Library to Host Alfred University’s “Art Force Five”

Tompkins County Public Library will host a free presentation by “Art Force Five,” an Alfred University student group committed to the promotion of diversity and inclusion, Thursday, July 16 at 1 p.m. in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room.

“Art Force Five,” a program of Alfred’s Drawn to Diversity program, encourages audiences to consider creativity as the ultimate superpower and explores the impact of creativity throughout history and as a positive tool for solving life’s everyday challenges.

During their TCPL presentation, “Art Force Five” members will offer an hour-long interactive “creativity over conflict” workshop, two hands-on craft stations and a comic exhibit highlighting the history of comic books with parallels to the civil rights movement.

This program is free and open to students ages 7 through 13 and is being held in conjunction with TCPL’s Teen Summer Reading Program, “Unmask: Discover the Reader Within,” and school-aged Summer Reading Program, “Every Hero Has a Story.”

  

Students 12 and up can participate in Teen Summer Reading and earn prizes by reading for at least 20 minutes each day.  Upon registration, teens will receive a free book of their choice.  Those who complete and return a Summer Reading Game Board before August 29 will receive a TCPL water bottle and be entered into a drawing to win prizes from an assortment of local businesses, including Enchanted Badger, Buffalo Street Books, Viva Taqueria, Regal Cinemas and Comics for Collectors.

To register, or for more information, visit tcpl.org/teens/srp.php, or contact Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro at rdemauro@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 274.

Students ages 5 through 10 are eligible to join “Every Hero Has a Story.” Participants are encouraged to read every day during the summer months. Children who keep track of the time they spend reading will receive a free book and the chance to win raffle prizes! For more information, and to download a Time Tracking Log, visit: http://tcpl.org/kids/programs-summer.php.

TCPL’s summer reading programs and their related programming is made possible by the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation with support from the Harmon Foundation, the Brooks Family Foundation, the Phyllis and Charles Brodhead Memorial Endowed Fund and the Michael Kammen Children’s Fund.