Programs
Christine Thornton
The Art of Play: Wire Sculpture
Come learn about Alexander Calder, a Reading is Art-RAGEOUS featured artist. Famous for his playful mobiles and large scale sculptures, Calder started out fiddling with wire as a child. Art teacher Christine Thornton will read Tanya Lee Stone’s award winning picture book Sandy’s Circus, and then kids will make their own wire sculptures and drawings inspired by Calder.
Audience: Children 7 and up
Audience limit: 25, Registration required at the branch library
Program Length: 60 minutes
June
28
11:00 am West Chicago Avenue
2:00 pm Legler
29
11:00 am Austin
2:00 pm Manning
30
11:00 am Walker
2:00 pm Mount Greenwood
July
7
2:00 pm Scottsdale
6:00 pm Wrightwood-Ashburn
8
11:00 am Coleman
2:00 pm Whitney M. Young, Jr.
9
2:00 pm Portage-Cragin
10
1:00 pm Brighton Park
12
11:00 am Albany Park
2:00 pm North Austin
14
11:00 am Woodson Regional
2:00 pm Brainerd
6:00 pm Avalon
15
11:00 am West Englewood
2:00 pm Thurgood Marshall
19
2:00 pm Independence
6:00 pm Edgebrook
20
11:00 am McKinley Park
2:00 pm Back of the Yards
21
6:00 pm Galewood-Mont Clare
24
1:00 pm Douglass
26
11:00 am North Pulaski
2:00 pm West Belmont
27
11:00 am Oriole Park
2:00 pm Roden
28
11:00 am Kelly
2:00 pm Pullman
29
11:00 am Beverly
2:00 pm Hall
August
2
11:00 am Uptown
2:00 pm Budlong Woods
3
11:00 am South Chicago
2:00 pm Vodak-East Side
6:00 pm Hegewisch
4
11:00 am Lozano
2:00 pm Toman