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Colored Pencil Lesson for Grades 3-5: My Dinner Table

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting, Special Programs & Outreach
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5
Event Details:

Do you love to draw? Join NCHS art students for a fun-filled, hour-long drawing class on Sunday afternoon! We will be drawing our dream dinner table, with our favorite dishes an...

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Poster for Film In The Mood For Love

The Great Films Series: In The Mood For Love

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Music & Performances
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

In 1952, Sight and Sound film magazine had the idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the...

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sunset painting

Outdoor Painting for Teens (12-18)

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Merrill Event Lawn at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

The weather is beautiful and we're excited to get outside and enjoy it! Join us to learn how to paint a simple sunset painting while sitting outside on the green. All skill levels ...

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Woman standing between trees on left, aerial image of parking lot and building and green space, with logos for the Glass House and New Canaan Library below at right

Finding Olmsted: A Search for a Practice of Landscape Architecture in Cotton's Kingdom

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Frederick Law Olmsted and the Olmsted Brothers firm were some of the most influential and prolific landscape architects of the 19th and 20th centuries and were responsible for many...

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calligraphy image of the word calligraphy

Arts at the Library: The Art of Calligraphy Course

Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture, Classes & Workshops, Making & Crafting
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

New Canaan Library is pleased to offer a new 4-session weekly course this Spring in Calligraphy. Calligraphy is the art of fine hand lettering. Participants will use a calligraphy ...

Dmitri Wright standing in front of his painting

Art Exploration with Artist Dmitri Wright for Grades 4-8

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5, Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Join as we explore the library’s current Impressionist exhibition, Impressionism Then and Now: Dmitri Wright and the American Lineage. Artist Dmitri Wright will walk the ...

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Dmitri Wright

Art Exploration with Artist Dmitri Wright for Grades 4-8

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B at New Canaan Library
Program Type:
Art & Architecture
Age Group:
Kids, Grades K-5, Tweens & Teens
Event Details:

Join as we explore the library’s current Impressionist exhibition, Impressionism Then and Now: Dmitri Wright and the American Lineage. Artist Dmitri Wright will walk the ...

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