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Maker-in-Residence

Ann Marie DeLuca
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Meet our Summer Maker-in-Residence, Ann Marie DeLuca!

We are delighted to introduce Ann Marie DeLuca, our Maker-in-Residence for Summer 2026! 

Creative Explorations – Creative Mindfulness Using Mixed Media & Collages!

This summer, the Harrison Public Library welcomes the community into a season of expressive, intuitive, and meaningful creative exploration. Each workshop blends mindfulness, mixed media, and symbolic art‑making to encourage participants of all ages to slow down, experiment, and discover their own creative voice.

Throughout the residency, participants will explore:

At the heart of the residency is a simple, powerful thread: Creativity as healing, expression, and connection.

Ann Marie DeLuca of Creative Expressions is an expressive artist and photographer who is passionate about helping other people through the expressive arts. She is passionate about the transformative power of art to inspire positive change in hearts, minds and the world.


Become Our Next Maker-in-Residence

The Harrison Public Library Maker-in-Residence will work out of the Library for three months (no more than 4 hours per month), working on a project of their choosing. As part of your residency, you will share your skills with the public. We’ll cover the costs of workshop supplies and pay you a stipend of $600 for your time working and teaching. You get unrestricted access to our equipment, an opportunity to learn new skills, public exposure for your work, and a chance to share your talents with your community and all the warm fuzzy feelings that entails. We’re looking for all kinds of making, whether digital or physical. Come and show us how you do it.

Makers selected must be 18 or older, may be subjected to a comprehensive criminal background check, and must have professional references. Applications are accepted and makers are selected on a rolling basis, with appointments made as residencies end.

Application

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Harrison Public Library Maker-in-Residence Program Agreement

This is not an offer of employment, and as a “Maker-In-Residence” you will be considered an independent contractor. The maker-in-residence is a contracted position for three months.

The maker-in-residence will receive a one-time payment of $600. The library will provide funding for supplies for public programs.

The maker-in-residence will have up to four hours time per month onsite in the library. The maker-in-residence will be encouraged to work with all of the three groups who use the lab: teens, adults, and families (i.e., all ages).

A portion of our space will be designated for the project being worked on by the artist/maker on display.

All workshops will be made available to the general public, with HPL responsible for participant signup.

These workshops must present attendees with an activity-based, hands-on opportunity to learn a new skill.

The maker-in-residence will be responsible for procuring all necessary consumable supplies for workshops. HPL will reimburse, when agreement is reached, the maker-in-residence for supply costs based on actual detailed receipts. All leftover supplies will become the property of HPL.

Any resulting artwork or product created by the maker-in-residence may be exhibited for a period of one month.

Maker-in-residence is responsible for any travel costs related to maker-in-residence activities.

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