Collection
Make Your Mark 2026: Events
- Title
- Make Your Mark 2026: Events
- Description
- Workshops, judging day, opening night and the other events of the Harlow Public Library's 2026 summer art contest and show.
- Publisher
- Harlow Public Library (fictional)
- Date
- 2026
- Rights
- Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka S demo. The events are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).
Items in this set
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Comic Jam workshop
Harlow cartoonist Benny Ortiz spent a Saturday afternoon in the Community Room teaching kids ages 8 to 13 how to plan a four-panel comic: setup, problem, big moment, punch line. Twenty-two kids came and nine of the comics in the show started here, including Captain Biscuit vs. the Vacuum. Saturday, June 27, 2026, 2–4 pm. -
Clay Critters workshop
Ms. Dana and volunteers from the Harlow Arts Guild showed kids how to pinch, roll coils and join pieces with score-and-slip so ears and tails stay on. Everyone went home with a bag of air-dry clay, and most of the clay animals in the show were made with it. Saturday, July 11, 2026, 10 am–noon. -
Judging day
Three volunteer judges spent a day in the library's meeting room with all 142 entries: Rosa Delgado, art teacher at Harlow Elementary; Martin Pike, a retired sign painter; and Dana Whitcomb, the children's librarian. Every piece was judged within its age group, and every entry gets a place on the wall. Saturday, September 19, 2026. -
Opening Night: Make Your Mark art show
The show opens in the Community Room with lemonade, cookies and a ribbon ceremony at 6:00. Every artist gets a certificate, the 2027 calendar goes on sale, and People's Choice voting begins. Free and open to everyone. Friday, November 6, 2026, 5:30–7:30 pm. -
Kids' gallery walk and artist talks
Artists who want to can stand next to their work and give a one-minute talk about it, and visitors get a scavenger-hunt sheet for the show (find the dog in Kai's city). Saturday, November 14, 2026, 11 am–noon. -
People's Choice reveal and holiday party
Visitors vote for a favorite piece all through the show. The ballot box is opened at the holiday party, the People's Choice winner gets a golden paintbrush trophy, and there's hot cocoa for everyone. Saturday, December 12, 2026, 2 pm.