Overview: (click to view a flyer for this program)
This summer, we will be creating a collaborative community paper quilt that highlights the unique architecture, history, and community spirit of our town and region. This will be an ongoing project, with opportunities for all ages to participate in different ways.
Residents and visitors will make quilt squares on pieces of paper during programs or visits to the library, and at the end of the summer the quilt will be assembled and displayed prominently
at the library.
Who can participate?
Everyone! There will be scheduled workshops and programs for different ages (see below), as well as walk-in activities and take-home kits and ideas. We welcome participation by both
residents and visitors.
Scheduled Workshops for Adults:
Introduction to Linocut Carving and Printing with Amy Heffner July 14, 4-7 pm (click to view a flyer for this program)
Learn the basics of linocut printmaking! Bring your own photo or drawing of a favorite Essex building or choose from images that will be supplied. Learn carving techniques and useful tips for carving and printing, and design and carve your own image of a historic building. Make a set of prints to take home and contribute a print to the Community Paper Quilt mural. Please note – your original carving will be used to create prints for the Community Paper Quilt project, and will be returned to you after the project is completed.
Registration is required and limited to 8 adults. Please email beldennoblelibrary@gmail.com to reserve your spot.
Print Making from Linocut Blocks,
July 16, 12-4 pm:
Try out the printing process using pre-carved linocut blocks. Drop by anytime to make a couple of prints to take home and contribute to the Community Paper Quilt.
No registration necessary!
Scheduled Workshops for Kids:
All About Fossils! At the Essex Quarry, July 18, 10:30 am (click to view a flyer for this program)
Join us to learn about fossils, read some stories, and go on a fossil-finding expedition. We will create rubbings of the ancient marine fossils we find. Bring a picnic to enjoy afterwards!
Found Poetry and Nature Walk, Aug 12, 3:30 pm:
Hear a story about “found poetry” and go on a nature walk for inspiration. Come back and contribute to a poem based on the treasures you find!
*Stay tuned for more workshops to be scheduled!
Walk-in Activities for All Ages:
Throughout the summer, we will have a rotating “creativity corner” with opportunities to create squares for our community quilt. Examples of these activities will include:
* Geometric patterns with colored paper to create the background/border of the quilt
* Colored pencil/watercolor simple poetry and text
*Collage
*DIY rubbings of textures around Essex
*Creating art with recycled materials
And more!