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Digital Creativity at the Library

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Enhance your digital creativity skills at the Library! Explore a range of opportunities to advance your abilities, including photo, video, and audio editing. Master the art of making presentations look professional and discover innovative ways to showcase your work. Additionally, gain hands-on experience with a 3D printer and much more. Our comprehensive programs offer everything you need to take your digital skills to the next level and bring your creative projects to life.

Workstation Amenities

Looking to enhance your skills in photo editing, video production, audio manipulation, or graphic design? Our Digital Creativity Workstations are available for reservation at EagleEast 38th Street, and Fort Ben. These state-of-the-art workstations provide access to advanced software and equipment, allowing you to bring your creative projects to life. Whether you’re a professional, a student, or a hobbyist, our workstations offer the tools you need to achieve high-quality results and explore new dimensions of digital creativity.

On this workstation you can practice the skills learned during a class, work on an existing project, or pursue self-paced learning with LinkedIn Learning or Adobe’s Built-in Tutorials. The workstation has specialized software to support multimedia projects including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Vegas Pro Video Editor, and more!

A reservation is required.

Improve your skills in one of our classes!

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  • Event: Cozy Calendar Crafting
  • Date & Time: Tuesday, January 06, 12:00pm
  • Location: College Avenue Branch
  • Description: Patch together your own 2026 Photo Calendar while learning how to use Canva, a powerful yet easy-to-use graphic design tool! During this carefree workshop, staff will carefully guide you how to pleasantly design, bundle, and print your very own cozy calendar for the upcoming year!
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  • Event: Create with Canva
  • Date & Time: Tuesday, January 13, 5:30pm
  • Location: Southport Branch
  • Description: Canva is a digital design program that is perfect for beginners to create anything from business materials to personal projects. Customize templates, add elements, and design graphics to create projects ease.
  • Register Here
  • Event: Microsoft PowerPoint Series
  • Date & Time: Wednesday, January 14, 1:00pm
  • Location: Pike Branch
  • Description: Turn ideas into stand-out slides! Build engaging slides by adding text, images, and other visual elements. Whether you’re new to PowerPoint or looking to sharpen your skills, this session will help you present with clarity and confidence.
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  • Event: Adobe Photoshop Series
  • Date & Time: Saturday, January 17, 10:30am
  • Location: Central Library
  • Description: This course gives you everything you need to get started with Adobe Photoshop, With guided, step‑by‑step instruction, you’ll learn how to navigate the program, explore essential tools, and follow along to enhance a graphic design project,
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  • Event: Create with Canva
  • Date & Time: Saturday, January 17, 2:00pm
  • Location: Michigan Road Branch
  • Description: Canva is a digital design program that is perfect for beginners to create anything from business materials to personal projects. Customize templates, add elements, and design graphics to create projects with ease.
  • Register Here
  • Event: Microsoft PowerPoint Series
  • Date & Time: Wednesday, January 21, 1:00pm
  • Location: Pike Branch
  • Description: Turn ideas into stand-out slides! Build engaging slides by adding text, images, and other visual elements. Whether you’re new to PowerPoint or looking to sharpen your skills, this session will help you present with clarity and confidence.
  • Register Here
  • Event: Teen Makers: Cricut Crash Course
  • Date & Time: Thursday, January 22, 3:00pm
  • Location: Pike Branch
  • Description: New to Cricut? Learn how to use Design Space, prep materials, and make your first cool project—no experience needed! Take home your very own printed Cricut project!
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  • Event: Build A Website with Wix
  • Date & Time: Friday, January 23, 10:30am
  • Location: West Perry Branch
  • Description: Learn how to design a website using the Wix easy-to-use editor. Whether you’re a small business owner, entrepreneur, or a creative, you’ll leave with the skills to design a site that represents you.
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  • Event: Adobe Photoshop Series
  • Date & Time: Saturday, January 24, 10:30am
  • Location: Central Library
  • Description: Ever taken a photo that’s too dark, has an unwanted background object, or a blemish you wish you could remove? Learn techniques to enhance your photos and bring out their best.
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Adobe Creative Cloud

Bring your creative projects to life with the help of Adobe Creative Cloud, an innovative provider of 20+ creative apps, web services, and resources in photography, UX design, drawing, social media, painting, graphic design, video editing and more, brought to you with newly enhanced AI features.

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Getting started with a Cricut Machine

Cricut machines can cut, write, and score, making it possible to create a wide variety of projects out of all kinds of materials. Learn how to use your machine to its full potential and try out some of these suggested projects!

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