Youth digital photo club coming

Youth photo club
• 4-6 p.m. Mon, Wed., & Fri.
July 13-24
• Free, but registration required. Call 435-3195 to register

Middle School-age youth from the Homer area are invited to get on the list for an upcoming digital photography workshop with visiting teacher and photographer Sam Modest.
The class, which runs for two weeks starting July 13, is free, but space is limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Modest, who has taught photography workshops in Maine since 2007, will encourage students to explore their world through the digital camera lens. Cameras will be provided, and students have the option of having their photos printed and hung in a display at the library following the class.
Modest said the class would focus on both technical skills and thematic, open-ended assignments that allow room for self-expression and self-reflection among the students. Some assignments might include, “What do you think when you hear the word ‘family’, ‘home’, or ‘nature.’
“I enjoy seeing the world through a child’s eyes,” said Modest, adding that photography has the unique ability to allow youth to express themselves and gain confidence.
Modest is a 2009 graduate of Bowdoin with a degree in Asian Studies. He is visiting Homer with friends this summer, and will be teaching in Darjeeling, India in the fall, where he hopes to also incorporate digital photography workshops (as well as Ultimate Frisbee) into his curriculum. His time in India is funded through the 2009 Global Citizens Grant program.
He taught photography to the fifth-grade students of Woodside Elementary School in Topsham, ME, since the fall of 2007.

Summer Reading Program programs abound with creativity

If you have yet to sign up for the Summer Reading Program, now is the time. July is packed with programs and events, and the culminating event - the All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Bash - is just around the corner.
For those already signed up, take advantage of several programs geared to celebrate this year’s theme of creativity at your library. On July 10, Beth Trowbridge for the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies returns to discuss Patterns in Nature.
Youth age 10-12 may want to sign up for a two-week-long Youth Digital Photo Club running July 13-24 (see Page 1 for details).
Musicians from the community come to the library July 17 from 1-2:30 to share their instruments, ranging from woodwinds to strings.
On July 24, Aleutic artist and historian Patrick Lind will present a Aleut visor-making workshop for 20 youth 3rd through 6th grade. Registration is required.
The library gets magical on July 31 with Don Russell, aka “The Magic Guy.” Two magic shows and a story time round out the day’s programs (see more on Page 1.)
And last but certainly not least, the Summer Reading Program All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Bash will be held Saturday, August 1 from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Homer Middle School.
For reading program guidelines, CLICK HERE .

Patterns in Nature
• 1-2:30 p.m., Fri., July 10
• Come explore nature’s visual side with presenter Beth Trowbridge.

Youth Digital Photo Club
• 4-6 p.m., Mon., Wed., Fri.; July 13-24
• Click HERE for more info

Instruments, Instruments, Instruments
• 1-2:30, Fri., July 17
• Local musicians share their instruments.

Aleut Visors with Patrick Lund
• 2-4 p.m., Fri., July 24
• Grades 3-6. Must sign up.

Magic Show “An Artistic Experience”
• 1 & 3 p.m. Fri., July 31
• Click HERE for more info
Story Time with Don
• 11 a.m. Fri., July 31

Summer Reading Program All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Bash
• 2-3:30 p.m., Sat., Aug. 1, Homer Middle School