The Willow Bunch Library hosts Art Night usually on the second Friday of each month for children and parents from 6:30-8 p.m. At the latest Art Night, the 12-person group of children from all age groups along with mothers, dads and a grandma were creating paintings inspired by the French Impressionist Monet on Friday, September 13 at the library located on 2 F Ave S in Willow Bunch.
鈥淲e started this a year ago,鈥� said Barb Gibbons, the town鈥檚 librarian. 鈥淭hey come to learn about art and work together.鈥� The projects for the library鈥檚 art night change every month. Gibbons also talked about the art assignment for Halloween 鈥� a black cat of course. But the participants are allowed to interpret their monthly subjects at Art Night anyway they wish, because Gibbons wants her young artists to express themselves without having to follow strict guidelines.
She talked about a Christmas project which had the group assigned to paint snowmen on old records. Gibbons said some of the snowmen were square or even rectangular. 鈥淜ids like to experiment,鈥� Gibbons explained, also saying 鈥淭hey can do what they want to do.鈥� Gibbons believes the library鈥檚 art nights are meant to teach children that art is about individualistic expression.
How did the Willow Bunch Library鈥檚 Art Night begin? 鈥淲e started years ago by having a Family Fun Night, but it changed to Art Night when we ran out of ideas,鈥� Gibbons said. 鈥淲e do lots of art programs,鈥� the librarian added.
The art group at the Willow Bunch Library is open to anyone who would like to come out and get involved. The library also hosts a story time on Thursdays at 10:30 with children from Coronach, Fife Lake and other nearby communities attending these sessions regularly.
