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Fine Art Class 5 – Portrait Drawing

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Fine Art Pencil Drawing for adults. This class will be focusing on how to draw a portrait in pencil.

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Bird Feeder

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Food, Home, & Garden, Science & Nature / STEAM, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Summertime is bird watching time! Let’s make bird feeders out of wooden sticks and then paint them in acrylic paints to add a bit of color to your yard! Learn about the birds in the Elmira area that will be coming to snack too!

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Fine Art Class – Charcoal Drawing

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Fine Art Charcoal Drawing for adults. This class will be focusing on how to draw in charcoal. We will learn how to use perspective, shading and composition to draw using the techniques of charcoal pencils and sticks.

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Paper Mosaics

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Food, Home, & Garden, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Ever wanted to learn about the history of, and to create, your very own mosaic? We will have various types of paper cut into pieces so you can create a design of your own, or use one of the templates we have to choose from.

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Fine Art Class – Pastel Drawing

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Fine Art Pastel Drawing for adults. This class will be focusing on how to draw with three forms of pastels – wax pastels, oil pastels and soft pastels.

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Plastic Purses

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

We're getting creative with reusing/recycling plastic sheeting - so we'll be creating little plastic purses secured with fun duct tape with ribbon handles.

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Fine Art - Charcoal and Pastel Drawing

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Fine Art Charcoal and Pastel Drawing for adults. This class will be focusing on how to draw a still life using either charcoal pastels - your choice!

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Sublimation Earrings

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Create some interesting earrings with our sublimation machine! We have 2 styles of earring shapes to choose from and an assortment of designs to heat press onto the earrings. You can even bring in your own art/drawing to make into earrings!

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Acrylic Painting Class 1

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Ever want to learn how paint with Acrylics? We will be starting these sessions off by learning the process of acrylic painting, then we will venture towards learning about and creating still life and landscape paintings.

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Engraved Pencils

Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs / Literature / Writing, Science & Nature / STEAM, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Get ready for School and be the coolest one in class with your very own personally engraved pencil! You can keep them for yourself, share with your bestie or even give one to your teacher to let them know how awesome they are!

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Acrylic Painting Class 2

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

This is the second part of the class continuing to learn the process to paint with acrylics. We will learn more techniques of using acrylic paints to create a still life and landscape painting when the session is complete.

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Classroom (Or Dorm Room) Signs

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

We will be making signs on the Cricut Machine for your Classroom, (or Dorm Room, Locker or Bedroom) to look bright and cheery, stay organized, be colorful, and to express yourself!

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Acrylic Painting Class 3 - Still Life

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Put all of the techniques learned in the class so far to paint a lovely still life to take home and frame. If you are already into painting with acrylics, please join the class to paint your very own still life!

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Acrylic Painting Class 4 - Landscape

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

The final class in this series will be learning how to compose a landscape in acrylic paints. You can bring in your own picture to create a special memory of a place you've been, or use the image provided in class.

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Hand-Made Soap

Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Food, Home, & Garden, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Learn how to make “Heat and Pour” soap! We have a variety of soap molds and color options to choose from along with essential oils to add a pleasing aroma to your soap.

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