Los Angeles County Library: Teens Create Month

Los Angeles CA

01 March, 2021

10:04 PM

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Press release from the Los Angeles County Library: February 25, 2021 Join us for a month-long celebration of teen creativity! Explore your artistic talent by drawing, painting, taking photographs, creating your own film, or performing for friends and family. Try your hand at creative writing, poetry, or crafting your own graphic novel or zine. Tap into your creative problem-solving skills by identifying challenges in your community and finding new ways to tackle them. This month is all about YOU and the things you can do! Check out our booklist featuring creative teen protagonists, sign up for one of our upcoming virtual programs, try your hand at one of the art activities featured on our YouTube channel, and participate in the Creating Hope Art Project. Creating Hope Art Project We are inviting you to create art featuring a positive affirmation. Express yourself using any medium (photography, painting, poetry, a short story, a monologue, a sculpture, etc.) incorporating a message of hope and positivity and share it on social media. Tag @LACountyLibrary and #TeensCreateMonth so we can see your amazing work! Not on social media? Not a problem! Submit your Creating Hope Art to Safer at Home: Stories and Art. Need inspiration? Check out the examples below created by library staff. Example A — Photograph of an original collage/vision board. Example B – Original photography and a positive quotation (photograph taken with a disposable camera and edited using Photofox and Word Swag). Example C – Original photography and text (photograph taken with a disposable camera and edited using Photofox and Word Swag). Creative Tutorials Looking for more ways to exercise your creativity? Check out the videos below as well as the Hobbies and DIY Playlist on our LA County Library YouTube channel! DIY Blow Painting Draw Along Series: Part 1 – How to Draw Bob Marbled Paper Holiday Cards Virtual Programming Monday, March 1, 4 pm Draw Along with Jake – Character Development Grab a pencil, some paper, and learn to draw like Jake as he shows us how to draw his cartoon character, Bob! For tweens and teens. Register here. Monday, March 8, 4 pm Experimenting with Density Learn about mass, volume and density and their relationship to each other by conducting investigations into buoyancy, floating, and sinking objects used in their everyday lives. For tweens and teens. Register here. Tuesday, March 16, 4 pm Sneaker Stock Market Learn how to buy and trade on the sneaker stock market, then learn how to create your own paper sneaker at home. For tweens and teens. Register here. BooklistTeens Create Month The Astonishing Color of After With the Fire on High Be Dazzled I'll Be the One The Downstairs Girl The Gravity of UsRead more… This press release was produced by the Los Angeles County Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.