Week Calendar

Join Miss Taylor for Arts & Crafts Storytime! Featuring a special craft each month this storytime fosters creativity, engages learnings, and creates special bonds between children and their caretakers.

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. 

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. 

If you are a homeschool teen who loves to try new things, look no further than Gulf Gate’s monthly homeschool program! Hang with us once a month and enjoy experimenting, creating, or just having fun at the library. 

Spritz up your day with a paint and sip! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artist, come paint a masterpiece and enjoy a selection of mocktails.

Homeschool Meetup

Join us for this casual and fun adult craft ~ painting rocks! Give them as gifts or use them as decor in your home or garden. All supplies provided, just bring your creativity!  

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!

Learn how to water marble using just nail polish! Drip nail polish colors into a tray of water, swirl the colors together, then dip in your coaster and let it dry.

Design your own journal...a work of art that will last a lifetime.  All materials are provided.  No registration is required. These programs are popular.  Seating is limited.  First Come, first seated.

Get into the adult coloring craze! Join us for a fun and unique way to unwind, reduce stress, and express your creativity at the Shannon Staub Library.

All supplies will be provided. Artistic talent is not required.

A Junk Journal Club for enthusiasts.  Please bring your own journal and glue.  Meet new friends and carve out some time for yourself and your thoughts.... 

Learn how to water marble using just nail polish! Drip nail polish colors into a tray of water, swirl the colors together, then dip in your coaster and let it dry.

Design your own journal...a work of art that will last a lifetime.  All materials are provided.  No registration is required.  These programs are popular.  Seating is limited.  First Come, first seated.

Use strips of paper to make three flowers for a simple bouquet! This can be an art piece on a flat paper or 3D with pipe cleaners.

Recommended for ages 5-9. 

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.

The Ringling brings the museum experience directly to you, exploring works of art from various collections from their museum.

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.

Come draw with us! During this open hour, you can have fun drawing your own doodle designs.

Give your old clothes a spring makeover! Join us to make a customized clothing patch using basic embroidery and sewing techniques. Learn how to transform holes in your outfits into works of art with us!

A different project every week!

Recommended for ages 6 and up.

Get ready for spring by painting your own clay pot. We provide the supplies, you bring the creativity!

For tweens ages 9-13.

Come decorate a reusable canvas tote bag using fabric markers and stencils. 

ROAR! is The Ringling's free storytime that connects art with early literacy. At this program, we read together, make art, and learn about an object in the museum.

This meetup is for anyone in the Sarasota area who is interested in all things DIY, hobby electronics, robotics, coding, 3D printing, and more.

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