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FREE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS

AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS - ADULTS

WED, FEB 6   l   3:30 - 4:30 PM
OCEAN VIEW BRANCH LIBRARY, SF

 
Learn about the role of quilts and quilt patterns during times of slavery and along Underground Railroad routes. Then, make a no-sew quilt piece from scraps to take home or add to our community quilt for the library.



 

STEAM FEST - FANTASTIC TRASH

SAT, FEB 9   l   2:00 PM
BURLINGAME MAIN LIBRARY

 
Come build, combine, re-use, recycle, and recreate an original piece of art & science. Go wild with what we have or bring some items from home to contribute to the communal grab bag.



 

WEST AFRICAN PRINTING

THURS, FEB 12   l   3:30 PM
PACIFICA SHARP PARK LIBRARY

 
Learn about West Africa through history, folk art and handcraft, then make your own adinkra cloth printed with symbols representing ancient West African proverbs. Registration required.



 

AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS - YOUTH

THURS, FEB 14   l   4:00 PM
FOSTER CITY LIBRARY
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THURS, FEB 21   l   1:30 PM
SAN LEANDRO MAIN LIBRARY
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THURS, FEB 22   l   2:00 PM
BELMONT LIBRARY

 
Learn about the role of quilts and quilt patterns during times of slavery and along Underground Railroad routes. Then, make a no-sew quilt piece from scraps to take home or add to our community quilt for the library. Registration required.

 

AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK ART

SAT, FEB 26   l  6:30 PM
EAST PALO ALTO LIBRARY

 
For this MAKER NIGHT, learn about African American artists who re-use and recreate using whatever they've got, and do the same using just about anything and your imagination! 



 

HISTORY PLAY DATE

SAT, FEB 16   l   1:00 - 3:00 PM
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 
Community day at CHS, All About Photography, offers tours of the exhibition and hands-on activities. Alongside the Museum of Craft & Design, we'll be making photos with just objects, special paper, and the sun's rays!


 

TIGER HATS & PAPER CUTS - LUNAR NEW YEAR

TUES, FEB 19   l   1:30 PM
SAN LEANDRO MAIN LIBRARY

 
Celebrate Lunar New Year with a visual field trip to southern China, artifacts, and hands-on making! Create your own wearable tiger hat for good luck, or a paper cut of the 2019 zodiac animal, a pig. Registration required.


 

PRINTMAKING - ADULTS

SAT, FEB 23   l   1:00 PM
BELLE HAVEN LIBRARY, Menlo Park

 
Print your own originals using the simplest of printmaking tools, cut cardboard, and ink. Everyone's a beginner and budding artist. Come experiment!
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RECENT VISITS & HIGHLIGHTS
Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area
Clarendon Elementary JBBP
Excelsior Library, SF
Las Lomitas Elementary
Palo Alto Home School
Phillips Brooks School
St. Matthew's Episcopal School
San Carlos Charter Learning Center
South Hillsborough Elementary

 
CURRENTLY DESIGNING PROGRAMS for
Adults & Family Programs
Arts & Science Day (Two!)
Kenya Fundraiser Event
Prefund Maker Fest
Middle School Seminars
Museum Family Day
STEAM Fest
STEM Expo & Art Fair
Summer Camps


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