Putney Public Library

Cordage & Chords: Hands-on demonstrations in cordage-making and book arts accompanied by a special musical performance
2025-08-28 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Cordage & Chords
Thursday, August 28th, 6:30 pm – 8 pm at Putney Public Library
Hands-on demonstrations in cordage-making and book arts accompanied by a special musical performance
Join the August cohort of artists-in-residence from In Situ Polyculture Commons* for hands-on demonstrations in Cordage Making and Book Arts, accompanied by a special musical performance, songs written for acoustic guitar and voice.
It’s a demonstration, a workshop, a salon— a chance to chat with fascinating and talented people all while keeping our hands busy!
This event is free and open to the public.
Featured Visiting Artists:
Ro Adler
Grace Emmet
Hayley Ferber
Cindy Ellen Hill
& Naomi Harrison-Clay
In Situ Polyculture Commons is an artist residency and eco-cultural catalyst in Westminster, VT. A registered Vermont non-profit, ISPC supports cross-pollination between creative and research disciplines, re-skilling and material knowledge for artists, and the cultivation of rich creative practices in balance with rest through our residencies and programming. Learn more at www.insitupolyculture.org
Ro Adler is an interdisciplinary artist who makes paintings, prints, digital designs, large-scale protest art, and communal site-specific ecological art. Ro teaches, facilitates, develops art education programs, builds art for actions, and creates interdisciplinary community projects that combine gardening, herbalism, fiber arts, and earthy ritual. Their work is about communities telling their stories, and the relationships between people and land, and it lives in the gardens, classrooms, telephone poles, and streets of Philadelphia.
roadler.us / @roroadler
Grace Emmet is an eco-artist, educator, program director, naturalist, and sustainability advocate. She holds her BFA in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been shown in galleries, museums, and universities across Massachusetts. Grace lives and works out of the beautiful nook of Outer Cape Cod tucked in-between two seasides.
https://www.graceemmet.com/ / @graceemmet_illustration
Hayley Ferber is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores nautical and maritime themes through artist books, block prints, and paintings that reflect on struggle, resilience, and discovery. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Residence (2024) and ChaNorth (2021), and has exhibited widely in group shows across the U.S. Hayley is also an educator and arts administrator who holds an MAT in Art & Design Education from RISD and a BS in Studio Art from NYU.
@hayleyferber / www.hayleyferber.com
Naomi Harrison-Clay is a songwriter and improviser based in New York City. She has a BA in Music from Mills College where she studied experimental composition, free improvisation, and extended vocal techniques. She has toured in the United States, Canada, and Mexico with the experimental folk duo Junior Mint Prince, whose debut album “I Saw Freak Joy” was released by Sweet Wreath in 2023. Naomi’s creative pursuits are driven by a fascination with the healing potential of vocal catharsis, which she explores as a student of Ethelyn Friend, a teaching member of the International Roy Hart Center. Naomi’s vocal explorations are also informed by ancestral frameworks of health and energetics which she studies at Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism.
https://www.instagram.com/naomijuniper_/
Cindy Ellen Hill is the author of Wild Earth and Other Sonnets (Antrim Press 2021), Elegy for the Trees (Kelsay Books 2022), Mosaic: Poems from Travels in Italy (Wild Dog Press 2024), and Love in a Time of Climate Change (Finishing Line Press 2025). Her poetry has been included in Treehouse Literary Review, Flint Hills Review, Anacapa Review, and The Lyric. Her essays on sonnet elements have recently appeared in American Poetry Review and Unlikely Stories. She holds an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Vermont.
https://www.cindyellenhill.com/
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. This event is free and open to the public.

Library Closed for Labor Day
2025-08-31 - 2025-09-01

Putney Amblers Walking Group
2025-09-03 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-10 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-22 14:00 - 15:00
Would you like to get outside and walk in the company of others? The Putney Amblers is a casual walking group sponsored by Putney Public Library. Moseying with others is a great way to get out and be a part of a community group.
The Putney Amblers meet for walks at 3:00 pm on Wednesdays, changing spots and routes each week. Please feel free to join us on an impromptu basis, or email Susan Heimer to register to get weekly location and weather-related updates: heimer.susan@gmail.com Walks will last from 60-90 minutes depending on the will of the group.

Artist Reception: Man with No Country by Saad Hindal
2025-09-07 14:00 - 18:00
Saadhindalart.com

Stitch Together
2025-09-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-24 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-22 17:00 - 19:00
Stitch Together at Putney Library
Come knit, crochet, embroider, mend or work on any handwork craft in the company of others. The library is cozy and the lighting is perfect for needlework of all kinds! Beginners are welcome!
The group will meet twice monthly on Wednesday evenings from 6pm-8pm. The next meetings are:
Putney Library is located at 55 Main Street in Putney, VT. This program is free and open to the public.

Music & Movement
2025-09-13 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-09-27 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-11 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-25 08:30 - 09:30
Join Sarah & Stu for a fun, playful, and participatory song circle for children ages 0-5! In this dynamic class, children (and their caregivers) will be invited to sing, play, and move their bodies to the sounds of uplifting American and world folk songs accompanied by guitar, ukulele & mandolin.

Read With A Dog!
2025-09-23 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-10-21 14:30 - 15:30
Practice your reading skills with Virgil, our therapy dog volunteer and his human Abigail. All ages and abilities welcome
Virgil loves to listen!

Make Your Own Medieval Shield or Banner
2025-10-04 09:00 - 10:30
Fun for all ages! Outdoors behind the library at 10am. In case of inclement weather, the event will move to The Grammar School’s auditorium.
Presented in partnership with The Grammar School

Fall Puzzle Race
2025-10-04 12:00 - 16:00
Can you complete a jigsaw puzzle faster than your friends and neighbors? Putney Public Library will be hosting our Puzzle Race on Saturday, October 4tt1pm. Register a team of 3-5 puzzlers at https://forms.gle/gcaLpeyCUPjhJqNS7 by Saturday, September 20th for a friendly competition to see who can complete a 500 piece puzzle the fastest.
Want to join but don’t have a team? Email us to join an all-comers puzzle team!
Each team will receive the same puzzle. The team that finishes first wins bragging rights!
There will also be a Puzzle Swap during open hours 10am-1pm that Saturday and through the Puzzle Race. Bring a puzzle, take a puzzle from the puzzle table.

Artist Talk: Owen Schuh on Visual Research of Mathematics
2025-10-09 17:30 - 19:00
Artist Talk: Owen Schuh on Visual Research of Mathematics
Thursday, October 9th at 6:30pm
On Thursday, October 9th at 6:30pm the visual artist Owen Schuh, of Westminster, will discuss his work collaborating directly with mathematician Prof. Satyan Devadoss (University of San Diego, CA) for more than a decade.
Owen Schuh is a painter who has specializes in visual research of mathematics. His paintings are structured with mathematical functions, data sets and iterations. Schuh works in intricate notebooks, and accomplishes his work by hand, using pencils, paint, a compass, and the occasional aid of a pocket calculator. He earned his BA from Haverford College in Philadelphia, PA (‘04) and his MFA from The Tyler School of Art (‘07). He has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. His work is included in the collections of the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin, and the Flaten Art Museum in Northfield, MN.
Since 2014, Schuh has been collaborating directly with the mathematician Dr. Satyan Devadoss, which has significantly shifted the artist’s studio focus in recent years. Their 2015 project titled ‘Cartography of Treespace’ culminated in an international exhibition (Berlin & Pasadena, CA) and an article published in the journal Leonardo. Schuh’s writing and painting have also appeared in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. He was the recipient of a 2024 Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council, with which he produced a serigraph edition as part of his most recent collaboration.
He currently resides in Westminster, Vermont with his wife, Candace Jensen. Together in 2021, they founded and continue to run the nonprofit arts residency and eco-cultural catalyst, In Situ Polyculture Commons.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. This event is free and open to the public.

Library Closed for Indigenous People's Day
2025-10-12 - 2025-10-13

Poetry Reading: Jeanne Lightfoot and Aiyana Masla
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:30

Mending Bee
2025-10-19 12:00 - 15:00
Do you have a pile of nice wool socks with holes, favorite jeans that would be perfect if not for a rip in the knee, or sweaters with moth holes?
Bring your ailing fabric items to the Putney Public Library once a month on Sundays 1-4pm to work on them in the company of others. Advice and support are always available, but you’ll be the mender of your own items.
Sewing machines and darning tools are available to use during the Bee.

Once Upon a Page: a Fantasy Fiction Book Club
2025-10-20 17:30 - 19:00
Once Upon a Page: a Fantasy Fiction Book Club invites you to join us at the Putney Library as we explore other worlds. Meet new people and read cozy fantasy novels with fellow book addicts.

Peeps Ghost Houses
2025-10-22 14:30 - 15:30
Come build a spooky candy house for the ghost peeps! New & Improved. For ages 10 +
Please register at www.putneylibrary.org
