(above, l to r: Birds of a Feather, Losing My Marbles, Three Peas in a Pod, Sings Like a Bird, and Makin’ Wishes.) Want to pry your kids away from their video games and screens for an hour? Bring them to Laura Elmore’s outdoor art workshop at the library tomorrow — July 10, 2-3 p.m. — for some fun and creative exploration. In keeping with this year’s summer-reading theme, ‘Tails & Tales,’ elementary-aged kids will get to sculpt an animal out of clay and search for animals in the clay slab that children decorated at the SRC kickoff. Laura, a …Read More
Laura Elmore
If you liked playing with clay when you were a kid — or wonder how fun it would be to do so now — then you’ll want to join local artist and sculptor Laura Elmore for her free workshops Sept. 14 & 21, 5-7 p.m. Not only will you learn some basic techniques of working with high-fire clay, but you’ll also create a small sculpture and a scraffito tile that Laura will fire to use for a community piece at the library. Not sure what a ‘scraffito tile’ is? Laura will tell you and show you how to make one! …Read More
Aryn Coyle
Fresh off the great ART@EPL pastel workshops with artist Marianne Knipe, the stage is set for February’s free events with artist and sculptor Aryn Coyle. First up, Aryn will give a talk on Impressionism and Painting in Technicolor on Saturday, Feb. 8, 3-4 p.m. No registration required — just drop in and enjoy her talk or view her work on display in the children’s wing! Aryn will also hold two painting workshops Monday, Feb. 10 and 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (both are the same). The classes are free and open to adults and teens 16 and up. All materials are provided …Read More
