Everyone that participates in some way in the Adult Reading
Program this summer will be getting an invitation to our End-of-Summer Party on
August 18 where they will get to enjoy making their own Ice Cream Sundae and
other goodies and get to see the unveiling of the group mural. Every participant will be given tickets which
can be used to win prize baskets. We
will also have some of the middle-school students who are taking the “In a Kaleidoscope”
arts literacy class offered this summer bring the books they are creating. “In a
Kaleidoscope” is planned in conjunction
with the Aging in Place Partnership (AIPP) and the South Brunswick School
District Office of Curriculum and Instruction.
You can read more about the program in a recent article published on the
southbrunswick.patch.com website at http://southbrunswick.patch.com/articles/south-brunswick-residents-awarded-governor-s-arts-education-medal
We have just completed our sixth creative workshop yesterday
with the very popular Between the Covers Creative Sandwiches class. Our resident librarian/chef, Diane Whitman,
created four delicious vegetarian sandwiches for a class of 18 lucky
attendees. You can read more about the
event and get the recipes in Diane’s Friday Food Blog tomorrow.
We also had our tie-dyed paper workshop where we
experimented with ways to create some beautiful color papers to use in making greeting
cards, gift wrapping and the basis for many other paper crafts.
Next Tuesday will be our Altered Book Workshop. We have gathered an assortment of hardcover books from the donations that were discarded which we will use to create objects of beauty and utility. Each attendee can choose which project to do. There will be one craft, from The Repurposed Library by Lisa Occhipinti (New York : Abrams, 2011.) to create decorative “Book Bursts” out of books that have been cut into sections. We will have another option to make a protective and decorative cover for your Kindle, Nook or other tablet or reader using an actual book cover (bring the dimensions of your reader.) This project is also from The Repurposed Library. For those who are interested in trying to make altered books just for their beauty and art, we will have a few projects to work on in what might become your sample or practice book of altered book techniques. These are from Altered Books Workshop by Bev Brazelton (Cincinnati , Ohio : North Light Books, 2004.)
This should be great fun!
We look forward to seeing you at the workshop. If you have an Xacto or other type of craft knife,
you could bring it with you and bring along any small embellishments (buttons,
coins, toys, game pieces, puzzle pieces, charms, beads, old jewelry); ephemera
(greeting cards, correspondence, photos, postcards, stamps) or “accessories” (string,
yarn, twine, ribbon, hardware, wire) you might want to incorporate into your
designs to make them more personal and meaningful.
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