The Sarasota County Library System is committed to partnering with area agencies to offer Artists in the Libraries. This cultural experience offers visitors a chance to participate in a free studio art session with a trained teaching artist. Each workshop is a hands-on, interactive art exploration in a unique discipline. Specific age appropriate sessions are being offered at area county libraries for children, teens and adults. Artists will provide training in numerous art forms including Kagura Japanese Dance, optical illusions, jewelry design, oriental brush painting, watercolor painting, percussion instruments, Balinese dance and Origami. The Artists in the Libraries series is made possible through a partnership of the Library Foundation for Sarasota County, the Arts & Cultural Alliance for Sarasota County, the Association of Florida Teaching Artists, and the Sarasota County Library System. To find the full schedule of events and to register, visit www.scgov.net/library or call the Sarasota County Contact Center at 941-861-5000.
This Friday, Elsie Quirk Library will be hosting a bamboo brush painting workshop from 1 pm to 4 pm for teens ages 13 through 18. Artist Amy Webber will introduce participants to Oriental brush stroke techniques using ink, sumi bamboo brushes, and rice paper. Each student will take home a finished art work. Registration is required and is limited to 15 participants.
Here are the library events for this week:
Today
- Knitting Basics for Youth is from 10 am to 11:30 am and open to youth ages 8 and up. Learn the basics of knitting. Participants must bring their own supplies. Registration is required and limited to 10 children.
- Listen ‘N Learn Spanish Storytime has been cancelled.
Monday
- Forty Carrots’ Partners in Play is a free class for caregivers and children to enjoy together from 10:15 am to 11 am or 11:15 am to noon. Attendance is limited to 12 families per session.
- Free Lunch Summer Break Spot is 12 pm to 12:45 pm and open to youth 18 and under. No registration required.
- Our Monday Night Movie starts at 5 pm. A young woman who’s reinvented herself as a New York socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband, after seven years of separation. They say you can never go home again but what if it’s exactly where you’re meant to be? (Romantic Comedy) (PG-13, 1 hr, 48 mins., 2002)
Tuesday
- Drop in for the Master Gardener Plant Clinic in partnership with UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County from 10 am to noon. For more information, call 941-861-1307 or visit, http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/horthelp.shtml.
- Kidding Around Yoga starts at 10:30 am and is open to children ages 5 through 8. This interactive yoga program includes singing, dancing, and storytelling. Registration is required and limited to 30 participants, including parents. One adult per family maximum.
- Free Lunch Summer Break Spot is 12 pm to 12:45 pm and open to youth 18 and under. No registration required.
- Englewood Camera Club Summer Shutterbugs meets at 12:30 pm.
Wednesday
- Knitting Basics Part 2 for Youth is from 10 am to 11:30 am and open to ages 8 and up who have attended the previous Knitting Basics Participants must bring their own supplies. Registration is required and limited to 10 children.
- Free Lunch Summer Break Spot is 12 pm to 12:45 pm and open to youth 18 and under. No registration required.
- Hip Hop Dance Workshop is from 2 pm to 3 pm for ages 7 through 12. Registration is required and limited to 20 participants.
- Edgar Cayce Book Club is at 6 pm.
Thursday
- Family Storytime starts at 10:30 am. This week’s theme is Patriotic Fun!
- Free Lunch Summer Break Spot is 12 pm to 12:45 pm and open to youth 18 and under. No registration required.
- The Knitting Club will meet to knit and chat from 1 pm to 3 pm.
Friday
- Free Lunch Summer Break Spot is 12 pm to 12:45 pm and open to youth 18 and under. No registration required.
- Bamboo Brush Painting Workshop is 1 pm to 4 pm and for ages 13 to 18. Registration is required and is limited to 15 participants.
For more information on library programs, services, and resources visit us at 100 West Dearborn Street, call the Sarasota County Contact Center at 941-861-5000, or visit our website at www.scgov.net/library.
