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woman in black dance costume leaps on the beach

Tracy Waitkus Photography Exhibit

All Day 5/3 - 8/30
Arroyo Grande Library
Program Type:
Art & Culture
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Arroyo Grande Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

Tracy Waitkus's photography focuses on combining the Central Coast's natural beauty with the dynamic beauty of ballet.  Her current exhibit features local dancers juxtaposed against iconic San Luis County backdrops.

Watercolor & Oil Painting Exhibit by Joan Brown

All Day 7/5 - 9/28
Morro Bay Library
Program Type:
Art & Culture
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Morro Bay Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

Joan Brown is a retired California community college faculty member. She has more than 25 years' experience painting with oil and watercolor.

Young children painting

Native American Rock Art at the Cayucos Library

Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Cayucos Library Meeting Room at Cayucos Library
Program Type:
Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Age Group:
Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Open
Required
Library Branch: Cayucos Library
Room: Cayucos Library Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Program Type: Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Learn about cave paintings in our area, create paints using natural elements and create your own cave paintings on rocks. Presented in English and Spanish. 

Hieroglyphics

Tween Summer Reading Program: Ancient Art and Culture Crafting: Hieroglyphics

Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
SLO Library Teen Area at San Luis Obispo Library
Program Type:
Kids Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Age Group:
Tween
Open
Required
Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Room: SLO Library Teen Area
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Kids Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Join us for a series of history lessons and arts and crafts projects from ancient times and far-flung destinations! Supplies will be provided on site to create a take-home project. Ages 6-12.

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Oceano Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Oceano Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Nipomo Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Nipomo Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo at the Cayucos Library

Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Cayucos Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Cayucos Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Shandon Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Shandon Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Friday, July 19, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Los Osos Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Los Osos Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

Flower pot decorated with a painted floral design.

Floral Clay Pot Painting- Cayucos Library

Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Cayucos Library Meeting Room at Cayucos Library
Program Type:
Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Age Group:
All Ages
Open
Required
Library Branch: Cayucos Library
Room: Cayucos Library Meeting Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Join us for this interactive craft featuring painting of primed clay pots! All supplies will be provided. This craft is suitable for all ages. Small children are fine, but an adult must stay to assist the child with the craft.

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Santa Margarita Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Santa Margarita Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
San Miguel Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: San Miguel Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Arroyo Grande Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Arroyo Grande Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Morro Bay Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Morro Bay Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

World Snack Testing (Universal Yums)

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
San Miguel Library
Program Type:
Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Games & Gaming
Age Group:
Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Library Branch: San Miguel Library
Age Group: Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Program Type: Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Games & Gaming
Event Details:

Join us to try snacks from around the world!

While supplies last.

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Cambria Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: Cambria Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

A child playing a trombone

Summer Reading Program: SLO Symphony Petting Zoo

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
San Luis Obispo Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Age Group:
All Ages
Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Family Activities, Art & Culture, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Join us for a fun day with musical instruments. The SLO Symphony Orchestra will have an instrument petting zoo, with different types of musical instruments where you will learn how each one creates a unique sound and how they are played!

Painting of mountains with two birds and pink and white flowers in front

Introduction to Digital Art

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Nipomo Library Community Room at Nipomo Library
Program Type:
Art & Culture
Age Group:
Teen, Adult
Library Branch: Nipomo Library
Room: Nipomo Library Community Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

Dive into the basics of creating digital art using an iPad, an Apple pencil and the Procreate app. Artist Fred Ventura will demonstrate how these tools bring an artist's vision to life on a digital canvas.

DIY Spiral-bound notebooks

Teen Summer Reading Program: Make a Spiral-Bound Notebook

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Los Osos Library
Program Type:
Art & Culture
Age Group:
Teen
Library Branch: Los Osos Library
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

Come create your very own unique spiral bound notebook at the library! Will you use yours for journaling? Sketching? Taking notes? Calendaring? You get to decide while we craft and eat snacks!

Ancient Art

Tween Summer Reading Program: Ancient Art and Culture Crafting: Votive Figures from Mesopotamia

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
SLO Library Teen Area at San Luis Obispo Library
Program Type:
Kids Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Age Group:
Tween
Open
Required
Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Room: SLO Library Teen Area
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Kids Activities, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Join us for a series of history lessons and arts and crafts projects from ancient times and far-flung destinations! Supplies will be provided on site to create a take-home project. Ages 6-12.

Beaded axolotl

Teen Summer Reading Program: Pony Bead Animals

Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Morro Bay Library Program Room at Morro Bay Library
Program Type:
Art & Culture
Age Group:
Tween, Teen
Library Branch: Morro Bay Library
Room: Morro Bay Library Program Room
Age Group: Tween, Teen
Program Type: Art & Culture
Event Details:

Love lizards, axolotls, possums or frogs? Want to try your hand at beading one for a keychain or some adorable wall art? Join us for pony bead fun and snacks!

Copy of World Snack Testing (Universal Yums)

Friday, August 9, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
San Miguel Library
Program Type:
Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Games & Gaming
Age Group:
Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Library Branch: San Miguel Library
Age Group: Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Program Type: Kids Activities, Family Activities, Art & Culture, Games & Gaming
Event Details:

Join us to try snacks from around the world!

While supplies last.

Young children painting

Cayucos Library Family Activity: Salt Watercolor Painting

Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Cayucos Library Meeting Room at Cayucos Library
Program Type:
Kids Activities, Family Activities, Science & Nature, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Age Group:
Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Library Branch: Cayucos Library
Room: Cayucos Library Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Preschool, School Age, Tween, Teen
Program Type: Kids Activities, Family Activities, Science & Nature, Art & Culture, Craft & Design
Event Details:

Explore the science of adding salt to watercolor paintings. See what designs you can create!

A smiling man leans against a brick building.

Think Like a Cartoonist - with Leigh Rubin

Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
SLO Library Community Room at San Luis Obispo Library
Program Type:
Art & Culture, Lecture
Age Group:
Adult
Library Branch: San Luis Obispo Library
Room: SLO Library Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Art & Culture, Lecture
Event Details: