Access Art is a year-round initiative for adults featuring in-person and virtual art instruction classes, art history programs, and in-branch art exhibits. Create, learn more, and see original works by local and regional artists, through unique opportunities for adults to “Access Art.” Explore our program offerings, as well as the Library’s many art resources!

Watercolor and Ink: Painting and Sketching Trees (MCPL360)

Thursday, December 5 | 7:00 p.m.
MCPL360

In this program, we will explore several different techniques artists use for painting and drawing trees.

To enjoy this virtual program, go to our MCPL360 Facebook page at the scheduled day and time.

Tiny Art Show

Various dates and locations

Hey, adults! Show off your artistic talents and be a part of our Tiny Art Show! Join us to release your inner artist and create your masterpiece.

Design Your Own Pendant Necklace

Various dates and locations

A To Z Artistry will guide participants through the process of designing their own one-of-a-kind bezel pendant necklace.

Access Art

Design Your Own Pendant Necklace

Mon, Dec 2 2024

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Colbern Road Community Room 1

Full (waiting list)

A To Z Artistry will guide participants through the process of designing their own one-of-a-kind bezel pendant necklace.

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Design Your Own Pendant Necklace

Wed, Dec 4 2024

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Woodneath Community Room 1 and 2

Full (waiting list)

A To Z Artistry will guide participants through the process of designing their own one-of-a-kind bezel pendant necklace.

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Design Your Own Pendant Necklace

Thu, Dec 5 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Kearney Community Room

Full (waiting list)

A To Z Artistry will guide participants through the process of designing their own one-of-a-kind bezel pendant necklace.

Event Details

Watercolor and Ink: Painting and Sketching Trees (MCPL360)

Thu, Dec 5 2024

7:00pm - 8:00pm Central

Virtual Event

In this program, we will explore several different techniques artists use for painting and drawing trees.

Event Details

Tiny Art Show

Tue, Dec 10 2024

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Claycomo Community Room

Registration Required

Hey, adults! Show off your artistic talents and be a part of our Tiny Art Show! Join us to release your inner artist and create your masterpiece.

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Tiny Art Show

Sat, Jan 4 2025

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Smithville Community Room

Registration Required

Hey, adults! Show off your artistic talents and be a part of our Tiny Art Show! Join us to release your inner artist and create your masterpiece.

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Design Your Own Pendant Necklace

Wed, Jan 8 2025

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Grandview Community Room

Full (waiting list)

A To Z Artistry will guide participants through the process of designing their own one-of-a-kind bezel pendant necklace.

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The Monuments Men: Saving Art During World War II (Zoom)

Tue, Jan 14 2025

7:00pm - 8:00pm Central

Virtual Event

Discover the story of the Monuments Men, a group of men and women who shared the common goal of saving cultural treasures from the destruction of World War II, and from theft by Adolf Hitler and the N

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Design Your Own Pendant Necklace

Thu, Jan 16 2025

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Platte City Community Room

Registration Required

A To Z Artistry will guide participants through the process of designing their own one-of-a-kind bezel pendant necklace.

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Tiny Art Show

Thu, Jan 16 2025

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Grain Valley Community Room

Registration Required

Hey, adults! Show off your artistic talents and be a part of our Tiny Art Show! Join us to release your inner artist and create your masterpiece.

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Tiny Art Show

Wed, Jan 22 2025

6:00pm - 7:00pm

East Independence Community Room

Registration Required

Hey, adults! Show off your artistic talents and be a part of our Tiny Art Show! Join us to release your inner artist and create your masterpiece.

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Drawing Poppies like Georgia O'Keeffe (MCPL360)

Thu, Jan 23 2025

6:30pm - 7:30pm Central

Virtual Event

In this program, we will create a bold beautiful poppy flower in a style inspired by the famous American female artist Georgia O’Keeffe. working with chalk pastels.

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Design Your Own Pendant Necklace

Sat, Feb 1 2025

10:30am - 12:00pm

Dearborn Programming Space

Registration Required

A To Z Artistry will guide participants through the process of designing their own one-of-a-kind bezel pendant necklace.

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Love Birds Painting (MCPL360)

Wed, Feb 5 2025

7:00pm - 8:00pm Central

Virtual Event

Dream of spring as you paint these love birds with artist Sarah Poff.

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Tiny Art Show

Tue, Feb 18 2025

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Kearney Community Room

Registration Required

Hey, adults! Show off your artistic talents and be a part of our Tiny Art Show! Join us to release your inner artist and create your masterpiece.

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Tiny Art Show

Sat, Feb 22 2025

10:30am - 11:30am

Camden Point Programming Space

Registration Required

Hey, adults! Show off your artistic talents and be a part of our Tiny Art Show! Join us to release your inner artist and create your masterpiece.

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Access Art Video Archives

Van Ghooooost Painting

Connecting with Color

Origami Basics

Online Resources for Art

Art Index Retrospective

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Art Index Retrospective

This collection includes articles from 1929 to 1984 about fine, decorative, and commercial art, including American, Latin American, Canadian, Asian, and non-Western art, as well as stories about new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism.

medici.tv

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medici.tv

This resource offers access classical music concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, and master classes. More than 100 of these performances are streamed live each year.

Fine Arts

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Fine Arts

This collection provides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals, providing support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.