Craftivism 101: Get acquainted with craftivism, learn to embroider, stitch something brilliant, and make friends—all in just 2 hours! Craft-based activism has been used as a tool of resistance, coalition building, and even espionage! Learn from Shannon Downey—a leader in the modern craftivism movement. She will provide an introduction to the history of craftivism and […]
Join Indigenous artist and Massachusetts Tribe Educator/Historian, Thomas Green, as we create a community art project for the Reading Public Library. Drawing on traditional methods, participants will create a small section of a larger piece designed especially for the Library by Thomas Green. Once all the segments are finished, they will be woven together and […]
Join us for Paint Night! Teens will create their own abstract piece under the insruction of Susan McFarlane of McFarlane Arts. Register for Paint Night using the link provided below.
Join Creative Arts at the library for a fun quilting program! Teens will learn basic sewing skills to put a quilt together in this fun workshop. Teens will use easy-to-learn patterns, select color fabrics and textiles, practice cutting and piecing, as well as hand-stitching and finishing. No previous experience needed! Register for this quilting program […]
Join Creative Arts at the library for this fun mask making program! Many cultures have traditions and celebrations that use masks. Teens will be shown examples of traditional masks from different countries and then encouraged to make their own. Teens will also look to nature and animals for inspiration in their mask-making project. Registration is […]
Join Creative Arts at the library for this fun painting program! This workshop will focus on interesting and engaging topics inspired by the world around us. Teens will learn how to develop painting techniques using watercolors and acrylic paints. They will also learn about color and art to create their own masterpieces! * Register for […]
Reading Community Singers ~ First Rehearsal ~ Come Join Us! Mark your calendar! The Reading Community Singers is pleased to announce our Fall season will begin with our First Rehearsal on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Sign-In on August 29 will start at 7:00 PM, with Rehearsal to follow at 7:30. Registration is open for the […]
5th Annual Downtown Reading Art Walk September 10th - October 1st.
The RPL Writer's Group is designed to meet writers where they are --whether your project is memoir, journaling, essay, fiction, or something else— and this three-part introduction can help you start from scratch or help you to continue and complete work you've already begun. The theme of the first meeting is Getting to Know You; […]
Join Reading Public Library and author Adam Lazarus to hear more about THE WINGMEN: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams. The book tracks the friendship between two wholly different American icons: how, throughout various stages in their remarkable lives, a most unusual friendship formed, flourished, withered, then reinvigorated. No registration […]
The RPL Writer's Group is designed to meet writers where they are --whether your project is memoir, journaling, essay, fiction, or something else— and this three-part introduction can help you start from scratch or help you to continue and complete work you've already begun. The theme of the first meeting is Getting to Know You; […]
The RPL Writer's Group is designed to meet writers where they are --whether your project is memoir, journaling, essay, fiction, or something else— and this three-part introduction can help you start from scratch or help you to continue and complete work you've already begun. The theme of the first meeting is Getting to Know You; […]
