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New Mini-Series ~ Creative Collective Discussion Group (Virtual)
Tuesday, January 7
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Registration Required Below
Have fun and make friends while cultivating your creativity in our weekly group discussions about art, literature, technology, film, architecture, music and so much more! Our facilitated conversations invite participants to consider imaginative and alternative viewpoints about the creative process in a congenial, relaxed Zoom setting. Empower your creativity and feed your brain by joining us in the Creative Collective Discussion Group!
Bring your sense of adventure to our mini-series, meeting on six Tuesdays beginning November 12 through December 17. Register once to attend all six sessions.
Discussion topics for this session:
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November 12 - Abstract of Design
(YouTube/Netflix series) Episode on Paula Scher Graphic DesignNov 19 - Graphic Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCfBYE97rFk (40:56) Abstract: The Art of Design | Paula Scher: Graphic Design | FULL EPISODE | Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch=Zu91meda2I8 (10:20) Why this font is everywhere https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7SByXWWVzU (:56) Fonts hanging outNov 26 - Photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDpqt-haLLM&t=2240s (43:25) Abstract: The Art of Design | Platon: Photography | FULL EPISODE | Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE_SxmltgmA (18:31) Monumental Stories of PhotographingPeople | Platon | TED https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HkIswII0zYU (:54) Traveling Dancer PhotographerDec - 3 Sculpting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4iOwTbDX24 (16:35) How does an artist copy the 200-year-old techniques of master sculptor Antonio Canova? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfMjXuKY_Zk (3:33) JAGO, the self-taught sculptor who wanted to be Michelangelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VlkMuo2Zcs&t=349s (13:17) Robots sculpt marble in Italy, sparking worries about future of art form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7oEi9C_MYg (8:10) Would You Lick This Art? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSzcAEjs4s (4:26) Japanese Amezaika sculpting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLLOlB2WF_Y (2:38) Sculpting in fabricDec - 9 AI TBD
Dec - 17 TBD
Weekly Drop-In Knitting Circle (In-Person)
Tuesday, January 7
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Meets Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Our popular weekly drop-in knitting circle continues to meets every Tuesday in the Library's Mark Twain Room. Share your knitting, crochet, and needlepoint project or learn basic techniques like casting on, knit, and purl stitches. Each week brings an opportunity to learn something new and there is always someone who can help with any problem.
Conversations Read & Reflect: That Was Then, This is Now (Virtual)
Tuesday, January 7
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration Required Read and Reflect Discussion Group is part of the Conversations: Truth, Myth & Democracy Series Join us for our next Read and Reflect virtual session That Was Then, This is Now where we'll reflect on two readings, separated by 57 years, on the Black experience in America. Participants are encouraged to read the selections, and then reflect on the interplay of the two. Our virtual discussion will be moderated by Tom Kilbourn, ordained Episcopal priest and retired JBHS English Teacher. Register to receive a Zoom link the day of the program. Include a cell for a text reminder. Selected Articles: Letter from a Region in My Mind by James Baldwin Found in The New Yorker, November 9, 1962. Click here to read the article. Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry Beacon Press. September 2019 (184 pages) “Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable...” — Beacon Press The book will be available to borrow at the Library. This discussion is part of the Conversations Series, created in partnership by the Redding League of Women Voters and the Mark
Twain Library. This award-winning series offers opportunities to continue and expand conversations on race, justice and democracy. Community members can exchange ideas, hear differing perspectives and talk about our ever-evolving democracy.