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September 20, 2017
Culinary Arts Programming at the Johnson County (KS) Library
By Bryan Voell
Curious about the intersection between the culinary arts and the library? Look no further than Johnson County (KS) Library’s An Edible Discussion program series. Launched in 2014 by Information Specialist Caitlin Perkins at JCL’s Corinth Library branch, this unique monthly series has only grown in popularity over the last three years, bringing local chefs, business owners, culinary experts and dietitians (not to mention lots of food) to the library to the delight of many patron...
September 17, 2017
#IArtLibraries | Book Dominoes at New Lynn War Memorial Library
This post originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project in October 2013.
Today we feature a super-cool, super-fun young adult program sent to us by Rachel Widerstrom, a librarian at the Auckland (NZ) Libraries’ New Lynn War Memorial Library branch. The Book Domino program was inspired by a challenge put to New Zealand librarians by education/programming consultant Matt Finch (you remember him, from the fantastic Zombies in the Library program!). Everyone at the New Lynn War Memorial...
September 14, 2017
A Romance on Three Legs: The Ivory Archives
by Matt Finch
Is a library just a machine for communities to make knowledge? From books to 3D printers, telescopes, or musical instruments, today’s institutions host collections and programs which inspire and empower people to create their own understanding and their own responses to the universe of knowledge, culture, and experience.
Putting so much computing and communication power in the hands of ordinary people has shaped the role of knowledge organisations, but libraries of practical and...
September 12, 2017
#IArtLibraries | Featuring: Brian P. Hall
This post originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project in October, 2011.
Brian P. Hall received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his fiction and essays have appeared in the Palo Alto Review, Lullwater Review, The G.W Review, Exquisite Corpse, Shadowbox, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among others.
How do you identify yourself as an artist (e.g., writer, poet, painter, playwright, mixed media, illustration, etc.) and what kind of work do you do?Fiction...
September 10, 2017
#IArtLibraries | Page to Stage: Revisiting a Revolution
This post originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project in June 2013.
It’s summer “vacation” for us here in the States, and that means we’re fortunate enough to have Brandon Monokian return to the Incubator Project to guest blog about his wonderful Page to Stage series. This program, which brings works of literature to life right in the Princeton Public Library, is entering its third year of existence. We’re thrilled to have Brandon writing for us once again. ~ Laura
by Brandon Mono...
September 7, 2017
Future Library Art Project in Oslo, Norway
By Bryan Voell
Future Library is a monumental art project by Scottish artist Katie Paterson. Utilizing paper made from trees planted in an Oslo, Norway forest, one writer a year for a hundred years will contribute a text. These writings will not be read or published until the year 2114, when at last they will be unveiled in a “specially designed room” in Oslo’s New Deichmanske Library. As their website states:
Future Library is a living, breathing, organic artwork, unfolding over one hundred...
September 6, 2017
Book to Boogie: “ABC Yoga”
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 Jayne Gammons
Yoga—a way to enjoy yourself and be one with nature. Does this invitation sound like a stretch for preschool...
September 5, 2017
#IArtLibraries | Featuring: Sonnenzimmer
This post originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project in October, 2011.
Sonnenzimmer is an art and screen print studio run by Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi. The duo creates unique hand-crafted posters, books and music-packaging in their Chicago studio. They took our survey in the summer of 2011.
How do you identify yourself as an artist, and what kind of work do you do?Screen printing posters, music packaging, book design, art prints, graphic design, writing, music.
What is...September 3, 2017
#IArtLibraries | Featuring: Trong Gia Nguyen
This post originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project in March 2017.
Today, we’re delighted to feature Trong Gia Nguyen, and his impressive “Library” project– an installation that bends the idea of what a book is by re-writing famous works word for word on rice grains. Don’t miss his fascinating concepts for the “ideal library”– zero gravity reading rooms? To-scale reproductions of paintings to check out and take home? Yes please. Enjoy! ~Erinn
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August 31, 2017
/five at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Today I’m thrilled to welcome Jenny Watts from the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens to the LAIP. Jenny shares information and insight with us about the /five series, a contemporary arts initiative designed to engage artists and the wider community with the Huntington’s collections in interesting ways. Enjoy! ~Laura
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): For those of us who aren’t familiar with the Huntington already, please introduce yourself and this institution!
Jenny...
