The Cape May County Public Library will present a special art program for children, ages 6 through 10: “Art at the Library – Let’s Compare 19th and 20th Century Artists,” sponsored by Cape May Center for Community Arts.
Art projects will be centered on the following artists – Lois Elhert, Ed Emberly, Alexander Calder, Georges Seurat, Claude Monet, Hanoch Piven, Ezra Jack Keats, Sarah Perry, and Pierre Morgan.
Children will experiment with pastels, paper cutting, 3-D mobiles, surrealism self portraits, watercolors and collages.
In Cape May (609-884-9568), the program is presented at Ocean and Hughes streets every other Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 22, Feb. 5, 19, March 5, 19, April 2, 23, and May 7, 21.
The Lower Cape branch (609-886-8999), 2600 Bayshore Road, Villas, will present the program every other Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, Feb. 4, 18, March 4, 11, April 1, 22 and May 6,20.
The Woodbine branch (609-861-2501), 800 Monroe St., will present the program every other Monday at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, Feb. 9, 23, March 9, 23, April 6, 20, May 4, 18.
The Wildwood Crest branch (609-522-0564), 6301 Ocean Ave., will present the program Jan. 21, Feb. 4, 18, March 4, 11, April 1, 22 and May 6, 20.
Please sign up by calling the respective branch in advance.
January is national personal self-defense awareness month, so the library will offer a self-defense course to meet the needs of females, 12 and older, who wish to learn techniques for personal self-defense. Moms and daughters are welcome.
The course will be offered on Saturday, Jan. 24 at the following libraries:
• 10 a.m. – noon – Lower Cape branch, Villas.
• 2 – 4 p.m. – Upper Cape branch, 2050 Route 631, Petersburg (609-628-2607).
The class teaches participants to use leverage to protect themselves from personal assaults. Each class begins with a warm-up, joint and balance exercise. Defense methods are taught against most common street attacks and personal assaults.
The course is led by renowned black belt instructor Walter Miller, who has earned black belts in three martial arts; judo, jujitsu and self defense, and has been active in the martial arts for 30 years.
Class size is limited; therefore registration and a valid library card are required.
For additional information, call your local library or visit cmclibrary.org.
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