Join OFPL in-person at the Rio West Mall near the food court on November 19th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for some crafts and self-care!
Rio West Mall 1300 West Maloney Ave.
November 19th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
First celebrate National Native American Heritage Month by creating your own indigenous-inspired lithograph prints. Then take some time for yourself and de-stress by making your own anti-anxiety roller bottle.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on October 12th at 5:00 PM for an immersive workshop as you learn basic and advanced techniques using acrylic paints!
Children & Youth Library 200 West Aztec Ave.
October 12th at 5:00 PM
OFPL is inviting youth artists to submit artwork to display at the youth library using the theme: Spooktacular Munster Mash. Use the materials and techniques learned in this workshop to contribute to the library space and leave your mark on OFPL. Supplies will be provided.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
1. In a double boiler, melt the first 4 ingredients 2. Once melted remove from heat and add in the charcoal and Vitamin E 3. Cut small corner off plastic bag and use it like a cake decorator to pipe it into the empty mascara tube 4. Apply your homemade mascara as you would your regular mascara.
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, August 17th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on abstract painting while learning advanced techniques in oil painting. Exploring and building on what we learned in Abstract Painting 101 (part one video here). Part Two explores advanced oil painting techniques as we build upon the foundation. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.
Join OFPL Live on Facebook @galluplibrary on Saturday, August 15th and 29th at 12:00 p.m. to make your DIY cosmetics from items around your home. Each ingredient list is available below:
Okay, so you do have to buy some accessories for this process such as something to mold the bath bomb with and if you’re not big into canning and preserves you may not have citric acid laying around. But not to fear, it’s all worth it if you love a good tub! Mix the wet and dry ingredients separately. Then slower (spoonful by spoonful) mix the wet and dry ingredients together until you end up with a sand-like consistency. Pack the mixture into the mold and leave overnight to dry.
Rosemary & Peppermint Foot Scrub
3 tsp. Kosher salt
1 tsp. table salt
1 tsp. coconut oil
1 ½ tsp. olive oil
3 drops peppermint oil
1/2 tsp rosemary
Toss everything in a cup, and stir together. If it’s too dry, add a bit more oil. If it’s too wet, add more salt.
Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NODAPL Movement
Flyer provided by Red Nation, 2019.
Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon will be at the Octavia Fellin Public Library on Saturday, September 7 at 4:00 p.m. for a discussion of their new edited book, Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement, with two of the contributors, Will Parrish and Lewis Grassrope.
Amid the Standing Rock movement to protect the land and the water that millions depend on for life, the Oceti Sakowin (the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota people) reunited. Through poetry and prose, essays, photography, interviews, and polemical interventions, the contributors reflect on Indigenous history and politics and on the movement’s significance. Their work challenges our understanding of colonial history not simply as “lessons learned” but as essential guideposts for activism.
“As our songs and prayers echo across the prairie, we need the public to see that in standing up for our rights, we do so on behalf of the millions of Americans who will be affected by this pipeline.” —David Archambault II, from the interior
“There is no alternative to water. There is no alternative to this Earth. This fight has become my life, and it’s not over. I think this is only the beginning for me, for all of us. Do you want a future for your children and grandchildren? If you want them to have a future then stand with Standing Rock because this is just the beginning of a revolution.” —Zaysha Grinnell, from the interior
“We will put our best warriors in the front. We are the vanguard. We are the Hunkpapa Lakota. That means the horn of the buffalo. That’s who we are. We are protectors of our nation of Oceti Sakowin, the Seven Council Fires. Know who we are.” —Phyllis Young, from the interior
