A Better Today For A Better Tomorrow!! - IYD 2025

                  A BETTER TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

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     Come One Come All and join us for                    International Youth Day 2025!!

Have you ever wondered if there is more out there for you or felt inspired to try something new?? Well, we have a treat for you!!

Come along to the Azure Beach Public Library to celebrate IYD 2025. This year we have engaged Phoebe, Tristan and Casey who will happily share how they have turned “trash into treasure” and living their best lives.

                                    

Images courtesy of Elinaxx1v/Depositphotos, Pinterest and Webeye

Phoebe will inspire with her mosaic creations made from broken crockery. Tristan will entertain as he demonstrates sea glass art and Casey will motivate as she turns a broken spoon into a living work of ART.

Sustainable Art: Eco-Friendly Materials Transforming the Art World

https://theconsciousarchitect.com/sustainable-art-eco-friendly-materials-transforming-the-art-world/

                                                 Image courtesy of the conscious architect article

                                                                

WHEN: 12th August 2025 5pm-6.30pm

WHERE: Azure Beach Public Library 

HOW: Book via link below

WHO: 15-24 year old

COST: FREE

Nicole Stewart

!!!TRASH ART!!!

photo credit: Ben Von Wong 

Want to meet a mermaid?

You can! 

 Azure Beach Library Forecourt

2pm on ​​10/08/2025​

Kathryn Nelson,

the plastic free mermaid

(mermaids HATE plastic!!)

together with

Azure Arts Collective,

invites you

to talk about plastic and

!!! TRASH ART !!!

a creative workshop for peeps 15-24! 

​​International Youth Day: “Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Future.”

What can you do about plastic pollution?

photo credit - Etsy

Bring your own walking boots, face masks, and sturdy gloves

(and raincoat if needed) AND FRIENDS

for a ten-minute beach walk to find plastic TRASH and then ...

What can you do with plastic?

Make a Mandala!

Admire, photograph – POST on socials

AND win PRIZES!

Bookings essential:

photocredit: istock images

It's free-eeeeee!!

Library contact: Victoria Osborne at: vmobsbins511@gmail.com

See you at Azure Beach Library 14:00

10th August 2025!

(Rain will NOT stop play unless it's extreme!)

photo credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

ARTificial: Youth Day event on art and A.I.

Are you a young artist, with strong opinions on A.I. art? This Youth Day event is for you!

Art by Green-Dragon-Art. Creative Commons license information

Date: 12/08/2024

Time: 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Who: 15-24 year olds

Location: Azure Beach Public Library, Cove meeting room

RSPV HERE

The theme for the United Nations' International Youth Day for 2024 is "From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways For Sustainable Development". Today's youth are digital natives, and this year's theme is meant to highlight how young people can use technology to tackle societal issues.

Click here for more info on U.N. Youth objectives!

The use of Artificial Intelligence in the art industry, especially image generation software like Dall.E and Midjourney, has quickly become a controversial topic. Arguments around productivity, morality, and environmental costs rife on social media. Here is a BBC article outlining some key points of the issue.

In partnership with the United Nations' International Youth Day and the Azure Beach Regional Art Gallery, Azure Beach Public Library is holding an art event where young artists between the ages of 15 and 24 can learn about this technology, and express their own opinions on it through art! Whether you are for or against the use of A.I. in art, we at Azure Beach Public Library

The best part though? Once you're done, we'll promote your art on our social media! (With your permission of course.) What better way to get started on growing your artistic social media presence?

Spots for this event are limited, so make sure to RSVP so your voice is heard and your art is seen!

- Dominic Andrew

Keep up to date on our events by following our social media accounts!

Behind the Art: A Human Library Event

 

Photo by Ari He on Unsplash

To help celebrate and bring together Azure Beaches diverse community, Azure Beach Public Library will be running a Human Library with the theme, “Behind the Art”. Throughout history Art has been able to cross cultural boundaries, as it can be understood in any language and all social groups, and our hope is that we will be able to do the same with this event. A Human Library is similar to regular library where people go to check out books. The only difference is that the books are all human volunteers who have chosen to speak about themselves and their experiences openly to an interested audience and answer question. All of the 'Books' in this Human Library are local artists and will have a selection of their works with them. 

This event is going to be carried it in conjuncture with Harmony week, this years theme being "Everyone Belongs". The ‘Books’ will be made up of local artists from a variety of backgrounds. The event aims to support the Arts and local creative industries as well as exploring questions like, What does an artist look like?, Is Art important?, What does it mean to be an artist?, etc.  

  

Event Details 

Saturday 26th March, 10am - 11:30am

Azure Beach Library Courtyard : 44 Lighting Way, Azure Beach NSW 2100

Book in here (link to eventbrite) or contact us by 

email: hello@azurebeachpubliclibrary.gov.au 

or phone: (02) 9717 #### 

 

- Hayden Carlton