✨🎨Last month we had a Kids' Hand-Building Clay Class where kids enjoyed learning how to get creative with their hands by learning different techniques. This was at our Martin Library.🎨✨
✨🎨Last month we had a Kids' Hand-Building Clay Class where kids enjoyed learning how to get creative with their hands by learning different techniques. This was at our Martin Library.🎨✨
✨Author of the Month: Artist & Author Morris Taft Thomas
📍King Branch
🗓Friday, July 18
⏰5:00pm-6:30pm
Please join us as Morris Taft Thomas does a presentation and signing for his latest book, Art and Vision: A Family Tradition. Mr. Thomas has won numerous ...awards and recognitions for his many talents. Most notably he made a White House Christmas Tree Ornament and attended the festivities in 2001, received Louisiana’s Governor's Art Award from Governor Mike Foster (2008), received commendations from the State Legislature (2018), and so much more. He is also the author of Contributions of Negro Artists in Louisiana (1972) and Eminent Black Artists in Louisiana (1975).
His work is in many public and private collections. Some of his public works are located at LSU in Baton Rouge, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Alexandria Museum of Art, Southern University Museum of Art, the Abbeville Museum of Art, the White House Archives, and the City of Alexandria. Notable private collectors include: B.B. King, Yolanda King, former South African President Nelson Mandela, the estate of Alex Haley, and the estate of President Jimmy Carter. He is also a huge supporter and advocate for the Rapides Parish Library and an esteemed member of the RPL Board of Control.
There will be a door prize giveaway from author.
📞Contact 318-445-3912 for more information.
#authorofthemonth #morristaftthomas #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks
✨Author of the Month: Artist & Author Morris Taft Thomas
📍King Branch
🗓Friday, July 18
⏰5:00pm-6:30pm
Please join us as Morris Taft Thomas does a presentation and signing for his latest book, Art and Vision: A Family Tradition. Mr. Thomas has won numerous ...awards and recognitions for his many talents. Most notably he made a White House Christmas Tree Ornament and attended the festivities in 2001, received Louisiana’s Governor's Art Award from Governor Mike Foster (2008), received commendations from the State Legislature (2018), and so much more. He is also the author of Contributions of Negro Artists in Louisiana (1972) and Eminent Black Artists in Louisiana (1975).
His work is in many public and private collections. Some of his public works are located at LSU in Baton Rouge, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Alexandria Museum of Art, Southern University Museum of Art, the Abbeville Museum of Art, the White House Archives, and the City of Alexandria. Notable private collectors include: B.B. King, Yolanda King, former South African President Nelson Mandela, the estate of Alex Haley, and the estate of President Jimmy Carter. He is also a huge supporter and advocate for the Rapides Parish Library and an esteemed member of the RPL Board of Control.
There will be a door prize giveaway from author.
📞Contact 318-445-3912 for more information.
#authorofthemonth #morristaftthomas #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks
✨D&D Fridays
📍Main Library
🗓Friday, July 11
⏰3:00pm-5:00pm
Dive into fantasy reals, battle monsters, and embark on epic quests with friends every other Friday at the Main Library on Washington Street.
We will be meeting for these two dates:
July... 11th, 2025 3:00pm to 5:00pm
July 25th, 2025 3:00pm to 5:00pm
📞Contact 318-445-2411 for more information.
#danddfridays #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks
✨D&D Fridays
📍Main Library
🗓Friday, July 11
⏰3:00pm-5:00pm
Dive into fantasy reals, battle monsters, and embark on epic quests with friends every other Friday at the Main Library on Washington Street.
We will be meeting for these two dates:
July... 11th, 2025 3:00pm to 5:00pm
July 25th, 2025 3:00pm to 5:00pm
📞Contact 318-445-2411 for more information.
#danddfridays #RPL #MoreThanJustBooks
🎆Have a safe and happy Independence Day from our RPL family to yours!🎆
As a reminder all Rapides Parish Library locations will be closed today in observance for the holiday.
Please visit our online services at www.rpl.org.
🎆Have a safe and happy Independence Day from our RPL family to yours!🎆
As a reminder all Rapides Parish Library locations will be closed today in observance for the holiday.
Please visit our online services at www.rpl.org.
✨🎷Just some Summer Reading fun happening at the Martin Library! Their patrons are having a Jazzy time earning Sumer Reading Prizes! Stop by and earn some snazzy prizes this summer!🎷✨
