Create some wild scientific reactions using only simple ingredients found in the average kitchen! Best for elementary and tweens.
Join artists from Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum for a hands-on exploration of art that is fun for the whole family. Use special materials, take risks and bring home a creation all your own. Refreshments will be provided. Appropriate for families and all ages. Space is limited; registration is required.
Be your own hero. Make a custom felt cape and matching mask. Space and supplies are limited; registration required. Please visit our online calendar to register.
Have you always wanted to learn how to spin and scratch? Now’s your chance! Join us as we learn the basics of DJing from DJ Staxx of the Denver DJ School. Best for upper elementary, tweens and teens. Space is limited; registration encouraged.
Monday, April 15, 4-6 pm
Students will begin this two-part series by drawing a character using paper and pencil. Then, participants will take that character and learn how to scan it into Photoshop. Space and supplies are limited; registration required. Please visit our online calendar to register.
Monday, April 22, 4-6 pm
In part two of this series, students will take their digitized character and learn how to use a tablet to outline and color it in. Space and supplies are limited; registration required. Please visit our online calendar to register.
Monday, April 29, 4-6 pm
Learn techniques for adding shadows and highlights to your digital drawings. Participants will be given a fully-colored drawing to work with in this program. Space and supplies are limited; registration required. Please visit our online calendar to register.
Learn the basics of printmaking and create cards and small prints with local expert Ashley Quick. Appropriate for tweens and older. Sharp tools will be used during the program. Space and supplies are limited; registration required. Please visit our online calendar to register.
Create a personalized piece of art for your room or locker using Washi tape. Appropriate for tweens and teens grades 6 and up. No registration required.
Do you want to help your grandparent, or other loved one, share their stories about growing up in the neighborhood? Are you a recent transplant, drawn to Denver from far away? Come tell us your tales, learn the basics of effective interviewing, and help us build an archive of oral histories for the library’s local history exhibit and for StoryCorps, a project of the US Library of Congress. Part of the Perl Mack Museum Project, a year-long program to develop a museum exhibit by, for, and about our community.
Make your own winter wonderland snow globe with a terrarium twist. Appropriate for tweens and teens grades 6 and up. No registration required.
Take your costuming high-tech with an assortment of electronic components that can be sewn right into fabrics. Make a super heroic gauntlet, a magic wand, or a futuristic mask. No previous knowledge of sewing necessary.
