Week Calendar

Inspired by the powerful text-based works of Oklahoma-based artist, Edgar Heap of Birds, and his exhibit HONOR SONG at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, this activity transforms a blank license plate into a meaningful art piece by s

Add a splash of color to your summer reading adventure and join us as we explore the vibrant world of Choctaw beadwork. In this program, you will learn about the significance of beading in Choctaw culture.

Life would be so dull without color! 

Mix, experiment, sort, and create in this colorful program that will explore science and art in hands-on activities while strengthening observational, social, and fine motor skills. 

Learn to Quill a Beautiful and Colorful Butterfly!

Join us to celebrate the beginning of Summer Reading! 

10 am - Neighborhood Arts Program

Join us for Preschool Paint & Play, a program where preschoolers can unleash their imagination! In each program we will explore a different art medium, allowing children to explore their creativity while getting a little messy.

Hey there! 🚨 Register now and join us at the Ralph Ellison Library for a super fun Father’s Day workshop! 🔨✨ We’re making cool mini wooden toolboxes and crafting awesome Father’s Day cards!

Help us celebrate the Summer Reading program with a fun kick-off party for kids!

Color our world at your library! Sign up for Summer Reading. Then explore arts and crafts stations around the library. Get ready to spark your imagination and kickstart a summer full of reading and creativity! 

Join OKC Museum of Art as they lead participants in a craft related to the museum's collection. 

Do you love fashion and do you love cute little rubber ducks? Let's combine the two!

Come celebrate color and creativity with Science Museum Oklahoma! We’ll be making alcohol inks pool and flow on clear plastic to create vibrant bursts of color.

Add a splash of color to your summer reading adventure and join us as we explore the vibrant world of Choctaw beadwork. In this program, you will learn about the significance of beading in Choctaw culture.

Eric of Literati Press and JEO Creations is leading a discussion and workshop on how to draw and render “Dynamic Anatomy” as influenced by masters such as Burne Hogarth, Time Sale, Jack Kirby, Mark Silvestri and more!

Hey kids, come show your love for the library and join "Library Helpers." We will meet every other month to work on art projects to decorate the library, make bookmarks and/or greeting cards for the community, and talk about all the great books th

Join OKC Museum of Art as they lead participants in an art project related to the museum's collection. 

Teens, join us and learn acrylic painting techniques! This month, we will be painting a rockin' guitar against a rainbow background. You will leave with a completed painting.

Join us for a community art event inspired by the exhibit, Honor Song. Honor Song was created by Edgar Heap of Birds at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Museum and is currently on display through Aug. 

Blast off with your imagination at the Ralph Ellison library Lego Club. Lego dreamers of all ages and experience levels welcome.​ 

Join the Ralph Ellison staff for a fun and creative kickoff party to Summer Reading! Create colorful art, play games, and help color your library for this year's Summer Reading theme!

Learn about cosplay in this five part series!

 This program explores the variety of colors in nature.

Kids, Teens, come build a marble run! We are working together to build some fun structures that we will then use to race some marbles. Can you build the best one? Can you pick the marble that will be the winner? Join us and see!

Join OKC Museum of Art as they lead participants in a craft related to the museum's collection. 

Teens, join us on the first Thursday of June and July for Anime Movie Night! We'll make an anime-inspired craft and watch a full feature-length anime movie.

Registration is not required for this event.

Eric of Literati Press and JEO Creations is leading a discussion and workshop on how to draw and render “Dynamic Anatomy” as influenced by masters such as Burne Hogarth, Time Sale, Jack Kirby, Mark Silvestri and more!

Kick Off Your Most Colorful Summer Yet at the Library!

Love to travel, explore, and feed your wanderlust here at the library! Join us in our summer travel series: Part 1: The Natural Wonders of the World.

We have yarn and needles, and we're ready to knit! Join us to learn the basics or work on an ongoing project.  All skill levels welcome.

Join us for a community art event inspired by the exhibit, Honor Song. Honor Song was created by Edgar Heap of Birds at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Museum and is currently on display through Aug. 

Come and start the summer off right!  Bring your own white t-shirt, bag, scarf, or anything you'd like to tie dye.  We'll have the materials to dye what you bring!  

The best materials to use are:

Blast off with your imagination at the Ralph Ellison library Lego Club. Lego dreamers of all ages and experience levels welcome.​ 

Come join us as we turn simple-looking paper strips into beautiful art by paper quilling. Paper quilling involves rolling, looping, curling and shaping paper strips and then combining them to create designs.

Make beautiful paintings out of yarn and glue! Inspired by the indigenous Huichol people of Mexico.

Join us for Zine Canteen, our monthly meet-up for zine enthusiasts of all ages, teens and adults alike!