Join us in person every Wednesday at 11:00 AM inside the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! Age 0-4.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Celebrate the season of love by participating in a Valentine Art Swap! Create a valentine-inspired work of art to share with someone.
Return your completed art to the Main Library, Monday through Saturday, or Art123 Gallery, Tuesday through Saturday, and receive LOVE in the form of a new piece of art. Due by Saturday, February 12th at 4 PM.
Request a 5”x5” canvas board using the Supply Request Form or pick one up at Art123 Gallery. All mediums welcome. In collaboration with GallupARTS.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library on Mondays at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years and older.
February 1st, 2022 is the Year of the Tiger! Celebrate and honor the Chinese New Year by creating your own Eastern-style Chinese dragon puppet and two styles of tiger bookmarks.
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.
Neo-graffiti or street art is a staple in any community that has evolved from a defiant graffiti art into a more commercial art meant to provoke thought.
Join OFPL in-person on Friday, January 28th at 4:00 PM at the Children’s Branch to learn the fundamentals of creating stencils and the skills needed to make sidewalk graffiti.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL for National Family Literacy Day LIVE on Zoom or in-person at the Main Library on Thursday, January 27th at 2:00 PM for a Navajo Astronomy presentation.
The first virtual presentation in the series will describe traditional Navajo astronomy, constellations, and the unique way in which Navajo people view the cosmos and their place within it. Making time every day to read or do a learning activity with children is crucial to a child’s development and can help a parent improve their skills as well.
Astronomy kits are available using the Supply Request Form at ofpl.online.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube on Wednesday, January 26th at 4:00 PM for a mocktail demonstration!
Need a little stress relief after the holidays? Pick up a kit containing coloring sheets, pencils, and mocktail recipe cards.
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.
Join us in person every Wednesday at 11:00 AM inside the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! Age 0-4.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library on Mondays at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years and older.
Do you love tea? Celebrate Hot Tea Month by recycling your old tea bags to create unique paintings. Spill the Tea to create unique paintings for your home or as a perfect gift.
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.
Join us inside the Rio West Mall behind Hobby Lobby on Saturday, January 22nd from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM to make scribble bots.
These cool little science critters are made using a simple circuit, battery, and recyclables in a fun, STEM science activity. Your Scribble Bot will move, wiggle forward, in circles, and scribble on the paper.
Supplies are provided in partnership with ¡Explora!
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Calling all foodies! Test your skills in the kitchen in our Cook the Book challenge.
Join OFPL LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary Friday, January 21st at 4:00 PM to try a new recipe! Follow along as we replicate a random recipe from one of our cookbooks. Recipes are available using the Supply Request Form.
Snap photos of your plated food and post your results on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag us, @galluplibrary to join the challenge!
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.