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Book to Boogie: “Count the Monkeys”

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 Kerry Aradhya

We have many of author/illustrator Mac Barnett’s picture books on our bookshelf at home. Among the many reas...

“Life on a Shelf” from Sanspointe Dance Company

This post was originally published on September 4, 2013.

Today, we take a glimpse at a project that celebrates the importance of libraries in our communities. Last month, the Sanspointe Dance Company in Birmingham, Alabama, presented “Life on a Shelf,” a series of dance performances touring local libraries, including branches of the Birmingham Public Library. But wait, it gets better! These dances werecreated to connect everyone—regardless of age—to the shelves and books in a library, and dir...

Interactive Art Trail at Edinburgh Central Library

This post was originally published on August 27, 2013

by Laura Damon-Moore

Today’s featured project is a splendid example of library + community collaboration at Edinburgh Central Library in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Interactive Art Trail, for which masters students from the Edinburgh College of Art were invited to create new works based on their investigations of collections in the Central Library, closes on August 31st.

With the advent of e-books and online resources such as Amazon and Kindl...

Friday Linkubator Roundup | August 21 – 27

Only the briefest preamble today, as things are Crazy (with a capital C) in Incubator Land. Enjoy the best of the best from this last week on the interwebs! As always, tweet us with your favorite things @IArtLibraries!

New features:

What’s new from The Hatchery? Using the library as a backdrop for tableaux vivants, that’s what! Tieshka K. Smith, artist-in-residence at Oak Park Public Library, shares some of her photographic series, Oak Park After Dark. Any other artist-residencies out there...

Featuring: Tieshka K. Smith at Oak Park Public Library

Today we’re pleased to present a brief writeup by photographer Tieshka K. Smith, who was an artist in residence at the Oak Park Public Library in Illinois earlier this year. The resulting series, Oak Park After Dark, is a beautiful study of a community in the crisp clarity of Midwestern winter nights.~Laura

by Tieshka K. Smith

In December 2014, I was invited by representatives of the Library and the Oak Park Area Arts Council to hang selections from my ongoing series of photos of northwest Ph...

Hatchery Highlights: Tableaux Vivants Redux

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

Tableaux Vivants Redux

The Mackintosh Library recently played host to a special tableau vivantfor the conferenceCrafting the Look: Styling as...

Alternative programming ideas with alt+library

This post was originally published on August 21, 2013.

When I heard Lori and Jess speak about alt+library at ALA 2013 in June, I was struck by a mention of a “Bad Art Night.” What a great way to get everyone creating art at the library, with no expectations or inhibitions! I knew that I wanted to hear more, and today they share this and other programs going on at alt+library. Enjoy! ~Holly

Artwork from alt+library’s Bad Art Night

By Jessica Zaker and Lori Easterwood

If Bad Art Night, Broke A$...

Out of the Library: Teen Writers Sleepaway Camp

This post was originally published on August 26, 2013.

Frequently with this project I get downright envious of the children, young adults, and adults that get to participate in certain library programs. The project highlighted here is one of those. When Heather Dickerson, a staff member at the Lewis and Clark Library in Helena, Montana, wrote to us about her awesome sleepaway writing camp for teenage girls, I couldn’t wait to throw more questions her way and get some additional details. ~Laur...

Friday Linkubator Roundup | August 14 – 20

Hidee ho, good internet neighbor! The seasons are starting to turn away from summer bliss towards the school year. But reading and creativity are in the air, and lots of people are breathing it in deeply. Enjoy the best links this week had to offer!

New features:

San Diego Public Library teamed up with their local Fab Lab to bring more, awesomemaker programs to their patrons! When it comes to makerspaces, it’s important to keep learning from each other. Coloring for Grown-Ups is THE. BIG....

Featuring: The Dance Heritage Coalition

This post originally appeared on the site in August 2012.

by Christi Weindorf

The Dance Heritage Coalition (DHC) is all about building supportive and inspiring partnerships between libraries, archives, dance organizations, dance companies and dance artists. These alliances are focused on preserving, enhancing, augmenting and providing access to collections that document the past, present and future of dance as an art form.

The coalition is made up of eleven member organizations including the...