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July 22, 2015
Program Kit: Blacklight Painting for Young Adults
by Laura Damon-Moore
I coordinate the summer programs for kids and young adults at Eager Free Public Library in Evansville, Wisconsin. This summer we ended up with an eclectic assortment of hands-on activities for young adults (mainly middle school students), from Cupcake Wars to Mega Games Day to a Maker Day with squishy circuits, ArtBots, and MaKey-MaKey activities. One program that went over very well for us was our DIY Blacklight Painting Day.
The SetupI put cheap plastic tablecloths on...
July 21, 2015
Anatomy of an art controversy: Mike Lroy’s “Don’t Shoot” at Madison Public Library
This post was originally published May 19, 2015 on tonemadison.com and is re-published on the Library as Incubator Project with permission from Tone Madison and Madison Public Library. Pull quotes here were chosen by LAIP editors. Read the original article.
Mike Lroy’s “Don’t Shoot,” on display at the Central Library. Photo my Kristian Knutsen.
Anatomy of an art controversy: Mike Lroy’s “Don’t Shoot”The absurdity of reducing a painting to the fact that it offends cops.
by Kristian Knutsen,@p...
July 20, 2015
Scottish Poetry Library
The Scottish Poetry Library is a remarkable place: something magical in the light, the disposition of the building, the acoustics, the ghosts of dead (but silently approving poets) and the astonishingly lovely and efficient staff. This never fails. I am gob-smacked by it: I have never known anywhere like it.
~Helena Nelson, poet and publisher, Happenstance Press
by Erinn Batykefer This post was originally published in July 2012.
The Scottish Poetry Library is the brainchild of founding direct...
July 17, 2015
Friday Linkubator Roundup | July 10 – 16
Friends, we’re past ALA Annual and San Diego Comic Con (not that we were there, but the internet, it was a-buzzing). I hope you’ll forgive us for running on low power as we focus on our day jobs, but don’t worry, we’re still bringing you as much awesome as ever! Enjoy these links we found, just for you.
New features:
July 16, 2015
Hatchery Highlights: Pop-Up Book Display
The Glasgow School of Art Library has a wonderful website, called The 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
Pop-Up Books at the GSA Library
“White Noise” by David Carter.
You may already have seen the colourful geometric shapes looming out from the...
July 15, 2015
Reading Music: Local Musicians Answer Albany Public Library’s Call to Craft Literary Songs
This post originally appeared in August 2014.
Today’s feature comes to us from Albany Public Library’s Deanna DiCarlo (catch another feature by Deanna, about APL’s gallery and exhibition spaces). The library’s “Reading Music” challenge is a fantastic program that is a unique blend of literature and original music – and a lovely invitation for local literature-loving songwriters to get creative in the library.
by Deanna DiCarlo
When a librarian who is also an accomplished musician lives and wo...
July 14, 2015
Fluxus Club at the Walker Art Center: Part Three
Librarian Margit Wilson and artist Margaret Pezalla-Granlund teamed up to make the Walker Art Center’s library an active art space with Fluxus Club, and we’re delighted to host a new series on their work at the Walker Art Center. This is part 3; read the whole series here. Enjoy! ~Erinn
Fluxus Club at the Walker Art Center: Part ThreebyMargaret Pezalla-Granlund & Margit Wilson
While Fluxus Club’s run ended months ago, it’s been so enjoyable for us to reflect on the program over here with the...
July 10, 2015
Friday Linkubator Roundup | July 3 – 9
It was a week to bask in the creativity of human beings and the glory of the internet. Enjoy this fun-stuff heavy edition of our weekly roundup!
New features:
Think you can’t explore movement in story time with a nonfiction book? Think again! This month’s Book to Boogie takes on the 5 senses. Here’s something neat: a library of art books on a lake in Minnesota. Yup, it’s The Floating Library!
Fun stuff:
July 9, 2015
The Floating Library in Minnesota
Your very-cool-thing for today is the Floating Library Project, a floating public art project that makes artists’ books and other art works available to the public–via boat, canoe, inner tubes, and other waterborne devices. A fabulous, summery exploration of art and literature. ~Laura
From their website:
The Floating Library is an experimental public art project bySarah Petersthat introduces the creative genre of artists’ books and printed matter to people recreating on an urban lake.
A cust...
July 8, 2015
Book to Boogie: “Cold, Crunchy, Colorful: Using Our Senses”
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 Julie Dietzel-Glair
Our five senses give richness to our experiences. Imagine being able to feel a strawberry but not bein...
