Arts & Crafting

Whether it's a craft-to-go or craft event, you can learn a new skill or join others to chat and craft with the ICPL community. Check out upcoming events below.


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Upcoming events

Saturday, June 28, 2025 - 10:00am

Other

As part of the "Color Our World" Summer Reading Program, the UI Stanley Museum of Art will be hosting a special version of their Blue Tour just for Adult Summer Reading Program participants.  Surveys have shown that blue is the world's favorite...

Adults Arts & Crafting
a book with a classic painting as a book jacket, on top of another book with a modern design

Monday, June 30, 2025 - 6:30pm

Digital Media Lab

Bring in a couple of your paperback books with misleading or unpleasant cover designs, and we'll create custom book jackets! After measuring your book, we'll use Canva to make a template you can fill with their clip art, background images you find...

Adults Teens Arts & Crafting Classes & Workshops

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 1:00pm

Teen Center

All supplies will be provided to create a firework painting just in time for Independence Day.

Teens Arts & Crafting

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Elementary-age kids are invited to join us each Tuesday at 1:00 to learn a little bit about a fun skill or hobby that maybe they haven’t tried before! We have experts from the community here to teach you the basics! Mark Capron, recent inductee into...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Color our world, and celebrate diverse cultures from around the globe! Every Wednesday during our Summer Reading Program, elementary-age kids are invited to join us for a new event where they can explore and experience unique cultures and traditions...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 2:30pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Known for her vibrant paintings of landscapes, plants, and animals, Maud Lewis' iconic folk art is celebrated around the world. In addition to creating paintings for sale, Lewis also covered the inside of her 100-square-foot tiny home with...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting Book Discussion

Thursday, July 3, 2025 - 4:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Celebrate Disability Pride Month by learning about the life of Judith Scott, a renowned fiber sculptor who was Deaf and had Down Syndrome, then making a variety of fiber art pieces. We'll weave and wrap, cut and twist to create stunning art...

Tweens Arts & Crafting Current Issues

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Elementary-age kids are invited to join us each Tuesday at 1:00 to learn a little bit about a fun skill or hobby that maybe they haven’t tried before! We have experts from the community here to teach you the basics! Have you ever wanted to tell a...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 3:00pm

Teen Center

What is bad can be good? Especially when it comes to art, beauty and talent may be subjective, but we’re purposely going for bad! We’ll share some prompts to get you going but you’ll ultimately be creating a true monsterpiece.

Teens Arts & Crafting

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - 1:00pm

Teen Center

Everything is better teeny! Compete for the cutest clay creation ever. We’ll have a series of challenges and winner gets a teeny clay trophy.

Teens Arts & Crafting