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Art Workshops
Exploring Our Changing World through Collage
Rutland Free Library Teen Programming
It seems like things are always changing whether we like it or not. Big or small, these changes can affect our lives at a personal, national, and global level. Our feelings about change can range from fear to excitement, sadness to joy, anger to acceptance. Sometimes those emotions are happening all at once which makes it even harder to express how we feel.
In this workshop, we will express our hopes, fears, and intentions about changes in our lives through collage. Participants will be invited to work on individual pieces as well as a community piece of art.
Wednesday, July 30, 3-4:30 pm
Rutland Free Library
Small Meeting Room (second floor, elevator available)
10 Court St, Rutland, VT 05701
Book Discussions
Rutland Free Library Adult Programming
In The Wild of Edge of Sorrow, Francis Weller expands our understanding of grief by exploring five different types of individual and collective grief that we experience as humans. Weller moves beyond limiting grief to our emotional response to the death of a loved one to include other types of loss such as significant changes in our lives, the parts of ourselves that we have lost to trauma, unfulfilled dreams, changes in the world as we have known it, and inherited ancestral grief. Weller challenges us to explore our sorrows, recognize that they are shared, and understand how they can help us to transform our lives.
Discussion will focus on the book in sections. There will be opportunities for participants to break off into smaller groups to explore different themes and questions. Poetry and other art forms will be woven into the discussions to illustrate concepts.
COMING THIS FALL
SIX WEEK SERIES OF COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS
Rutland Free Library
Fox Room (2nd floor, elevator access)
10 Court St, Rutland, VT 05701
Grief Workshop
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.