Upcoming Events

Rest and relax with a beginner-friendly mandala coaster workshop! Learn how to create beautifully detailed mandala coasters using dot-painting techniques.

Registration required. 

Join us for an open-ended, mindful painting session set to relaxing music. Wear your painting clothes and come with all your creativity! We will start with a meditation exercise and then paint whatever subject you like.

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

Join Teresa as she teaches even more difficult origami than she does in her beginner class.

She likes to create items to decorate a home or to give away as a gift. She brings in her own extra work as examples and sometimes to give away.

Where Wildflowers Grow: Watercolors of Sarasota’s Past explores Sarasota’s history through historic wildflower illustrations by local artists and botanists.

Join Melina and learn how to make your own paper creation! Instructions and supplies provided, just bring your imagination! 

Join us on our journey into the exciting world of paper circuits! In this 1-hour workshop we'll discover the magic of how simple materials like copper tape, LED lights and paper can be used to create a circuit. 

Join us for an interactive learning event to showcase Sarasota's sister cities around the world! Presented by the Sister Cities Association of Sarasota.

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

Do you appreciate art and nature? In this fun class, you and your family will create your very own geodes or crystal caves using air-dry clay!

Join us and learn how to sew a Felt Tulip Table Topper. All Materials will be provided. 

Registration Is Required. Must know how to sew.  Ages 13 and up.

A different project every week!

Recommended for ages 6 and up.

Rest and relax with a beginner-friendly mandala coaster workshop! Learn how to create beautifully detailed mandala coasters using dot-painting techniques.

Registration required.

Do you need access to a sewing machine for practice? Or do you need help with a sewing or mending project? This is an open lab for adults with sewing machine experience. 

Drop in to make beautiful handmade cards for someone special or to get ready for Mother’s Day. We’ve got everything you need to spread Springtime cheer!

No registration or experience required.

Check out our monthly Creation Station Crafts! Each month, experiment with a different piece of equipment in the Creation Station.

Work on your own creations or build as a team. We provide the LEGO® bricks, you provide the imagination.

Come and socialize with fellow knitting, crocheting and sewing enthusiasts! All levels welcome. Bring your current project to work on.

For ages 2-5. Join us for story time filled with a variety of early literacy activities that include music, stories, movement, crafts and school readiness. 

Learn to create a simple 3D printed luggage tag using Tinkercad, a free program that is great for beginners.

Bring your projects, patterns, and questions to Elsie Quirk Library and join the Quirky Knitters for an afternoon of knitting and crochet.  All skill levels welcome.  Registration is not required, so come on in to knit and chat!

This month, see our embroidery machine in action as you choose a design, press "start", and watch your embroidery come to life on a cotton hand towel!

Join the Pop-up Library for the Leap into Science Family Wind Workshop where kids explore wind through stories and hands on science experiments!