Visual Arts and Crafts, Clothing and Material Support

Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required. 

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Welcome springtime's longer daylight hours by decorating a paper stained glass suncatcher.

Learn how to upcycle clothing over four sessions!

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required.

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop

Ricardo Fernandes Garcia will explore how representations of innocence have enabled painters to address conflict and war.

Join us in the Children's Room for a fun craft and related stories. For more information, call 617-349-4010. This program is recommended for ages 5-10.

Join us at the Valente Branch for a simple craft. This month we will be making beaded earrings.

Supplies are limited. Registration is required.

Bring your project and come join other fiber crafters in your community!

In this workshop, you’ll learn about scent as a sensory medium in Japanese Buddhist funerary and memorial rituals and craft your own incense.

Join Leigh Raiford and Teju Cole to examine photography’s role in social justice movements and national memory

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Join local artist Brooke Lambert for an introduction to the printmaking process of linocut.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required.

Try out 2D animation with Gif-O-grafs!

Adults 18+ are invited to tell a story using 2D animation.

Registration Required.

National Library Week is April 6-12.

Join us for a beginner-friendly counted cross stitch class at O'Neill!

What's a zine?

Treat yourself to an afternoon of fun, creativity, and community while a local artist guides us step-by-step through the process of creating a beautiful acrylic painting.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Have clothes to mend or craft projects to work on?

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes followed by a craft. Recommended for children ages 3-7 and their caregivers.

Using embroidery hoops, participants will hand-stitch words of affirmation while learning basic sewing techniques.

Come join us and sample a selection of books about the our environment and the natural world.

In honor of Earth Day, spend your afternoon at the Library creating your own terrarium.