Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube on Tuesday, May 25th at 1:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own, Beth Kuiper.
Beth will be delving into various art techniques to convey both storytelling and emotion through abstraction. Also, dissecting several works from various local artists and discussing how to create your own abstract art for home.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube on Monday, May 24th at 11:00 a.m. with Brandi Sea Heft-Knifin.
You know that little voice that says “you’ll never have another good idea as great as your last one”. We’ve all struggled with how to find inspiration and create work that is a reflection of who we are as designers.
How do you connect the gaping chasm between inspiration and your own style? Brandi Sea is here to share a few secrets about how design strategy IS the bridge to connect your inspiration to your creative voice and never be at a loss for ideas again.
Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 22nd at 3:00 p.m. for a book talk featuring Daniel Vandever, the Communications Director at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, NM.
In this role he is seeking to affect change on the Navajo Nation through education. His books are a key element in the process of creating sustainable change from within.
Fall in Line, Holden is a story about boarding school era education, a period when Navajo (Diné) identity and language were suppressed. It is a story rich in imagination, which carries over to Herizon, a book dedicated to his nieces with the hope for a more inclusive, empowering future.
The story details the journey of a young Diné girl as she helps her grandmother retrieve a flock of sheep aided by a magical scarf. In an age that has seen the election of the first female Vice President in U.S. history, Herizon speaks to the power of the moment and honors progress and persistence to reach audiences from any background.
Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 22nd at 12:00 p.m. for a discussion with Joe Sohm.
Visions of America is an ongoing multimedia project dedicated to capturing the American spirit in print and media presentations. Sohm is an American history teacher turned photo-historian.
Over 30 years he has published his images more than 50,000 times in such publications as National Geographic, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. He will show his latest video production with vintage and modern-day footage of Intertribal Indian Ceremonial.
Email tmoe@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 21st at 4:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own, Joshua Whitman.
During his spare time, he is an artisan and graphic designer creating both digital and physical artworks in the following disciplines: painting (oil, acrylic, & watercolor), drawing (graphite & ink), and digital photography.
Josh will be demonstrating his approach to watercolor painting as an amateur and challenges the community to a 30 Day watercolor painting challenge.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Thursday, May 20th at 3:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own Jesica Adeky.
She will be using shapes and lines to depict different objects or animals to tell a story. Drawings are not planned to show the audience the power of visuals using simple drawings as a medium.
Stories may come before or after a drawing is done. Audience interaction is encouraged and suggestions will be accepted.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on May 19th at 4:00 p.m. for a talk featuring historian Roger Zimmerman.
Chronicling his personal life at the Mariano Lake Trading Post, Zimmerman discusses his experiences and what he learned about the cultures and life of those living in and around Gallup. This represents the first two chapters from his memoir.
Roger Zimmerman spent much of his life working for Sandia National Labs. Upon his retirement, he decided to take up history and wrote his first book, Kitchen’s Opera House, Gallup NM. He soon became active in the Albuquerque Historical Society and began speaking on various historical topics about NM and the Gallup Area.
Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information
Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and YouTube on Tuesday, May 18th at 2:00 p.m. for a discussion featuring local author John Lewis Taylor.
A longtime educator in New Mexico, having served as a teacher and principal for the BIA and an instructor at the University of New Mexico-Gallup, Taylor is enthralled with the history of the American Southwest. He is the author of Looking for Dan: The Puzzling Life of a Frontier Character Daniel Dubois and Navajo Scouts During The Apache Wars and will be discussing his research methods.
Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and YouTube on Monday, May 17th at 6:00 p.m. for a presentation featuring New Mexico band Sunburnt Stone from Albuquerque, NM.
From the winds of the reservation to the pavement of Burque they bring to you their experience in life through music. Their presentation on From Voice to Vision will discuss their experience in bringing their music through Visual Storytelling by releasing their first album during the pandemic.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Monday, May 17th at 1:00 p.m. as a dynamic father/daughter duo perform their poetry!
Watch their energetic poetry come to life during this spirited performance as they share their stories, ideas, and hopes through their spoken words.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.