Visual Arts and Crafts

Join us for a workshop to make a small quilted potholder or trivet. Using the ‘assembly line” quilting method, you will plan, cut, and sew a quilt using our sewing machines.

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

Giselle Acosta will explore the lens through which artists depict their models, specifically the ones they elevate to the rank of muse.

Sachi Laumas ’26 will explore the unseen work of conservation as well as the significant role of the Straus Center in conservation history.

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.

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

Celebrate the coming Lunar New Year and bring some light to the dark winter by learning the art of tissue paper collage!

Jade Xiao will explore how art exists both within reality and makes its own realities.

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.

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

Join the Acrylic Painting Workshop at our North Cambridge location and unleash your artistic talents with the guidance of a skilled instructor. You'll also get to take home your very own masterpiece!

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Express your gratitude for special people in your life with handmade Valentines!

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.

Work with Perler Beads to follow a pattern or create your own unique design.

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. 

Mark your calendars for our fourth annual Festival! Immerse yourself in a week of free Arts and STEM programming!

Join artist Alie Reilinger, printer at Cambridge-based Albertine Press and owner of Yellow Leg Studios, for an afternoon of Valentine’s Day printmaking.

Come to the Library to create something special!

Join us at Valente for an afternoon of board games and fun!

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. 

Become an interstellar pilot by folding the ultimate paper airplane: a spaceship!

An afternoon of arts and crafts with artist, Alexandra Adamo!

Come get creative at Collins!

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Party like you just got your first library card! All Kindergartners, along with their families and friends, are welcome to attend. We will have activities, crafts and snacks.