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Richland Library Southeast

Paper Quilling Craft

  • Brianna K.
  • Monday, February 06

Learn the art of Paper Quilling and create something for someone you care about.

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Richland Library Main

Kids in Print 2022

  • Heather M.
  • Saturday, May 07

Congratulations to the illustrators and writers featured in this year's edition of Kids in Print 2022!

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Richland Library Sandhills

#BrainBreak: Chalk It Up

  • Emily Barber
  • Wednesday, April 13

Take your coloring outdoors with sidewalk chalk! You never outgrow the joy of taking to the concrete and getting your fingers smudged all sorts of colors.

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Richland Library Main

Publishers In South Carolina

  • Thomas M.
  • Tuesday, January 25

Over 20 publishing and self-publishing contacts representing many genres and formats from across The Palmetto State!

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Redeeming Justice
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New in Biography and Memoir

  • Bland L.
  • Wednesday, December 29
Notable new releases include Chinese artist/activist Ai Weiwei’s 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows and Indian economist (and prolific author) Amartya Sen’s Home in the World.  Carole Angier’s
Taste of Home Handmade Food Gifts.
Handmade Gifts.
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Handmade Holidays

  • Morgan R.
  • Friday, December 03
Is there anything better than receiving a handmade gift from someone knowing they personalized it just for you and put their time, effort and thought into it? Return the favor by creating something one-of-a-kind for someone who is one-of-a-kind. 
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A Filmmaker's Journey

  • Jessica M.
  • Saturday, January 22

“You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.” – George Lucas, Film Director. 

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Richland Library Sandhills

#BrainBreak: Caption Contest

  • Emily Barber
  • Friday, June 24

Practice your creativity with a quick caption contest. Get others in on the fun for a friendly competition!

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AiR Presents: Happiness, A Poem.

  • Tammaka Staley
  • Wednesday, August 18

Happiness is a poem I wrote during the middle part of the pandemic last year to express the joy I did feel and the joy I wanted to create. Despite the job losses and loved ones I lost, I still had things to be grateful for, and I felt it necessary to acknowledge that.

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Richland Library Main

An Interview with Spoken Word Artist Tammaka Staley

  • Phillip W.
  • Friday, June 24

For this post, I spoke to Tammaka Staley, the library's current Artist-in-Residence, and the tenth AiR at Richland Library. She's a poet, spoken word artist and educator. We discuss her background, her approach to her work, and more.

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African Americans in Art: Beverly Buchanan

  • Taelor J.
  • Saturday, February 27

There is much more to Black history than civil rights activists and inventors. This project explores the cultural contributions of African American artist, Beverly Buchanan, and gives you the opportunity to make your own artwork inspired by her! Beverly Buchanan was born in Fuquay, North Carolina, but grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She is best known for her shack structures which explore the Southern vernacular through architecture

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Richland Library Main

#BrainBreaks: Self-Portraits

  • Heather M.
  • Friday, June 24

Take a #brainbreak and create a self-portrait.  Whether it's a new year, a new season or a new day, it's always a good time to document who you are.  

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Richland Library Main

OFF BOOK: Crush Rush

  • Richland Library
  • Friday, June 24

Arts Librarian Ashley Warthen goes off book with photojournalist, Crush Rush to kick off his library residency.  

Great Women Artists
Indian Architecture
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Indian Art

  • Morgan R.
  • Thursday, September 10
Explore the world of Indian art and its vast history, interpretations, and celebration of culture.
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Richland Library Sandhills

The Joy of Color: Alma Woodsey Thomas

  • Emily Barber
  • Wednesday, February 19

From the classroom to the canvas, educator and painter Alma Woodsey Thomas was a force of encouragement, growth, and inspiration for her community in Washington, D.C.

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Richland Library Ballentine

What Can You Do In Ballentine's MakerSpace?!

  • Melissa S.
  • Wednesday, May 04

What's most important, in my opinion, are the connections between people and their ideas that happen in these spaces. And that you are making a thing - something you can hold and be able to say, "I made this!"