The Arrowhead Library System (ALS) will be providing Beginner Basketry Take & Create Kits for member public libraries to distribute Aug. 1-30.

Learn beginner basketry skills and different stitch techniques to create a small coiled basket in this Take and Create art experience designed by local artist Erika LeMay. Take and Make Kit participants will learn techniques for creating a fiber basket by wrapping flexible material and practicing stitching. Beginner artists will follow along to spiral their baskets outward and upward to complete a functional work of art!

These Take and Make Kits are appropriate for adults, teens and children ages 11 and up. Younger children can participate with assistance from an adult. All supplies needed to create the baskets are included. An instructional video for the Take and Create Kit will be provided for this art experience.

Kits will be distributed at the following public libraries and ALS outreach locations:

Aurora Public Library

Babbitt Public Library

Baudette Public Library

Bovey Public Library

Buhl Public Library

Calumet Public Library

Carlton Area Public Library

Chisholm Public Library

Cloquet Public Library

Coleraine Public Library

Cook Public Library

Duluth Public Library

Ely Public Library

Eveleth Public Library

Gilbert Public Library

Grand Marais Public Library

Grand Rapids Area Library

Hibbing Public Library

Hoyt Lakes Public Library

International Falls Public Library

Keewatin Public Library

Marble Public Library

Moose Lake Public Library

Mountain Iron Public Library

Silver Bay Public Library

Two Harbors Public Library

Virginia Public Library

Arrowhead Library System Bookmobile

Arrowhead Library System Mail-A-Book (*patrons must qualify for Mail-A-Book services, kit may be modified in order to deliver by mail)

This free program is best suited for all ages, but younger children may need help. Each location has a limited number of kits. Contact your local library for more information.

Artist Erika LeMay will be partnering with the Arrowhead Library System for an in-person Colorful Coiled Baskets tour from Sept. 2-Oct. 4. There will be limited space and supplies available for these programs and interested attendees should contact their library in advance to learn more.

This program, sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.