Sharing Our Travels: Bookmaking and Visual Journaling - A Creative Arts Program for Adults 55+
Explore different methods to make your own books, altered books and visual journals on the theme of travel. Learn about design components (composition, balance, color, etc.) and experiment with different types of media including collage, paint, and color pencil. Incorporate writing and even a sound recording to create a unique book reflecting on a powerful moment in your own life. Kim McCormack, a professional artist and teacher will lead the sessions.
Please commit to all 8 sessions. Sessions are on the following dates:
February 5, 12, 14, 19, 26, 28; March 5 and 12, 2013
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Books will be on exhibit March 16 - April 27
Reception Saturday, March 16, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Registration is required. Space is limited.
Contact Melinda Greenblatt at mgreenblatt@wlsmail.org or 914-941-7072. We will contact selected participants by January 26.
Creative Aging in New York State Libraries: A Regional Model with National Applicability, is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, with additional support from the Helen Andrus Bene-dict Foundation, and is administered in partnership with Westchester Library System, Lifetime Arts Inc. and Ameri-can Library Association’s Public Programs Office.”
