This class introduces you to the fundamentals of bookbinding. Learn about the essential tools and materials needed to create your own handmade books, as well as a range of core techniques, including folding, sewing, and gluing.
Get up and get moving at our Toddler Story Times! Designed especially for children ages 18-36 months and their grown-ups to enjoy together, these 20-30 minute interactive programs are full of books, songs, and fun activities that promote language and motor skill development. If you would like to request an accommodatio…
Discover a creative community at your local library! Join our Knit & Crochet Group every Wednesday from 2–4 pm. All skill levels are welcome—bring your own projects, learn new techniques, and share ideas with fellow makers. Come stitch, relax, and connect!
Step into the vibrant world of acrylic painting in this introductory course. You work on guided projects, from abstract to landscape to still life, exploring basic composition principles to create visually engaging pieces.
You will learn about different artists throughout art history and how to use their techniques to approach painting in new ways. — Grisaille, Verdaccio, Glaze, Impasto, Under Painting and Indirect Painting…..Oh My! As impressive as these techniques sound, in reality they all are cheat codes historic painters invented to…
In this course, gain the technical background and experience you need to get started as a painter. Working from museum masterpieces, still-life arrangements, or your favorite photos, explore basic painting techniques, including color-mixing, scumbling, and glazing.
In this class, we’ll address how to approach both these subjects so students will feel confident drawing everything! — Almost everything that you try to draw can roughly be broken down into two categories: Portraits and Landscapes. Portraits capture the character of an object, usually a person, and landscapes convey an…
Would you like to hone your knitting skills with a manageable project? Are you interested in trying a new technique in knitting: colorwork, lace, cables, etc. Or do you have a knitting problem or an unfinished project that you would like to solve and/or finish? This is your class! Join The Knitting Club at Hill Center,…
Enjoy a guided tour of our East Building and its range of exhibitions. These tours can feature art from any of the exhibitions currently on view, with works from cultures as diverse as ancient Iran to contemporary Japan. Please meet at the East Building, B1 Lobby for the tour. Image: Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, Natio…
Stop by this informal session to meet curator Tim Winkle and learn about firefighters in the 1800s.
Catch a twenty-minute gallery talk about the largest bronze ever cast in Southeast Asia in Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean . At nearly twenty feet, this newly conserved sculpture depicts Vishnu dreaming the universe into existence. Delve into its original context in ancient Angkor and the present-day Cambodian community. Composi…
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Children ages 3-10 and their caregivers are welcome to join us in the Meeting Room (Ground Floor) for some arts and crafts fun! We make a different project every week using a wide variety of methods and materials.
The range of emotions evoked by the sound of ringing reflects a deep connection with the human spirit, one that operates on different levels in different faiths, including Hindu, Buddhist, and Native American traditions. This free program illuminates the power of bells, chimes, and jingles to connect us to the divine—a…
