The new 2025 Seed Library is now available. We are open our normal hours!
Halloween ghosts, pumpkins, witches, monsters, and skeletons are coming to the Placitas Library on Saturday, October 30 from 10-4 and on Sunday, the 31st from 1-3. They need your help! There will be 10 activities they need to complete but can't do it without your assistance. Will you come to the library to help them? […]
Halloween ghosts, pumpkins, witches, monsters, and skeletons are coming to the Placitas Library on Saturday, October 30 from 10-4 and on Sunday, the 31st from 1-3. They need your help! There will be 10 activities they need to complete but can't do it without your assistance. Will you come to the library to help them? […]
Mosaic is a style of art where a larger image is created by arranging and attaching bits of clay, glass, stone or other materials directly to non-flexible surfaces. The resulting surfaces, whether smooth or rough, brilliantly hued or somber in color beg to be explored by human hands, and these sturdy materials have the power […]
Join friends and family for an indoor stroll through a festive German town reimagined at Placitas Winery, where halls will be decked with hand-crafted, holiday-style gifts. Come share in the joy of the season while benefitting our community library. Enjoy authentic German and European tasty treats, such as bratwurst with sauerkraut, latkes, pretzels, and more! […]
Grab a cozy sweater and stop by the library! We’ll have a holiday craft and treat bag for each family! First come, first served, starting at 10 a.m.. Plus, throughout the month of December, come explore our holiday-themed books available for check-out, as well as additional activities and crafts for your children that celebrate Kwanzaa, […]
Beaded Wonders! Sparkling, shimmering, red and azure, twisted threads and ornate pendants. The Bead Society of New Mexico presents a “Celebration of Color Fantasy” using the color wheel as inspiration. Member artists were encouraged to think outside the box to create a color fest of fanciful, fantasy-inspired wearable art pieces appropriate for the holiday season—or […]
Assembled by members of the Jardineros Photography Club, the exhibit entitled “Life in Focus” reflects a broad spectrum of photographic intent and technique. This manifests in the effort of these dedicated local photographers to push the medium beyond making a record of personal history and toward “an interpretation of reality, not a documentation of reality,” […]
This retrospective exhibition was mounted in celebration of the 90th birthday of Roger Evans, one of Placitas’s most cherished and colorful long-time residents. Assembled by the PCL Art Committee, the exhibit includes examples of the architectural illustrations that helped support Evans’s early life in Placitas and models for a unique forward looking community envisioned by […]
Lost loves, lost opportunities, lost in space! New found knowledge, new found friends or found objects! Artists are encouraged to define and explore the experience of loss and the joy of new discoveries. Whether your focus is on a personal or communal experience, consider employing repurposed, rescued and reclaimed materials to enhance your narrative with […]
