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August 24, 2017
The Music Lab at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Today we highlight a partnership between the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. These partners combine to offer the Music Lab at the library, an opportunity for patrons of all ages to see, hear, and feel real musical instruments, and interact with real professional musicians! Thanks to Erica Keller, Director of Audience Engagement for the CSO, and Kate Lawrence, Programming and Exhibits Manager for PLCHC, for...
August 23, 2017
RFQ: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Central) Library Grand Reading Room Ceiling Design
We are pleased to publish this Request for Qualifications on behalf of the DC Public Library – please share widely! ~Laura
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL)
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Central) Library Grand Reading Room Ceiling Design
Permanent Public Art Commission
Deadline: August 31, 2017
Budget: To be determined, with artist fee up to 20% of the project
Open to all professional artists, designers and art or design teams
Apply Online: http:/...
August 17, 2017
Featuring: Danielle Bonney
Today we welcome library-inspired fiber artist Danielle Bonney to the site! Danielle went to the library looking for a hobby and ended up embarking on a new adventure that involves not only hand-making items for her online shop, but also teaching her craft in libraries! Enjoy! ~Laura
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Please introduce yourself! Who are you, and what kind of creative work do you do?
Danielle Bonney (DB): I am Danielle Bonney and I sculpt birds and other animals out of sheep’...
August 10, 2017
Camp Mad Media: Expanding the Digital Literacy Toolkit for Educators
Today I’m excited to share a program that just wrapped up its second year at Madison Public Library. Camp Mad Media is a quick-and-dirty workshop series that introduces educators, including teachers and librarians, to different digital literacy tools and concepts, while also providing hands-on play time ideas that they can easily incorporate into their classrooms during the school year.
Camp Mad Media is a collaboration between Madison Public Library, We Think Big, Inc., and a number of commu...
August 2, 2017
Book to Boogie: “I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean”
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
Giant squid is big! So big that he’s fairly certain he’s the biggest thing around. Bigger than clams,...
July 27, 2017
Featuring: FORGE at Kenton County Public Library
Today we’re thrilled to welcome Ann Schoenenberger, Digital Branch Librarian for the Kenton County Public Library in Kentucky. Ann is part of the visioning and implementing team for FORGE, a community makerspace and embedded library. Today Ann fills us in on the idea behind FORGE and shares some tips for librarians looking to facilitate responsive community-driven learning spaces.
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Can you give us the elevator speech about FORGE? What is it, what’s in it, w...
July 25, 2017
How to Succeed in (the Public Library Online Local Music Collection) Business: Care
Posters in Edmonton’s Capital City Records
by Kelly Hiser
Rabble is a startup based in Madison, Wisconsin that builds online local music collections with public libraries. Our open-source platform, MUSICat, helps librarians connect with local musicians to collect, curate, license, and publish music. We work with an amazing group of library partners, in Edmonton, Madison, Nashville, and Seattle, and we’re excited to bring several new partners on board in 2017: Hennepin County Library, Omaha Pu...
July 19, 2017
Discovering Austen: a One Woman Show
Promotional poster for “Discovering Austen,” a one woman show by Kristin Hammargren.
This post originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project in 2012. We revisit our interview with Kristin Hammargren this week, 200 years after Austen’s death.
Kristin is still performing Discovering Austen in the Midwest! Check out the upcoming performance dates.
The Library as Incubator Project is pleased to welcome Kristin Hammargren for an interview on her upcoming one woman show, Discovering Auste...
July 18, 2017
Introducing the Minneapolis Art Lending Library
by Amelia Foster
Founded in 2013, the Minneapolis Art Lending Library is a collection of about 110 pieces of original artwork that are available to the public for free, three-month loan periods. We aim to provide a new model for artists to showcase their work and build a following, while also cultivating a new audience of art supporters. Below, some more details in an interview with co-founder, Larsen Husby.
Robert Nicholl | Title: 527 24th Street
Amelia Foster for the LAIP (AF): Tell us abo...July 13, 2017
Featuring: Clare Qualmann
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Clare Qualmann, an artist and researcher based in the UK. Clare’s work came to my attention after I saw reference to an article of hers, The Artist in the Library, published in Performance Research: Vol. 22, No. 1. Today we ask Clare questions about her own library-incubated work, as well as her research on similar projects. Enjoy! ~Laura
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Please introduce yourself and your work to our community.
Clare Qualmann (C...
