If you’re a tween or teen, between the ages of 8-17, and you love art, be a part of the summer Mystery Art Series at your Main Library. Each session will feature different projects to dive into and using a variety of materials, and this session will be hosted on Friday, July 26 from 3:30PM-4:30PM. And since the art sessions will be a mystery, we certainly can’t tell you what you’ll be doing. So come out and join us for some art fun. All materials will be provided, all you need to bring with you is your creativity.

If you’re attending Toddler Time at your Main Library at 11:00AM, stick around afterwards for Terrific Tots that will start at 11:30AM. This is a program that will offer seasonal fun activities for toddlers to engage in. At this session, we’ll be having fun with colors! Join us we mix colors and fingerpaint completely mess free as the paint will be in baggies and off of our clothes and hands. Don’t miss out on the summer fun to be had.

If you’re a tween or teen, between the ages of 8-17, and you love art, be a part of the summer Mystery Art Series at your Main Library. Each session will feature different projects to dive into and using a variety of materials and this session will run on Friday, July 12 from 3:30PM-4:30PM. And since the art sessions will be a mystery, we certainly can’t tell you what you’ll be doing. So come out and join us for some art fun. All materials will be provided, all you need to bring with you is your creativity.

Join your South Branch Library for our next Art in the Park event where we break out of the confines of our building and take our programs on the road through our popular Art in the Park series. Designed for youth of all ages, families are invited to join us at Red Bud Park, located at S. 32nd and Buffalo Gap and you’ll find us by the trees in the grassy area across from the playground. For the next session, hosted on Friday, July 12 from 10:00AM-11:00AM, we’ll supply all the materials to show youth how to make some Foam Dough. This event will be hosted as long as the weather permits, please follow us on social media, or our website, to check on cancellations due to weather.

If you’re a tween or teen, between the ages of 8-17, and you love art, be a part of the summer Mystery Art Series at your Main Library. Each session will feature different projects to dive into and using a variety of materials, and this session will be hosted on Friday, July 26 from 3:30PM-4:30PM. And since the art sessions will be a mystery, we certainly can’t tell you what you’ll be doing. So come out and join us for some art fun. All materials will be provided, all you need to bring with you is your creativity.

If you’re a tween or teen, between the ages of 8-17, and you love art, be a part of the summer Mystery Art Series at your Main Library. Each session will feature different projects to dive into and using a variety of materials, and this session will be hosted on Friday, July 26 from 3:30PM-4:30PM. And since the art sessions will be a mystery, we certainly can’t tell you what you’ll be doing. So come out and join us for some art fun. All materials will be provided, all you need to bring with you is your creativity.

Learning is fun and we’ll be highlighting this such thing at your library in our summer STEAM Lab series for youth. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math and they’re hands-on programming that allows youth to build critical thinking and reasoning skills in one of these subject areas. Our first session will run on Monday, June 24 from 4:30PM-5:15PM and designed for youth ages 8 and older at your Main Library. At this session, it’s all about the arts as we’ll explore and experiment with watercolors to create a colorful image. We’ll also throw in some science fun by using salt, lemons, and crayons to see how you can create different effects to your art and why. All materials will be supplied, just come ready to be a part of the STEAM fun!

Are you interested in being an illustrator? If so, come out to our program that’s dedicated to being an artist as we’ll feature books about illustration, instructional material, and a chance to practice your illustration skills at this event. Come with your creativity and have fun with library staff. This is a free session that will be hosted at the South Branch Library, located in the Mall of Abilene, running from 4:00PM-5:00PM and designed for youth.

If you’re a tween or teen, between the ages of 8-17, and you love art, be a part of the summer Mystery Art Series at your Main Library. Each session will feature different projects to dive into and using a variety of materials, and this session will be hosted on Friday, July 26 from 3:30PM-4:30PM. And since the art sessions will be a mystery, we certainly can’t tell you what you’ll be doing. So come out and join us for some art fun. All materials will be provided, all you need to bring with you is your creativity.

If you’re an adult who loves crafting and DIY projects, come to your Main Library and be a part of our Crafty DIY series on Wednesday, June 12 from 10:00AM-11:00AM. Designed for the adult audience, each session features a new craft to get hands-on with. We supply the materials, you just come out and be ready to have a little fun with staff and friends. At this session, we’ll be taking that vacation to the beach by showing you how to make some beach-inspired art using seashells and sand. Come be surprised as to what you can do with your own hands.

Young children and their caregivers are invited to join your library as we host Music Play as a special summer activity on Monday, June 10 from 11:00AM-11:30AM at your South Branch Library. This special event will allow babies and toddlers to experience a wide variety of music to instill a musical vocabulary, sense of rhythm, harmony, and pitch. Taught by local musician and piano teacher Hannah Smith, this class is sure to engage your little ones through an introductory music curriculum. This program is designed for children ages six-weeks to four-years-old.

The summer is here and it’s time for the South Branch Library to break out of the confines of our building and take our programs on the road through our popular Art in the Park series. Designed for youth of all ages, families are invited to join us at Red Bud Park, located at S. 32nd and Buffalo Gap and you’ll find us by the trees in the grassy area across from the playground. For our first session, we’ll supply all the materials to show youth how to make some Chalk Pops. This event will be hosted as long as the weather permits, please follow us on social media, or our website, to check on cancellations due to weather.

Aimed at the homeschooling community in the Abilene area, if you have a tween or teen with an interest in the arts, join us for the next Art Smarts program at your Main Library. This art club will focus on participants learning information about artists, genres, and eras of art while then creating a version of what art we’re learning about. For this month, we’re letting you choose between watercolor paints and chalk to create some abstract art on 5x7 canvases. Plus, as always, we’ll talk about the artists that made this style of painting famous before you try it yourself. Get artsy with your library!

"Charlotte's Web" based on the book by E.B. White

June 21 at 10:45 & 3:00 Abilene Public Library *presented in partnership with Young Audiences of Abilene

June 24 -25 at 10:30 am in Ryan Little Theatre