Brandi Sea Heft-Kniffin

Brandi Sea Heft-Kniffin is an award-winning Creative Director, Design & Brand Strategist, and passionate observer with a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design. In addition to her design talents, she uses her 20 years of experience to help fellow creatives map out a plan to “discover uncommon inspiration” so they can produce more meaningful work. Brandi believes that every designer deserves to have a process that will get them past creative block. Through her podcast, Design Speaks, her online courses, YouTube channel, and blog, she works to empower designers with the tools they need to stay inspired and create work that gets noticed. Brandi has been awarded for her poster design work including Judge’s Choice at the 2016 Adobe Creative Jam. In 2017, she was also awarded three Addys and the prestigious “Albuquerque 30” award from the American Advertising Federation, which celebrates the 30 greatest ideas of the year and has also taught Advanced Design Concepts at her alma matter, Southwest University of Visual Arts. In her free time, you will likely find Brandi traveling, reading classic literature, discovering new music, rock climbing, or spending time with her husband and two kiddos. 

Submit Questions for Brandi here.

Join her May 24th Livestream here.

7000BC

7000 BC explores the difference between plot and theme as we create book-like objects designed to appropriately contain your story.7000 BC is a Northern New Mexico-based organization providing opportunities for comics writers and artists to develop their personal styles and storytelling “voices,” while promoting an understanding of the cultural significance of comic art through seminars and workshops. Sol Arts DBA 7000 BC is a 501(c)3 non-profit visual arts learning collaborative.

Submit your questions here.

Join the May 27th Livestream here.

2-Hour Virtual Zumba Class

Join OFPL LIVE on Zoom Saturday, April 24th at 12:00 p.m. for a special 2-hour Zumba class hosted by OFPL’s own Zumba Fitness instructor, Joshua Whitman and guest instructors. Register below to participate virtually from home. Registration is limited to 100 participants.

Register to Participate HERE

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

All Fun at Fox Run

Join us on Facebook LIVE, @galluplibrary, every Friday at our new time, 5:00 p.m. to participate in Fun Friday interactive events and the opportunity to win some great prizes!

Facebook Live @Galluplibrary
Friday, April 16th, 2021
Starting at 5:00 p.m.

Join us for the love of the game…Golf! We’ll be talking about the game and taking a trip out to Gallup’s own Fox Run Golf Course.

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

Virtual Zumba Class

Join us on YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday at 6:00 p.m. for an evening workout with OFPL’s own Zumba Fitness instructor. Bring down your house with salsa, booty shaking, and heart-racing songs.

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

eAudiobook Basics

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. for FREE computer classes. Registration is not required but is available for anyone who wants to participate in the LIVESTREAM courses.

April 21st, 2021
eaudiobook basics

Do you need some good books to listen to? Let us help you find the best eAudiobooks to listen to on your home devices. Listen to a good book while you exercise, work in the yard, take a trip, or anywhere you want.

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

Spill the Tea Fes-tea-val

Join us for an interactive workshop to celebrate National Tea Day Wednesday, April 21st at 1:00 p.m. on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library.

We will spill the tea and learn tea facts, history, and health benefits of this flavorful experience. Create some authentic matcha green tea, Jasmine tea, and a DIY Stress Relief Tea and learn about tasseography, a pseudoscience art of reading tea leaves to predict the future.

Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

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

Josh Whitman

My name is Joshua Michael Whitman, my preferred name is Josh and my pronouns are They/Them/Their.

I am an artisan & graphic designer.

Born and raised in Gallup, NM for the majority of my life; I have lived in several different communities, towns, and cities across a handful of states within my lifetime. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art with a minor in Dance from the University of New Mexico, Class of 2018.

Influences from life, work, trips across the U.S. during my life have sparked and fueled my passion for art. My father is one of the major influences for my interest in art, Serving in the army and stationed in Europe, my father explored museums and galleries during his free time and painted beautiful European landscapes in watercolors.

My art career is filled with a variety of projects, open calls, juried exhibitions and during my spare time I will create both digital and physical works in the following disciplines: painting (oil, acrylic & watercolor), drawing (graphite & ink), and digital photography. I incorporate and explore my relationships between color usage and how my subconscious channels emotions and thoughts onto canvas. My work is primarily abstraction but during the COVID-19 pandemic I have been honing my skills as an amateur photographer and improving the quality of digital replications.

Join the May 21st Livestream here.

Rezmo

My artist name is Rezmo. I was born in both Dine’ and Mexica’ from Gallup, NM. I was born of the Hona’ghaahnii Clan (One Who Walks Around Another) and the Naaki Dine’ Clan (Mexican). I was raised both on and off the Navajo Nation reservation. I graduated from the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, NM. I originally went to study native fashion but ended up leaving there with a degree in painting and a love of graffiti. Foremost, I am a graffiti artist. From the moment I picked up a can I was hooked. The thrill that came from getting up and my growing love for letters is what really put my art in motion. I never thought that graffiti would bring me this far or open up so many opportunities along the way. I think I naturally gravitated towards graffiti because there was really so much freedom in painting and no set technique just your own. Majority of my inspiration comes from my culture and my children. I am who I am because of the stories and beliefs I grew up with.

View her full presentation on the OFPL YouTube Channel.

Tech Short Tuesday – April 2021

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. for How-to tech shorts. You have questions, we have answers. Email or call in your tech questions and watch us answer them in our weekly videos.

Send questions to libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.