Register at ofpl.online for a copy of Canyon Dreams: A basketball season on the Navajo Nation by Michael Powell now through May 14th. The moving story of a Navajo high school basketball team, its members struggling with the everyday challenges of high school, adolescence, and family, and the great and unique obstacles facing Native Americans living on reservations. Zoom discussions will be held in June. Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary and YouTube on Wednesday, May 4th at 1:00 p.m. for a drawing lesson with author and illustrator Ross Van Dusen. Join us for a reading of Van Dusen’s award-winning children’s book How the Crocka Dog Came to Be and learn to draw your own Crocka Dog. Have your pencils and paper ready! Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary and YouTube on Wednesday, May 5th at 1:00 p.m. for a storytelling presentation featuring Kristi Rae Wilson who received her MFA in Jewelry/Metals from the University of Illinois. Her work has been included in international and national publications and exhibited throughout the United States. Wilson has taught fine art courses and served as an advisor for the Art Student Collective at the University of New Mexico for 8 years. Currently she teaches Jewelry and Small Metals Construction, Drawing and Introduction to Art History as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Thursday, May 6th at 4:00 p.m. for a talk featuring Steven Gould, author of the Jumper series and more. We have all heard the phrase that the book is always better than the movie. Steven Gould knows the process of translating a book to the big screen. His popular book series Jumper has been made into a feature film and a television series. Find out the secrets of making your favorite book into a Hollywood production. Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m. for a book talk featuring Edison Eskeets and Jim Kristofic. The Navajo tribe, the Diné, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. Over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos’ return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their community decided to honor that return by organizing a ceremonial run from Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, to Santa Fé, New Mexico, in order to deliver a message and to honor the survivors of the Long Walk. Eskeets ran 330 miles from Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, to Santa Fé, New Mexico, in sixteen days. His support team on the road includes Jim Kristofic, who observes the journey and records it in his notebook.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Monday, May 10th at 1:00 p.m. for a book talk featuring Judy Prescott Marshall who writes women’s contemporary fiction. Her stories are about real women facing life’s many struggles and their journey through it. Marshall will discuss her latest book, Still Crazy, about a strong, loving and passionate wife who discovers a handwritten note that has the power to either destroy her or make her stronger. It is the story of one woman’s journey through pain, betrayal, and forgiveness as she learns to hold onto her faith and, for the first time in her life, trust herself. Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Tuesday, May 11th at 5:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring local artist Jerry Brown. Watch as Brown paints live and shares his process for creating a contemporary painting. Brown’s work can be viewed at www.jerrybrownart.com. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 14th at 4:00 p.m. for a creative workshop featuring Youth Services Librarian, Anne Price. Netflix film Moxie, based on the novel of the same name, is about a teenager who begins publishing an anonymous zine calling out sexist behaviors in her high school. Zines are the ultimate in punk rock publishing. With pen, paper and a Xerox machine, you too can be a zinester. Join us for this hands-on workshop and learn the history of zines. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 15th at 2:00 p.m. for a talk featuring Giao Chi, author of The Girl Who Kept Winter. Writing a scene takes a great deal of thoughtful planning and hard work. Whether it is for a novel or a comic, a scene has many details that need to be formulated before it is presented. Connect with Giao Chi as she discusses this process with her audience. Originally from Vietnam, Giao Chi has published more than 300 comics. At the age of 13, she won a professional comic scriptwriting award. Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary and YouTube on Monday, May 17th at 6:00 p.m. for a presentation featuring New Mexico band Sunburnt Stone from Albuquerque, NM. From the winds of the reservation to the pavement of Burque they bring to you their experience in life through music. Their presentation on From Voice to Vision will discuss their experience in bringing their music through Visual Storytelling by releasing their first album during the pandemic. Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary and YouTube on Tuesday, May 18th at 2:00 p.m. for a discussion featuring local author John Lewis Taylor. A longtime educator in New Mexico, having served as a teacher and principal for the BIA and an instructor at the University of New Mexico-Gallup, Taylor is enthralled with the history of the American Southwest. He is the author of Looking for Dan: The Puzzling Life of a Frontier Character Daniel Dubois and Navajo Scouts During The Apache Wars and will be discussing his research methods. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on May 19th at 4:00 p.m. for a talk featuring historian Roger Zimmerman. Chronicling his personal life at the Mariano Lake Trading Post, Zimmerman discusses his experiences and what he learned about the cultures and life of those living in and around Gallup. This represents the first two chapters from his memoir. Roger Zimmerman spent much of his life working for Sandia National Labs. Upon his retirement, he decided to take up history and wrote his first book, Kitchen’s Opera House, Gallup NM. He soon became active in the Albuquerque Historical Society and began speaking on various historical topics about NM and the Gallup Area. Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form at ofpl.online ? May 6th, 2021 - Crocka Dog Puppet ? May 13th, 2021 - DIY Felt Quiet Book Part 1 ? May 20th, 2021 - DIY Felt Quiet Book Part 2 ? May 27th, 2021 - DIY Felt Quiet Book Part 3

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 21st at 4:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own, Joshua Whitman. During his spare time he is an artisan and graphic designer creating both digital and physical art works in the following disciplines: painting (oil, acrylic, & watercolor), drawing (graphite & ink), and digital photography. Josh will be demonstrating his approach to watercolor painting as an amateur and challenges the community to a 30 Day watercolor painting challenge. Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 22nd at 3:00 p.m. for a book talk featuring Daniel Vandever, the Communications Director at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, NM. In this role he is seeking to affect change on the Navajo Nation through education. His books are a key element in the process of creating sustainable change from within. Fall in Line, Holden is a story about boarding school era education, a period when Navajo (Diné) identity and language were suppressed. It is a story rich in imagination, which carries over to Herizon, a book dedicated to his nieces with the hope for a more inclusive, empowering future. The story details the journey of a young Diné girl as she helps her grandmother retrieve a flock of sheep aided by a magical scarf. In an age that has seen the election of the first female vice president in U.S. history, Herizon speaks to the power of the moment and honors progress and persistence to reach audiences from any background.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube on Monday, May 24th at 11:00 a.m. with Brandi Sea Heft-Knifin. You know that little voice that says “you’ll never have another good idea as great as your last one”. We’ve all struggled with how to find inspiration and create work that is a reflection of who we are as designers. How do you connect the gaping chasm between inspiration and your own style? Brandi Sea is here to share a few secrets about how design strategy IS the bridge to connect your inspiration to your creative voice and never be at a loss for ideas again. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube on Tuesday, May 25th at 1:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own, Beth Kuiper. Beth will be delving into various art techniques to convey both storytelling and emotion through abstraction. Also, dissecting several works from various local authors and discussing how to create your own abstract art for home. Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube on Wednesday, May 26th at 2:00 p.m. for a Slow Look at Lloyd Moylan’s mural Allegory featuring gallupARTS. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Thursday, May 27th at 5:00 p.m. for a creative workshop featuring the artists of 7000 BC who explores the difference between plot and theme as we create book-like objects designed to appropriately contain your story. 7000 BC is a New Mexico-based organization providing opportunities for comic writers and artists to develop their personal styles and storytelling voices. They promote an understanding of the cultural significance of comic art through seminars and workshops. Sol Arts DBA 7000 BC is a 501(c)3 non-profit visual arts learning collaborative. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 28th at 1:00 p.m. for a make-up demonstration featuring Goldie Tom. Goldie is a war paint specialist, a licensed cosmetologist and makeup artist who works freelance in the Gallup area. She does not limit herself to one talent; she knows she is capable of adapting and challenging herself in every aspect of her life. Goldie is VERY passionate, dedicated and LOVES putting everything she has into her work. Watch Goldie demonstrate her techniques in a livestream and listen to her story. Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 29th at 3:00 p.m. for a creative workshop featuring 7000 BC and the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA). Translating a written story into a visual language can be done in many different ways. In this panel discussion graphic designers, illustrators, and comics creators elaborate on different methods to translate stories. Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.