Join PS1 gallery artist Eric Conrad for a sewing workshop using found and upcycled materials. This workshop provides some instruction on hand sewing techniques, while learning more about Conradโs process and contributing to a collective soft sculpture that will be on public display during his exhibition Clothes That Donโt Fit. This workshop is free (donations...
Sunday, September 1, 2024 -2:00pmย toย 4:00pm Storytime Room Dive into a sea of colors and textures as you create your personalized beaded masterpiece. Come, bead, and bond in this delightful journey of creativity! Sumรฉrgete en un mar de colores y texturas mientras creas tu obra maestra personalizada con cuentas. ยกVen, crea con cuentas y disfruta en...
Do you enjoy creating things? Would you like to donate your handmade items to support the Iowa City Public Library during our Arts & Crafts Bazaar on December 7, 2024? If so, we would gladly accept your items through December 6th. Please drop off your arts and crafts at the Library Help Desk on the...
Thursday, September 5, 2024 -4:00pmย toย 5:00pm Storytime Room Hang out with other tweens, eat pizza, brainstorm future tween events and activities for this school year, and make a variety of crafts. If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library. This event is open to the public.
The Thursday night life drawing group in memory of our dear friend, Phil Dorothy. Bring your own drawing materials which can include graphite, charcoal, pastels or watercolors. Drawing boards and easels will be available. Water-based oils and acrylics will be allowed. Solvent based oils may be used with odorless solvents. It is suggested that artists...
The Iowa City Farmers Market is managed by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department. It isย an open-air market held in the Chauncey Swan parking ramp, Chauncey Swan Park, and on E. Washington St. in downtown Iowa City. The market runs from May through October. We strive to serve culturally and economically diverse populations by...
Beppie Weissย will share her drawing experience of the human body. She has drawn and painted hundreds, maybe thousands, of portraits and people drawings, and will help you improve your own drawing skills. Our goal will be to understand how it all comes together, and be able to draw it with more accuracy. There will...
Sunday, September 8, 2024 -2:00pmย toย 4:00pm Storytime Room Celebrate the changing seasons with a craft! Trace your hand on brown paper and cut it out (you might need an adult's help). Glue the cut-out hand onto a piece of white paper, forming the trunk of the tree. Add an array of colorful fall leaves by dotting...
Thursday, September 12, 2024 -6:00pmย toย 7:00pm Digital Media Lab Register0 of 15 registered Are you a music lover with a little blank space on a wall? Using the library's Cricut Maker 3, we'll print and cut your choice of photo to cover the label on a thrift store record. Maybe a photo of your favorite band...
The Iowa City Farmers Market is managed by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department. It isย an open-air market held in the Chauncey Swan parking ramp, Chauncey Swan Park, and on E. Washington St. in downtown Iowa City. The market runs from May through October. We strive to serve culturally and economically diverse populations by...
This class emphasizes professional stringing and design techniques.ย You will make two bracelets using Czech Republic pressed glass beads and sterling silver spacers.ย Each will use different stringing materials. One bracelet will be strung on nylon and the second bracelet on flexible wire.ย You will learn how to use crimp beads to finish the second...
Free second Saturday workshops are made possible by: Hills Bank Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material! September: Mini Mushroom Meadow Drop in between 11a-1p at PS1 Close (538 S. Gilbert). Free to participate; donations are welcome. All ages...
