Week Calendar

Make a beautiful flower arrangement to take home!
Classes are taught by master artist Jackie Zhang of the Ohara School of Ikebana.

Welcome families to Stay and Play!

Please join us with your young ones for Preschool Storytime & Craft!
Ms. Sandy will have fun stories, songs, and a special craft to share!

This event takes place every Thursday!

I'll show kids how to draw basic shapes.  Then we'll add other elements to those shapes to create popular objects like people, bunnies, cars, fish, caterpillars, houses, etc..  Throughout the lessen I'll have them color parts of those ob

I'll show kids how to draw basic shapes.  Then we'll add other elements to those shapes to create popular objects like people, bunnies, cars, fish, caterpillars, houses, etc..  Throughout the lessen I'll have them color parts of those ob

Join in as we read, sing, dance, and play in this special storytime meant to encourage a love of reading and build essential early literacy skills.

Stay for an after-storytime craft project featuring a new craft each week.

Please join us for storytime and craft every Saturday morning in the Children's Area at 10:00AM. 

Join Ms. Lynn for a bilingual Vietnamese and English picture book storytime, followed by a craft program.  The program is for children ages 4-8 years-old. Win a prize.  

Build, build BUILD!!!  Come join us for a fun filled activity on alternating Saturdays here at the Linda Vista Library.  Kids can create something unique or build skyscrapers, spaceships, and more!  Let your imagina

Led by local artist, Hannah MurdocH, students will learn basic watercolor techniques, painting four different flowers. 

Visit the library on Saturday & create a terrific craft. All supplies provided! 

Travel the world through different art techniques and styles on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, alongside professional artist Mel Clarkston.

Enjoy a multicultural book and related craft focused on themes of diversity and inclusion, geared for kids ages 3-6 and their families. 

Hop on over to the Point Loma/Hervey Library for an eggs-tra special egg hunt for toddlers and preschoolers!

Using colored markers, tissue paper, and cupcake holders, it’s time to unleash your inner artist and create a dazzling spring bouquet! Let your imagination bloom as you twist, shape, and color your way to floral greatness.

Toddler and preschool-aged participants will develop skills and use imagination while drawing, coloring, cutting, and assembling simple craft projects.  Children who know how to follow directions and collaborate are better-prepared as they tr

Learn how to weave with an expert textile artist from the San Diego Creative Weavers Guild!  This class is targeted to homeschooling youth ages 8+. No prior experience required, and all materials will be provided.

Join us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11am for Kamishibai Storytime . Before TV and comic books existed in Japan, there was kamishibai, or paper theater.

Make acute wine glass bunny candle holders for some Easter decor! They are so fun to make and are adorable displayed. All materials will be provided.  Registration required.

Register today!

Embellish a custom terra-cotta flower pot with specialty markers and pens then plant a herb or succulent to liven up your home or garden. 

Age 8 & up.   

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is more than simply putting flowers in a container. It is a disciplined art form that breathes life into each composition, harmonizing the elements of nature and humanity.

Get crafty at the library every week! Each week there will be a unique craft that is fun for all ages. All supplies will be provided.

Join this drop-in knitting group where knitters of all skill levels meet and knit. Bring your work in progress and share in the knitting community.

Learn to knit or bring your WIP's.  Materials will be provided. 

Build something amazing! Materials provided and DUPLO is available.

Meet longtime local art teacher and Pacific Beach resident Nona Perrin, whose exhibition Let's Get Wild features 30 color-soaked paintings, many of which feature wild animals.

Need to finish some homework, work on a project, study for a test, or just relax and read a book away from the distractions at home?

Come enjoy arts and crafts with your neighbors!  At art buffet, there will be a table with art supplies for a number of different projects that I can help you do, many of which are leftover from previous events here at Carmel Valley Library:&

Need to finish some homework, work on a project, study for a test, or just relax and read a book away from the distractions at home?

Join us on the Patio outside the children's room for arts and crafts after school every Wednesday at 2pm.

Activities are designed for school age children.  Young kids may require parent assistance.

Need to finish some homework, work on a project, study for a test, or just relax and read a book away from the distractions at home?

Need to finish some homework, work on a project, study for a test, or just relax and read a book away from the distractions at home?

Zentangle is a form of meditative art that involves creating intricate designs using repetitive patterns. It is a way to help people focus, relax, and find inner peace through drawing.

Hop on over to the Point Loma/Hervey Library for an eggs-tra special egg hunt!

Learn, play, and create with LEGOs!

Children can build with LEGOs and display their creations in the library.

Welcome Spring with flowers! Using recycled cardboard, aluminum foil and tissue paper, visual artist Stacie Greene shows you how to make your own flower collage. 

All ages welcome, while supplies last. Sponsored by SRFOL. 

San Diego Central Library hosts SOAR Academy students and their art in a YTC Art Show

Enjoy the art of students from SOAR Academy and listen as their work and inspiration is described. 

Join the educators of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in the magic of printmaking! 

Printmaking is one of the fine arts that involves making a "master plate" which can be used to make multiple images. 

Immerse yourself in a world of color and sound as you pick up a paintbrush and let your imagination flow onto the canvas.

Join us in celebrating Easter-for all ages!  Easter is primarily a Christian holiday, taking place after Lent, a 40-day period of praying, fasting and penance.

Come build your creations while making new friends!  All Legos will be supplied by the Paradise Hills Branch Library.  Your creation may even be featured in our display case! 

In Native American and First Nations cultures dreamcatchers are woven hoops decorated with beads or feathers hung above a bed for protection. 

Join us at the Teen IDEA Lab to welcome spring with DIY dreamcatchers! 

Join in on a fun filled afternoon of crafting. Materials provided. Designed for grades K - 3rd.

Stretch your imagination and discover the artist within you've always known existed! Create fabulous crafts! In this program, get detailed instructions on how to make a craft you'll be able to take home!

Make a little umbrella out of paper and a pipe cleaner. For ages 4 and up.

Join us for a new fun biweekly craft for children on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday in April at 4pm...Let's Get Crafty with Miss Gaby!

Teens and tweens ages 10–18 are invited to unleash their creativity at Sketch Night!

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month to practice knitting.  Beginners and knitters of all levels are welcome to attend.  We provide materials and instruction.  Bring a project you're currently working on, or try somethin

Come the library for Arts and crafts for children 5 and up.  No registration needed and materials are provided.

Join us and local artists Toshwerks for a fun, hands-on DIY crafty project recommended for ages 8 and up: Nature Buttons!

All supplies will be provided, while supplies last. Sponsored by SRFOL.

Join us the celebrate and explore Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Heritage Month and Arab American Heritage Month. We’ll be reading “Miloo’s Mind” and having a bookmark craft! 

Get messy, make mistakes, and prepare to make ART!

Join us every Thursday to get creative!

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¡Ensúciate, comete errores y prepárate para hacer ARTE!

Join us every other Thursday for fun sensory play, arts & craft, & fun games. For kids age 3 to 8 years old. 

Join us for an hour of crocheting at the library! You can use our supplies, or bring your own projects. Ask questions, learn the basics, or talk to other crocheters while practicing the craft. 

Materials provided, DUPLO is available.

We need you writers! We invite you to join our adult writer's group where you can learn to thread together memorable fiction. To learn more please call at 619-533-3968 or email:Echavez@sandiego.gov 

Join us on the first Monday of every month as we make hand-crafted cards using various methods. Participants will work with a variety of textured paper, die cuts, embossed paper and other media to create cards that are hand-crafted by you!

Skyline Hills Library

Crafting Circle Celebrates

Earth Day

Join us every Tuesday from 5-5:30pm for Create! At the Library, featuring a new craft each week. This program is for youth aged 5-11, that will develop fine motor skills and creativity. 

Bring your ideas to life at our Mobile Maker Lab in the Mission Hills-Hillcrest Library. Learn to use various programs and equipment  such as our 3D printer and die cut machine powered by Silhouette Studio.

Visual artist, Stacie Greene will show you how to experiment with and explore the endless possibilities of collage mixed with paint and pencil.

Registration is required and will open on March 11 at noon.  Space is limited, early sign up is encouraged. 

Journal Jam at the Library is every first Monday of the month at 6:00pm! The first session will be on Monday, February 5th!

1917

April 6th, 1917.

Remember Us The Holocaust Exhibit Speaker Series

Holocaust survivor of six camps, including Auschwitz, and author of The Life of a Child Survivor from Bialystok, Poland.