The Library will be closed on Monday, October 14 for Indigenous Peoples' Day. 

The Community, Fletcher and Pickering Rooms are available for Public Reservation by request.

POSTPONED: Planetarium Lady: Eclipse!

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***This event has been postponed to Saturday, March 30***

Join educator Carrie Cruz, aka The Planetarium Lady, for an indoor sky theater experience like no other at Fletcher Free Library! Step inside the traveling planetarium dome for an interactive and immersive presentation about eclipses, and prepare yourself for the extraordinary total solar eclipse we will experience on April 8th!

Have Fun with Watercolors: Workshop with Florence McCloud

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Experiment with watercolors with artist Florence McCloud in this 2 hour class for beginners and those wanting to have some fun with the medium.

All materials needed will be available at the workshop.

Registration required and limited.

Contact Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov to register and for more information.

FULL - Have Fun with Watercolors: Workshop with Florence McCloud

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This workshop is now full.  We will offer another one on May 11th.

Experiment with watercolors with artist Florence McCloud in this 2 hour class for beginners and those wanting to have some fun with the medium.

All materials needed will be available at the workshop.

Registration required and limited.

Contact Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov to register and for more information.

Have Fun with Watercolors: Workshop with Florence McCloud

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THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL.

Experiment with watercolors with artist Florence McCloud in this 2 hour class for beginners and those wanting to have some fun with the medium.

All materials needed will be available at the workshop.

Registration required and limited.

Contact Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov to register and for more information.

Opening Reception: Finding Hope Within

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Finding Hope Within  
January 1-February 28, 2024 
Opening Reception: January 6, 2024, 2:30-5:30pm 
Fletcher Room 
 

Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington  

Finding Hope Within

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Finding Hope Within  features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington  

In her book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Nicole Fleetwood writes, “Prison art is part of the long history of captive people envisioning freedom—creating art, imagining worlds, and finding ways to resist and survive.”  

Finding Hope Within

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Finding Hope Within  features art that has emerged through the carceral system in Vermont. The work featured in this exhibition includes drawings, mixed media, poetry and narrative writing by incarcerated artists at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington  

In her book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Nicole Fleetwood writes, “Prison art is part of the long history of captive people envisioning freedom—creating art, imagining worlds, and finding ways to resist and survive.”  

Art Explorers-CANCELLED

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Dig into art history and art expression in this homeschooler-friendly program with an educator from Davis Studio. First and third Wednesdays of each month. Ages 5 - 14.

Please RSVP: https://www.fletcherfree.org/art-explorers-rsvp2

Please see https://fletcherfree.org/event/art-explorers3 for corrected January program information.