Upcoming Events

Join us for a preschool story time for children ages 2-5! We'll share books, songs, a craft, and more each week! No registration necessary.

Join the Dixon's own Shawna White for an hour of learning inspired by the ever changing seasons and collections at the Gallery. No experience needed to create your own works of art from a wide variety of techniques!

Children will enjoy an interactive and engaging storytime that is sure to keep them wanting more!

Are you a Cat Kid's Comic Club fan? Come to the library and make your own one-page comic! 

Please join us on Wednesdays for fun and fresh programs. Programs will change weekly. 

• cooking
• movies
• board games
• video games
• quiet space
• cricut and more

Studio Courses are free art-making courses for learners ages 65+. Registration link coming soon!

Join the Dixon Gardens and Gallery's Shawna White to learn about connections between our local flora and the arts while making your own art.

Participants will discuss concepts and sketch ideas with teaching artist Sarah Nowlin for an original sculpture creation. The sculptures are created with cardboard, foil, wire, masking tape, paper, and various other materials.

Join this editing crash course with Marius Harrell, Gabrielle Duffie, and Jarvis Hughes!

Join us for the 25th annual Frayser Fun Fest! Enjoy vendors, games, and more as we say goodbye to the old Frayser Branch building.

Teens Turn Up Fridays is time for our teens to express themselves through music, arts, and crafts.

Are you interested in crocheting or knitting? If so, this program is for you. Memphis Yarnworks is hosting a Sit & Stitch session. Please bring your own supplies.  

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for a kickoff to this summer's fun!  All kinds of activities including water balloons, glitter frisbees, all you can eat popsicles and watergun t-shirt painting.

Please join us Saturday afternoons for children's craft time at Cossitt Library. We will have a guided craft, but also will provide supplies for artistic free play. Come get crafty with us!

If you want to learn tips and techniques to create beautiful quilts, this is your class! Join us on Saturdays

(May 25, June 1st & 8th) for a fun, creative and relaxing experience!

Did you know that arts and crafts aren't just for kids? Come and join us at Levi as we explore the mind of creativity. Our workshops will help relieve stress and depression, as well as decrease age-related cognitive impairment. 

Do you love Memphis? We do! Join us in celebrating our city AND the start of Summer Reading!  Enjoy free food, live music from local bands, and story time and crafts.

Part of the Creative Sharing Series, this workshop will immerse nature with art. Ms. Liz Hill, professional artist and educator, will instruct a painting class that will provide a creative and unique experience.

Enjoy stories, songs, and fun as children ages 3-5 are introduced to the joy-filled world of children’s books. Groups must pre-register.

Watercolor artist Susan Maakestad works with participants to learn watercolor history, varying methods of applying watercolor to paper, and creating their own watercolor paintings.

The only objective is to put words on paper! Think of this as a NaNoWriMo "write-in," but for those of us who need longer than a year to write a book! Bring a writing project to work on, or start something new. All skill levels welcome.

What is a Cricut?