The Past and Future of Paper: A Multi-Library Exhibit
Caelin Ross returns to the site today with a look at a unique multi-library exhibit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which celebrates Wisconsin’s unique role in the history of papermaking and the wonderful tradition of book art in the area. Enjoy. ~Erinn by Caelin Ross We handle paper every day and hoped that the exhibit...
Featuring: Parachute Poetry Library
I was so excited to find this press release from poet and writing instructor Amanda Deutch in the inbox a few weeks ago, I simply had to share. The story of an innovative artist creating a library because there was a need for one would be an inspiration on its own, but the setting– post-Hurricane...
Featuring: Provincetown Public Press
Exciting things are happening at the crossroads of self-publishing and libraries lately! We’re fascinated with the ways that libraries are working to help their communities create content, not just consume it– and how they’re collecting that content, too! This week, we chatted with Matt Clark, Director of Marketing and Program Development at Provincetown Public Library...
Pages to Projects: Food and Art
Our good friend Rebecca Dunn is back on the Library as Incubator Project with another great post in her popular Pages to Projects series! She shares how to incorporate elements of art education and appreciation into storytime; if you’ve been inspired by Rebecca’s projects or have used her storytime plans at your library, share your experience in the comments!~Erinn...
Featuring: Lisa Occhipinti
Today, we welcome book artist and writer Lisa Occhipinti to the site to share her astonishing book art and to talk about how important libraries have been to her artistic process. Her ideal library design– which envisions a reading room overlooking a waterfall– is not to be missed! Enjoy. ~Erinn So, tell us a little...
Featuring: V. Jones
Today we talk with library worker V. Jones, who discusses living the artistic life when you’re not a “professional” artist, and how routine library work can influence and inform creativity. V. poses some interesting and perhaps difficult questions: for whom does art exist? Why is the process of art-making enough for some, while for others process...
Big news: the Library as Incubator Project Book!
We are thrilled to share some fantastic news with you all. Get out your crayons, your colored pencils, your piles of scratch paper – because we’re working with the wonderful Coffee House Press in Minneapolis to publish a book! The book is tentatively titled The Library as Incubator Project’s Guide to the Artist’s Library: a workbook...
Featuring: Coralie Bickford-Smith
Today’s featured artist is book cover designer Coralie Bickford-Smith. Coralie is the talent and hard work behind Penguin’s revamped classics covers and we are really thrilled to talk with her about her relationship to libraries! ~ Laura Can you tell us a bit about yourself and the work you do? I am a pattern obsessed book...
Owen Jones: Relievo and Papier-mâché Bindings (Part 2)
This is the fifth post in a series of features on historic book bindings, written for the Library as Incubator Project by Andrea Reithmayr, Special Collections Librarian and the Rare Book Conservator at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. Unless otherwise noted, all bindings pictured are from the University of Rochester’s Dept. of Rare Books...
McClatchy Memories
We’re delighted to welcome Virginia Kidd to the site today to share the story of how the Friends of McClatchy Library worked to create a beautiful and meaningful community memoir about their library. The project not only resulted in a book that raises funds and awareness, but also a wonderful series of writing workshops that...
Shadows! Demons! Dancers!: A Guest Blog by Anja Notanja Sieger
Today’s feature shares another glimpse into artist Anja Notanja Sieger’s creative process, this time with an exciting new series of papercut work that examines the shadow self of the artist. Don’t miss the other posts: Libraries Fuel Creativity, Everyone is a Library of Experiences, and In Which She Is Challenged to a Duel!. ~Erinn Shadows! Demons! Dancers! Shadows! Demons! ...
Exploring Coverbrowser.com
Our feature articles on libraries and artists have been going positively gangbusters this winter (which I love, don’t get me wrong) so I thought it might be nice to highlight one of the many eye candy-heavy (not to mention ridiculously valuable to students and lovers of history and literature) sites that the Incubators have come across...
