Meg Gill, Beacon Falls program librarian, brought in Tibetan masks July 14 to teach children about different cultures as part of the library’s summer program, “One World, Many Stories.”
She taught elementary-age children about symmetry in faces and instructed to decorate replicas of African masks symmetrically using ribbons, puff balls, bits of fabric, and markers.
Noel Cummings, 9, decorates a mask July 14 as part of a children’s program at the Beacon Falls Library.
Clair Cummings, 4, decorates a mask July 14 as part of a children’s program at the Beacon Falls Library.
Cayleigh Cummings, 7, decorates a mask July 14 as part of a children’s program at the Beacon Falls Library.
Parents and their children decorate masks July 14 as part of a children’s program at the Beacon Falls Library.
Alivia Ruggiano, 9 months, helps her older brother, Robbie Ruggiano, 5, decorate a mask as their mother, Sarah Ruggiano, watches over July 14 at the Beacon Falls Public Library.
Noel Cummings, 9, decorates a mask July 14 as part of a children’s program at the Beacon Falls Library.
Samantha Farrelly, 7, decorates a mask July 14 as part of a children’s program at the Beacon Falls Library.
Emily Ambrocio, 4, decorates a mask July 14 as part of a children’s program at the Beacon Falls Library.
Alivia Ruggiano, 9 months, helps her older brother, Robbie Ruggiano, 5, decorate a mask as their mother, Sarah Ruggiano, watches over July 14 at the Beacon Falls Public Library.
