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February 18, 2016
Hatchery Highlights: Concrete Poetry
The Glasgow School of Art Library has a wonderful website, calledThe Hatchery, where staff document the artists and artworks that have been inspired by physical and digital library resources. Once a month we’ll repost a Hatchery Highlight from the GSA website. Special thanks to Duncan Chappell at the GSA Library for working with us on this series!~Laura
Concrete Poetry Display
There’s a new display of books featuring concrete poetry from ourArtists’ Books Collectionon the second floor of the...
February 17, 2016
Teen Tech Time at at Brooklyn Public Library’s Information Commons
This post originally appeared on the LAIP in 2014.
Supervising Librarian Melissa Morrone, returns the site to share anupdateon the multifunctional community Info Commons atBrooklyn Public Library. Read on to learn more about how they’re using the Info Commons resources to connect teens with creative projects that teach technology skills during Teen Tech Time. And don’t miss the other exciting posts in ourseries on BPL’s Info Commons! ~Erinn
February 16, 2016
Featuring: Aileen Bassis
In My Country, 14 page book, printed on a risograph machine, edition of 15. I asked immigrants what they miss about their homeland and used some of their replies.
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work.
Aileen Bassis (AB): I’ve always made art. I remember fixing up other children’s pictures when I was in kindergarten and pleaded with my mother for extra art lessons when I was in junior high school. I was terribly thrilled to be admitted to the H...
February 12, 2016
Friday Linkubator Roundup
As you cuddle up in the cold, enjoy these great links!
On the site:
Laura talks about her after school Maker Club! (pssst… the key is a good partner!) Our dear friend Mel talks about the Langdon Divers Gallery at the Fond du Lac Public Library.Around the internet:
All about Instagram for your library We love libraries! Book nerd? This will hit home! Books by bike to kids in book deserts? Brilliant! Beautiful dance performance + book backdrop = amazing! Your brain on Jane (Austen that is)...February 11, 2016
Langdon Divers Gallery at FDLPL: Winter Season
Melissa Kolstad is the curator for the Langdon Divers Gallery at the Fond du Lac Public Library in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. For her new quarterly series with the Library as Incubator Project, Mel talks about exhibitions and displays in the library’s gallery.
by Melissa Kolstad
What a fantastic winter we’re having at the Langdon Divers Gallery, located inside the Fond du Lac Public Library! We kicked off the season with of work from, well, me.
It’s a little embarrassing, talking about my sol...
February 10, 2016
Partnering for an After-School Maker Club
by Laura Damon-Moore
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: smart, sustainable partnerships make for great creativity-incubating programs.In the summer of 2015, as I was looking ahead to a fall and winter season that was going to be busy and transition-ful for me personally, I made the decision to try and have a partner onevery program that I planned for the youth and families of the community where I worked. One of the great new programs that came out of this approach was an after-sch...
February 9, 2016
Framing Fraktur: The Public Library as a Contemporary Art Space
This post was originally published on February 18 2015.
Today we welcome Rachel Karasick, who works as a grant writer for the Free Library of Philadelphia. Rachel shares a fabulous exhibition and community celebration offraktur, a historic Pennsylvania German art form. Framing Fraktur presents history and contemporary artwork in a unique and exciting format and it is accessible to all at the library.Today’s post is a preview of the exhibition, followed up in a few weeks with an additional art...
February 5, 2016
Friday Linkubator Roundup | February 1 – 5
Lots of great stuff going on this week!
New on the site:
Up and down with opposites in our newest Book to Boogie! We explore the Nolen Library, a hub for learning and inspiration!Fun around the web:
YOU GUYS. This week was Color Our Collections Week and OMG there is so much amazingness out there from so many library collections! Lego wheelchair. About time!
#1000BlackGirlBooks was created by an 11-year old who noticed the lack of diversity in children’s books. Cambridge University interio...
February 3, 2016
Book to Boogie: Up and Down
Book to Boogie is a monthly series that pairs picture books with dance and movement activities for preschool story time. The series is curated by Kerry Aradhya of Picture Books & Pirouettes and written by a different guest writer each month. We hope that children’s librarians, as well as classroom teachers and dance educators, will find these activities useful and fun!
by Jill Randall
Word pairs and “opposites” naturally inspire movement, humor, and a sense of play. Young children love to try...
February 2, 2016
Nolen Library: A Place for Learning and Creativity at The Met
Teens were encouraged to creatively make their mark on Nolen Library windows during Teens Take the Met. Photo by Leah High.
by Abby Wanserski.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to libraries which support the research activities of museum staff as well as the public. Previous articles about The Met’s Watson Library and their Special Collections discuss how The Met’s libraries welcome the public. The Nolen Library is a hub for learning and inspiration for kids, teens, families, educators,...
