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June 8, 2015
“Artists in the Archives”: Part 2
This post was originally published June 2013.
Today’s feature is the second in our two-part series focusing on the “Artists in the Archives” project (read the story about this project in the New York Times). Today we hear from JoAnne Wilcox and Barbara Page discuss their contributions to “Artists in the Archives”: “The Call to Everyone” and “Book Marks,” respectively.
Read Part 1 for an introduction to the “Artists in the Archives” project and to read our interview with Carla Rae Johnson. ~...
June 5, 2015
Friday Linkubator Roundup | May 29 – June 4
Auckland Libraries – Timequest logo used for programs aimed at a younger audience.
It’s been a bit of a light week here at the LAIP, but I’m sure many of you understand – it is the beginning of summer reading, after all! To all those not under the weight of registration and planning… well, have a beer on us, k?
New features:
Have fun in story time with a summertime read –The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli. This month’s Book to Boogie installment is a sure hit! We heard from one of our favor...June 4, 2015
TimeQuest: playful, interactive games at Auckland Libraries
Today’s feature comes to us from educator and library program developer Matt Finch, who blogs about his work over at The Signal in Transition. The project we’re sharing today is TimeQuest, a playful, highly interactive program that Matt developed in partnership with library staff members at the public libraries and other community partners in Auckland, New Zealand, when he was there as a library services consultant.
The focus of this TimeQuest game, on a city’s and community’s heritage, is pa...
June 3, 2015
Book to Boogie: “The Watermelon Seed”
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 Maria Hanley
Summer is here! When it’s summer, all I think about is fruit, and one of my favorites is watermelon! When I s...
June 2, 2015
Featuring: Dominique Dunstan & The Whiteboard Project at the State Library of Victoria
This post was originally published June 2013.
Today, we’re delighted to welcome Dominique Dunstan to the site to share not only her beautiful re-interpretations of natural history, but also the extraordinary library-based artist fellowship that supported their creation. Read on to learn more about the Staff Fellowships at the State Library of Victoria in Australia, which Dominique calls “visionary,” and her deeply researched Whiteboard Project. You won’t regret it! ~Erinn
Dominique Dunstan. R...
June 1, 2015
“Artists in the Archives”: Part 1
This post was originally published June 2013.
When this New York Times story popped up in my reader a few weeks ago, I knew that I had to contact the artists behind the Artists in the Archives project. Carla Rae Johnson, JoAnne Wilcox, and Barbara Page all graciously agreed to answer our questions about their card catalog-inspired projects. Today’s post presents a short introduction to the Artists in the Archives collective project, and an interview with Carla Rae. Part 2, which will come o...
May 30, 2015
Friday Linkubator Roundup | May 22 – 28
This roundup is coming to you a little late this week, but no worse for wear. Enjoy all the goodies we found!
New features:
Other new...
May 28, 2015
Featuring: Marla Martin
Today we hear from Marla Martin, who is a Teen Librarian who makes art on library due date cards as a way of engaging in art-making practice every day. Love this take on the art journal! ~Laura
Library as IncubatorProject (LAIP):Please introduce yourself to our community – who are you, and what sort of work do you do (creative work, day job, etc.)?
Marla Martin (MM):I am Marla Martin and I work fulltime as Teen Librarian at the Woodbury Public Library in Connecticut. I have always been a crea...
May 27, 2015
On location at Harvard-Westlake Upper School Library
Today we have a cool resource to share with you courtesy of Shannon Acedo, Chair of theLibrary and Information Technology Department at Harvard-Westlake Upper School in Studio City, California. Many students at the school enjoy using the library as a location for filmmaking projects, so many that Shannon devised a library location form that she shares with us today.
Shannon writes, “The interest in filming here at HW is in part due to our location (we are in fact located in Studio City) an...
May 26, 2015
Pages to Projects: Wild About Shapes
Our good friendRebecca Dunnshares how to incorporate arteducation principlesinto storytime in her popularPages to Projectsseries. If you’ve been inspired by Rebecca’s projects or have used her storytime plans at your library, we’d love to hear about it! Share your experience in the comments or on social media. ~Erinn
by Rebecca Dunn
A favorite pastime of mine as a child was laying in the grass on a blue-sky day and watching the clouds morph into different animals. Wild About Shapes by Jérémi...
