Library Director Michael Wick is pleased to announce that the Burlington Public Library has been awarded a $3,495 CARES Act grant. Made possible with Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services funding and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Wick remarked how the library has been encouraged by Burlington’s artists.
“Over the last few months, we’ve seen a lot of interest in art-related programs and services from library-goers,” Wick said. “We are excited to be able to expand these offerings in the coming months and are grateful to receive this funding to allow us to do so.”
The new funding will be used to offer a series of programs called “Craft, Create and Make: Art Exploration with the Burlington Public Library.” Classes will include a comics drawing class, Henna Alchemy, “Story and Art” programs for children, adult and teen paint nights, an adult sculpture class in conjunction with the New England Sculpture Association, a program with artists who have work featured at the Burlington Sculpture Park. Wick talked about the funding’s benefit to Burlington’s artistic endeavors.
“The CARES Act Grant we’ve received allows us to greatly expand our program offerings and focus on specific topics. We’ve had great success with our arts-related programming and, having seen the wonderful creativity of our residents during the Quarantine Community Art Project, expanding our programming and providing the Creativebug database was a natural next step,” said Wick.
Library patrons will be able to subscribe to Creativebug via the library website, which offers a collection of thousands of award-winning art and craft video classes taught by recognized artists as a companion to being taught by local artists and Burlington librarians.
Craft, Create and Make programs will be ongoing throughout the Spring and Summer. You can learn about and sign up for programs on the library’s website, their Facebook page, and, easiest of all, by subscribing to their newsletter to be notified of all library programs each week. You can also call the Reference Desk at 781-270-1691 for more information.
Wick noted that these programs are a continuation of the well-received craft programs offered by the library during the last few months, including the recent Burlington Online Quarantine Community Art Project.
“We hope that everyone takes advantage of the offerings and finds a new hobby or passion as a part of it!” said Wick.
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