Explore With Ease: On Saturday, June 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Little Egg Harbor branch of the Ocean County Library presents “Passport to the Arts,” a kid-friendly community art workshop and introduction to various art forms to whet young creative appetites: pro wrestling, theater, film production, pallet painting, traditional/digital drawing, watercolor pencil, martial arts, origami and crochet, plus a book sale.

The event is outdoors and additional artists and attendees are sought. Register via the links on the library Friends’ May 27 Facebook post.

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Wild West: Paint and unwind every Thursday evening in June with fellow painters in the enchanted setting of Wildflowers in the Woods, the new mainland location of the Barnegat Light-based Wildflowers Collective. The studio is located at 1286 Ridge Ave. in the Beachview section of Manahawkin. Instructor Arika Kyme guides the sessions from 6:30 to 8:30. Contact Kyme at 609-618-8252. Fee is $35.

The full June schedule, available at  @wildflowers_in_the_woods on Instagram, includes two mosaic workshop weekends, June 6-7 and 13-14, 10 a.m. to noon, $85 each weekend; nautical painting on Wednesday, June 10, 10 a.m. to noon, $45; decoupaging seashells on June 10, 1 to 3 p.m., $45; creative collaging Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m. to noon, $45; hand building pottery Sunday, June 14, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday, June 17, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., $35 per class; and print making, Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27, 10 a.m. to noon, $60 per class.

For more info, call 609-597-3837.

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Creatures of the Night: Calling all makers, creators and sellers of items new, old, beautiful, magical or “other.” Every Thursday night this summer, beginning June 25, The Night Market will be open from 5 to 8. outside the Firefly Gallery in Surf City.

Wanted are pop-up vendors of art, vintage, thrift, craft. Message organizer Michelle DiBella at facebook.com/SheCreature for additional details.

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Gallery Guide: LBI has two new galleries. Art Haven is open at the corner of Dock Road and Bay Avenue in Beach Haven, across from the Station 117 restaurant. Photographer Ann Coen’s North gallery is open at 35 West Fourth St. in Barnegat Light.

Existing galleries include Sunny Vintage and Gallery, at 1603 Long Beach Blvd. in Surf City, Mary Tantillo’s SwellColors Glass Studio at 1715 Long Beach Blvd. (plus SwellColors North, at Viking Village in Barnegat Light) and Art & Décor at Surf City, run by Nita and Jeff Shapiro at 1916 Long Beach Blvd.

Farther north on the Island is The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences at 120 Long Beach Blvd. in Loveladies. It hosts the 28th annual “Works on Paper” exhibition through July 5, juried this year by Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seidenstein’s juror talk and reception will take place Sunday, June 28 at 5 p.m. Register for special events, classes and more at lbifoundation.org.

In Barnegat Light, find Cricket Luker’s Wildflowers Too! at 506 Broadway.

(Photo by Ann Coen)

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Marine Life: “Washed Upon the Shore” is an art exhibit in the meeting room of the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City. The show runs from June 3 to July 31. New York/New Jersey-based artist Alexander Taylor’s work highlights “the essential power of the ocean, inviting viewers to reflect, connect and remember that, where there is water, there is life and the hope for renewal.”

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Shores Truly: The Pine Shores Art Association’s Stafford Gallery presents “Art in Bloom” through June 23.