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Harlem Renaissance Painting Class

Adult Painting Class with Artist Equilla Marie Walker

2025-02-25 18:00:00 2025-02-25 19:00:00 America/Chicago Harlem Renaissance Painting Class An adult painting class celebrating Black History Month. Join us as we paint through the art and sounds of the Harlem Renaissance. Thompson Library - Community Room

Tuesday, February 25
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-25 18:00:00 2025-02-25 19:00:00 America/Chicago Harlem Renaissance Painting Class An adult painting class celebrating Black History Month. Join us as we paint through the art and sounds of the Harlem Renaissance. Thompson Library - Community Room

Thompson Library

Community Room

An adult painting class celebrating Black History Month. Join us as we paint through the art and sounds of the Harlem Renaissance.


Celebrate Black History Month with a Harlem Renaissance Themed Paint Party! 


Adults can choose between a few different canvases and be led through a creative experience by Arkansas Arts Council Interdisciplinary Artist Equilla Marie Walker.  
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City spanning the 1920s and 1930s.

Registration required. Adults only. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Society & Culture | Fun & Play | Arts/Crafts |

TAGS: | BlackHistoryMonth |

Thompson Library

Phone: 501.821.3060

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Little Rock, AR 72223
Tel: 501.821.3060

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The Roosevelt Thompson Library offers patrons more than 62,000 books, magazines and audiovisual items. The 13,500-square-feet facility also includes public meeting rooms, a state-of-the-art audiovisual system, activity areas for children, study rooms, nine public computers (including 3 laptops and a Chromebook), and wireless internet access.

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