Visionary Explorers: Hands on Artmaking with the AVAM
Art facilitators from AVAM will supply a treasure trove of unique materials for students to explore and use to create original artwork of their own! Join us each week to create something new!
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Teen After Hours
The branch is going to have its very own trinket library in the teen area. But we need your artistic touch to fill the trinket library by creating keychains, zines and mini art. A trinket library works similarly to a little free library—instead of taking a book or leaving a book, people can...
Out of the Cove
Get creative and crafty outside of the Art Cove with one of our learning specialists in a hands-on art project out on the museum floor. Become inspired with an immersive art piece! Due to scheduling, all programs are subject to change or cancellations. Thank you for your understanding.
Visionary Explorers
Art facilitators from the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) supply a treasure trove of unique materials for students to explore and use to create original artwork of their own. Join us each week to create something new.
Movie & Craft: Soul
Make some egg shakers and join in with the music during the movie! Synopsis: What is it that makes you...YOU? Pixar Animation Studios’ all-new feature film SOUL introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz.
Kids Create: Prehistoric Paintings
Have fun making art and crafts while learning new skills. With easy-to-follow steps, kids will make their own prehistoric painting.
Pratt Page-Turners Book Club
Join us for a discussion of The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of If...
Evening Story Time: Summer
Children will enjoy fun songs, playful movement activities, and a small craft. Together we will soak up the joys of summer - no sunscreen needed! Designed for children who range from newly mobile and active to learning to sit for short periods; siblings and all abilities welcome. Limited seating...
Sit and Stitch Craft Club
Knitters, crocheters, cross-stitchers, and all other fiber craft enthusiasts are invited to meet up and relax with a current work in progress.
Kids Create: Painting Sweet Treats
Have fun making art and crafts while learning new skills. Use puff paint, and sponges, to create a sweet little ice cream art.
Juneteenth Jubilee
Activities include line dancing, face painting and balloon sculpting. Culture Queen opens the celebration with an interactive, engaging activity with movement and music at 11 a.m.
Crafternoon: Retro Weave Workshop
Join us for a fun and creative Crafternoon at the library! Whether you call it craftlace, scoobies, lanyard, gimp, or boondoggle, participants will have the opportunity to learn how to weave bracelets or keychains.
Maker Mondays
Join us on Mondays for a relaxed afternoon of crafting. Supplies and good vibes provided. This week's spotlight craft is cave paintings. Come help us create a mural for our children's area.
Crochet for Beginners
Bring your own crochet hook and yarn so you can take your project home to work on. Limited supplies are available to use during the class. What to bring to class:
Freeform Painting
Canvases and supplies provided. Tickets available 30 minutes before program.
Monday Movies: The Princess and the Frog & Craft
Celebrate Black Music month with a showing of Disney's The Princess and the Frog! Make a fun craft while watching.
Towson Book Club
Join us for a lively discussion of The Thursday Murder Club (Book 1) by Richard Osman.
Patriotic Diamond Art Magnets
Celebrate Maryland's 250th anniversary by creating sparkling star-shaped diamond art magnets in red, white and blue.
Monday Crafternoon
Join us every Monday for a fun craft. Supplies are limited; first come, first served.
Owings Mills Book Club
Join us for a lively discussion of Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo.
Pins and Needles: Crochet Club
Explore the art of crocheting in this hands-on workshop. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this is the perfect place to learn and get creative.
Shooting Star Papercraft
Create a fun shooting star craft just in time for the 4th of July!
Teen Book Club
Calling all teen readers. Chat about your newest reading obsessions with other enthusiasts. Make friends while exercising your right to read.
STEM Fun: Amber Insect Slime
Dive into the world of science, technology, engineering, and math with fun, hands-on experiments and activities! Create slime that resembles the look of amber and add in fake insects that look like prehistoric bugs stuck in amber!
Baby Craft Time
Join us for open-ended art projects as your little one explores different art materials in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Dress for a mess.
ROOM HOLD- TAF Trinket Party
make keychains, zines, mini art to leave in our trinket library or to swap with friends
Mermaid Tail Craft
Summer is the season for mermaids! Join us at the Cherry Hill Library as we make our very own decorative mermaid tails. They will sparkle and shine just like our underwater friends!
Tome Raiders: Adult Book Club
This month's selection will be Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna: London, 2019. It’s the hottest June on record, and a whale is stuck in the Thames River. In the streets of the city, four old acquaintances want more from life than they’ve been given. On the summer solstice, the longest day of.
Salt Art Painting
Create images with glue and salt, then watch the paint spread colors through the salt crystals.
Tween & Teen Craft: America 250 Star Shakers
Celebrate America's 250th anniversary by making your own star-shaped shaker fidget!
Sit and Stitch
Bring your needlework and yarn projects, conversation and questions, and learn from each other.
Adult Craft Time: Ribbon Wreaths
Create a decorative wreath for summer using colorful fabric scraps and ribbons. This is a very simple craft... even inexperienced crafters will have no problem! Materials and instructions are provided, but space is limited. Please call 410-396-0946 to register.
Crafterwork
Relax and socialize with an easy craft each month. Supplies provided. Space is limited. Tickets available 15 minutes before program.
Craft and Create: Keychains
Unleash your creativity while learning new crafting skills! With step-by-step guidance, you’ll create something unique and have fun along the way.
Sewing for Everyday Life: An Immersive How-to-Sew Workshop Series
This fast-paced, two-hour sewing class for teens is hosted by established Baltimore-based fashion designers, wearable artists, and makers with tenured, professional sewing experience. They will share their knowledge and creativity with workshop attendees. Attendees will be creating something...
Unearth a Story
A special dinosaur-themed craft time to celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge: "Unearth a Story."
Baby Paint and Sip
Art programs strengthen fine and gross motor skills, color awareness, vocabulary and sensory processing. Dress for a mess — you and your little one might get messy during this program. After they paint, they can enjoy some tasty treats, sip on refreshing drinks and have some time to...
Craft and Create: Sketching
✍️ Anyone can be an artist! Whether it's your job, hobby, or a passing exercise, sketching is a great gateway into art as a form of creative expression. Come with your sketchbook or use our materials! People of all ages and skill levels are welcome, so no matter the doodle or scribble, we welcome...
Rainbow Twirler Craft
After story time, make a rainbow twirler and have fun watching your colors twirl.
Teen Craft & Chat
Calling all teen crafters and artists! Are you tired of working on your projects alone? Want to meet other creative teens like you? Then you should check out Teen Craft and Chat, where you can make new things and make new friends at the same time! Bring your own supplies for whatever you’re...
Pins and Needles: Crochet
Explore the art of crocheting in this hands-on workshop. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this is the perfect place to learn and get creative.
Summer Meals Celebration With No Kid Hungry
No Kid Hungry hosts a summer meals celebration as part of our free summer lunch program. Kids can enjoy face painting, games, music, free lunch and other fun. Families who attend can enter to win tickets to an Orioles game or the Maryland State Fair. Free lunch served in select branches throughout..
Layers of the Bay: Gelliplate Printmaking
Explore the versatile nature of gelliplate printing and create monoprints inspired by natural themes connected to the Chesapeake Bay. Mixed media artist and art educator Marian McLaughlin facilitates a printmaking workshop with gelli plates, which are soft gelatin slabs. Participants will learn how.
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