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November 3, 2019

Our 2019 book from ALA Editions

Book cover for Incubating Creativity at Your Library, by Erinn Batykefer and Laura Damon-Moore, ALA Editions, 2019.

Library as Incubator Project readers, we wanted to make sure you knew about our recent project with ALA Editions. Incubating Creativity at Your Library: A Sourcebook for Connecting with Communities was published this summer and anchors our seven-plus years working with artists and librarians on the Library as Incubator Project. Check out this interview with Laura and Erinn about the project, and find the title online through the ALA Store.

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Published on November 03, 2019 04:10

November 13, 2017

Sunset on the Library as Incubator Project

Photo by: Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps. Public Domain image.

If you haven’t heard via social media already, the Library as Incubator Project team has bittersweet news to share: it is time to sunset the LAIP.

We’ve had an amazing time working with many contributors to keep this community relevant and meaningful, but the time has come to make space for new and different projects.

Over the course of our time curating the LAIP, we’ve witnessed a sea change in the ways libraries and librar...

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Published on November 13, 2017 09:40

November 12, 2017

#IArtLibraries | Featuring: Ellen Ziegler

This post originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project in September 2016.

Ellen Ziegler’s extraordinary book art was what made us reach out, but her wonderful collaborative projects truly embody the library-as-incubator philosophy. Enjoy! ~Erinn screen-shot-2016-09-10-at-9-48-58-pm

Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work.

Ellen Ziegler (EZ): I went to Antioch College; some of my professors there were students at Black Mountain College with John Cage, Josef and Anni Albers...

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Published on November 12, 2017 05:00

November 9, 2017

Mel Kolstad in Residence at Appleton Public Library

It’s our pleasure to welcome back Mel Kolstad to the Library as Incubator Project. Today Mel fills us in on what she’s been up to during her artist residency at the Appleton Public Library in Appleton, Wisconsin. We love that Mel’s work continues to be deeply inspired by libraries and the “detritus” that comes into the library via returned library books. Enjoy! ~Laura

by Mel Kolstad

Back in 2012, I had the pleasure of creating a 7-part series called The Detritus Project for Library as Incubat...

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Published on November 09, 2017 05:35