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Realistic Drawing Lesson for Grades 3-5: Pastries

Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
Event Details:

Do you love to draw? Join NCHS art students for a fun-filled, hour-long drawing class on Sunday afternoon! This lesson will focus on drawing pastries such as cupcakes, pies, and cr

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Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Opening Reception for Semaphore: Torrance York, A Journey Through Parkinson's

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Gallery at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Torrance York's photographic monograph Semaphore examines the shift in her perspective after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease nine years ago. Through images, York considers

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Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Oil Painting for Adults: 5 session course

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This series of five 90-minute courses will show you how to paint landscape paintings with oils. It will open your eyes to contrast colorings, darks and lights, and the gentle shapi

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Required
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Enchanted: The Cosmic Success of Taylor Swift with Gil Harel

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Featured, Music & Performances
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults
Event Details:

RESCHEDULED FROM 2/22 to 5/2. Taylor Alison Swift has long transcended the title "singer-songwriter" - indeed, she is a pop-culture phenomenon whose success has few parallels in

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Required
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Creating Art, Creating Health Zine Workshop

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Using images from or inspired by Semaphore by artist Torrance York, participants will learn about how creative processes like photography and zine-making can favorably impact our h

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Required
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.

Realistic Drawing Lesson for Grades 6-8: Figure Drawing

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Do you love to draw? Join a few New Canaan High School juniors for a fun-filled, hour-long drawing class on Saturday afternoon! This lesson will focus on drawing human figures. Stu

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Required
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.

Colored Pencil Drawing Lesson for Grades 3-5: Cartoons

Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
Event Details:

Do you love to draw? Join a few New Canaan High School art students for a fun-filled, hour-long colored pencil drawing class on Sunday afternoon! Due to popular demand, we will be

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Arts at the Library: 3 Session Color Theory Workshop for Adults

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This three-session workshop will explore the properties of color, examining the meanings of hue, chroma, and value. The classes will consist of a visual presentation that reviews t

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Women in the Arts Lecture Series: Get the Picture with Bianca Bosker

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Featured
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

*This event will take place at the Carriage Barn Arts Center* Please join us for the finale of the Women and Arts series featuring NYT bestselling author, Bianca Bosker, as she

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This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Grades K-5" group.

Mother's Day Watercolor Class for Grades 3-5

Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
Event Details:

Happy Mother’s Day! Join a few NCHS art students for a fun-filled, hour-long class on Sunday afternoon to design Mother’s Day cards with watercolor. We’ll first familiarize ourselv

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Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Glass House Presents: Architects Promoting Responsible Design

Monday, May 13, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Authors & Lectures
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Beyond aesthetics and functionality, architecture has the potential to contribute to – and shape – societies. Join architects Alan Ricks and Caitlin Taylor for a conversation

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Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Arts at the Library: 3 Session Color Theory Workshop for Adults

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This three-session workshop will explore the properties of color, examining the meanings of hue, chroma, and value. The classes will consist of a visual presentation that reviews t

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.

Colored Pencil Lesson for Grades 6-8: Marine Life

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Do you love to draw? Join a few New Canaan High School juniors for a fun-filled, hour-long colored pencil drawing class on Sunday afternoon! We will draw various marine life, inclu

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

ArtScapades Presents: Art and Travel, Home and Abroad

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Featured
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This lecture looks at some of the world’s best-known works of art, and where they can be seen in museums, both in the United States and in Europe. While many of these masterpieces

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Arts at the Library: 3 Session Color Theory Workshop for Adults

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This three-session workshop will explore the properties of color, examining the meanings of hue, chroma, and value. The classes will consist of a visual presentation that reviews t

Waitlist
Required
This event is in the "Tweens & Teens" group.

Optical Illusion: Painting Class for Teens (12-18)

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Anderson MakerLab at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Learn how to paint an optical illusion and trick the eye! All skill levels are welcome. Please pre-register.

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