This week on the site:
- Another update from this library makerspace project– includes a video of the makerspace build! Westport Library Makerspace: Power tool practice
- Learn how this resource library helps to support and increase awareness for public art: Featuring: Forecast Public Art & the FPA Resource Library
- Sniff! We’ll miss Brandon Monokian’s guest blogs on the Page to Stage series at Princeton Public Library: Page to Stage: At season’s end
- Dance, movement, poetry, and acting techniques help adults of all abilities gain communication skills in this partnership program: Upstream Arts presents “Ready for Work” programs at Hennepin County Libraries
- Digital stop-motion animation programming is put to the test in the classroom as CLP prepares to launch their digital labs: The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Stop-Motion Animation at Summer Dreamers’ Academy
New on Pinterest + Social media:
- Our new Performance Incubators Pinterest board for September features a collection of wonderful library-incubated performances and plays, plus links to great resources from the Academy’s digital collections.
- It’s back to school time– are you ready for Teen Read Week™ at your library? The countdown for our Teen Read Week™ art contest, IT CAME FROM A BOOK! has begun. Entries are due September 30!
Neat stuff we found on the web:
- We love Artkive, an app that lets you preserve your kids’ art when the fridge gets too full!
- The “Support Your Local Library” infographic from State Stats is a great advocacy tool.
- The Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections were a big inspiration for this month’s Pinterest board– posters, scores, ephemera…
Thanks for tuning in this week, everyone! And remember, we’re always on the lookout for great library-incubated programs and projects to feature. If you’ve got an idea you’d like to share, we’d love to hear about it–check out our quick and easy submission guidelines & send us your stuff.
Enjoy the long weekend! ~Erinn
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