Crafts

Come enjoy a day of painting with the family alongside artist David Daykin! Everything needed to paint your own masterpiece will be provided for this fun day! All ages are welcome and there is no experience necessary. Seats are limited.

Camilla MacFadyen is back at Maritime Gloucester to produce another community art project using collography print making techniques! Families are invited to a three day workshop, where participants will create textile prints and printed silk fish to be used in the construction of an environmental art piece on the docks for public viewing during the Gloucester Schooner Festival 2024! This years' planned project will result in an environmental art piece that will consisit o f a series of floor-to-ceiling 'sails' on display at the Maritime Gloucester Boat Shop.

You do not have access to view this node invites teens to explore themselves and discover their Spirit Animals! Discover the animal lurking within you; then make it out of clay! The Zuni and other Pueblo Indians carve animals small enough to fit into their pockets. They believe these connect the humans who carry them to the spirit of the animals they represent. After an introductory discussion and brief demonstration, participants sculpt their own spirit animals which they can paint when dry and decorate with a “bundle” using small shells, feathers, beads, etc.

The Abbot Public Library invites preschoolers to their National Chocolate Ice Cream Day celebration! Join us for a quick bout of summer, snack-time stories & then enjoy a cold, tasty treat. We bet you can guess what it is! (No craft today)