor (discussion/action)

Comments from Advisory Board

Adjournment

Spanish & Spooky

Join us Live on Facebook and YouTube, @galluplibrary for beginning Spanish lessons and silly spooky science experiments this month. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday

October 7th – Colors in Spanish

October 14th – Feelins in Spanish

October 21st – Tea Bag Ghosts

October 28th – Self-Inflating Jack O’ Lanterns

Friday

October 2nd – Counting in Spanish

October 9th – Weather in Spanish

October 16th – Opposites in Spanish

October 23rd – Oobleck

October 30th – Dancing Worms

Virtual Fun Fridays

The Library will have weekly virtual fun with games, guests, and more! Join us Live on Facebook, @galluplibrary Friday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. to participate in Fun Friday interactive events and the opportunity to win some great prizes!

• Friday, October 2nd – Feast of Legends
• Friday, October 9th – La Llorona
• Friday, October 16th – Virtual Lotería
• Friday, October 23rd – Clue Trivia
• Friday, October 20th – Halloween Trivia

Call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Crafty Kids – October 2020

Join us on Facebook and YouTube, @galluplibrary (all ages) for family-friendly crafts, and step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels. Videos are posted weekly on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.

• October 1st – Milagros
• October 8th – Paper Marigolds
• October 15th – Ojos de Dios
• October 22nd – Jack O’Lantern with Glowing Nose & Eyeball Lights
• October 29th – Day of the Dead

Mini Horror Story Art Challenge

Need some inspiration to create Halloween art?

Contact OFPL to receive a FREE book with a random mini-story based in the Southwest.

Request a FREE Southwest book

Read the story and transform it into a dark, or terrifying work of art. All art mediums welcome! The deadline for submissions is Saturday, October 31st, and can be emailed to jwhitman@gallupnm.gov in a .PDF, .JPG, or .PNG file format.

Free mini-story books are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and can be requested through the Online Request Form for curbside delivery. Participate for a chance to win a Halloween gift basket and other prizes!

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

Creative Corner – Meditative Drip Painting w/ Acrylics

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

OFPL does not own the rights to any of the following imagery.
Courtesy of other artists. (See accreditation).

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.
Joshua Whitman
@artisan_josh23
Payson the Pepto. 16 inches. Circa 2020.
Callen Schaub
@callenschaubart
Effusion. 84 inches by 144 inches. Circa 2020.

OFPL Economic Impact Survey

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?

Please take a moment to share your experience with us so that we can better serve the needs of the community.

Fill out the survey HERE.

OR

Fill out the survey BELOW

Creative Corner – Collage 101 w/ Found Materials

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

  1. Laslo Antal’s Collage – Visual Diaries
  2. Lance Letscher’s Collage – The Pull Towards Collage
  3. Raquel van Haver’s Collage – The Collage Mindset
  4. Vanessa German’s Collage – From Found Objects Towards Assemblage
  5. Wangechi Mutu’s Collage – Female Motives

View the full article HERE.


Artist Spotlight

Joshua M. Whitman

@artisan_josh23

Collage. Recycled Books, gold foil, and white ink. 11 inches by 17 inches. Circa. 2020 (Right).

OFPL does not own the rights to the image.
Courtesy of Joshua M. Whitman.
OFPL does not own the rights to the music contained within video.