Learn to Draw with Procreate & Enter Our Digital Art Challenge!
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The New York Public Library's TechConnect program offers more than 80 technology classes online and at libraries throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island—all absolutely free. This May, we're inviting participants in our digital art classes to create new book cover art for your favorite banned books.
Throughout the year the Library's Books for All programs have encouraged readers and our patrons to stand with us to protect the freedom to read in the face of the alarming rise of book bans and challenges nationwide. Now, our Books For All Digital Art Challenge offers an all-new way to get involved.
Challenge Theme: Banned Book Covers
All you have to do to participate is attend one of our upcoming digital art classes and submit digital artwork that recreates or reimagines the cover of one of your favorite banned books for the chance to see your work at a special showcase for participants in this challenge.
For a list of suggestions of banned or challenged books whose covers you could reimagine, check out NYPL’s Banned Book Reading List.
Procreate Classes at SNFL
Join us at one of our upcoming Learn to Draw with Procreate classes at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) to get started and learn more about how you can participate in the challenge.
- Wed, May 1, 6 PM
- Mon, May 6, 1 PM
- Thurs, May 9, 6 PM
- Mon, May 13, 1 PM
- Wed, May 15, 6 PM
- Mon, May 20, 4:30 PM (St. George Library Center)
- Wed, May 22, 4:30 PM (St. George Library Center)
- Wed, May 22, 6 PM
- Tues, May 28, 10:30 AM
- Thurs, May 30, 10:30 AM
Learn More with NYPL's TechConnect
The New York Public Library's TechConnect program was created to meet an increased demand for technology training and computer education. Our goal is to help people of all ages develop their skills in computers and technology in order to connect with family and friends, advance their careers, and expand their horizons. We offer more than 80 technology classes online and at libraries throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island—all absolutely free.
From learning the basics of how to use a computer to mastering essential computer business programs, there is a class for all students from beginner to advanced, including series classes for those who want more in-depth knowledge. Learn more.