Art Programs 4 U @ Central

Thanks to a gift, Central Library is able to present a year-long series of free hands-on art programs for adults beginning this month.

The first program, Working With Clay, is a two-parter. Come and make your clay piece on Saturday, February 14. During the following week it will dry and be fired. Come back on Saturday, February 21 to glaze your work. Registration is required, so sign yourself up while there are still seats!

We have planned additional programs on painting, digital photography, book binding, mosaics, knitting, crocheting, and more. These will be held monthly through the end of 2009.

If this is giving you ideas, and you want to read up before the programs start, here's a short list that corresponds to the first three programs in the series.

• Ceramics
• Digital Photography
  
• Watercolor Painting

We're looking forward to featuring your artwork here!

(rgtmum's image used with permission.)

Second Saturday Art Display in Kids' Place

On Saturday, dozens showed up for the Second Saturday Art reception in Kids' Place. Two young artists whose works are on display, Hannah and Ellen Marie Madsen, stayed and played while people socialized, ate and listened to Nicole Waters play the english horn. In addition to the Madsens' pieces, artwork from students at Oakridge Elementary School in Oak Park line the lower-level lobby walls. Second Saturday in Kids' Place will take place again on May 10, with a hands-on arts and crafts table included for the kids. We also hope to add a poetry component to our Second Saturday art displays, which will be organized on a month by month basis depending on community interest. Artwork will remain up through this week. If you or someone you know is under 18 and would like to display artwork or poetry in Kids' Place, we'd love to talk with you.

A Message to Young Artists

Would you like to see your artwork on display as part of the Second Saturday Art Walk? Are you under 18 years of age? Consider lending your masterpieces, matted and framed, to Kids’ Place at Central Library. Contact Jami Trawick, youth services librarian, at 264-2973 for more information.