Featuring: Vickie Moore
Today’s feature is a real treat– re-purposed library catalog cards turned into topical works of art! Artist Vickie Moore lets each card’s topic inform her illustration, and she’s always looking for more. Check the links below to find out how to send her your cast-off cards & give them new life! ~Erinn Library as Incubator...
Literary Lots: The Library as Place Maker
We’re delighted to welcome Kauser Razvi to the site today for the first post in a series that will explore Literary Lots. This project got a lot of attention in the spring with a Kickstarter campaign; now they’rer working to re-purpose abandoned spaces and bring art and literacy programs to the children of Cleveland OH...
Paints to Puddings at Parkes Library, Australia
Something that happens to me on a regular basis with this project is that I hear about program ideas and immediately think, oh my goodness, I have to replicate that or do something similar at my library/in my art-making practice/etc. When our friend Matt Finch (you remember him, from the Zombies in the Library storytelling event) put...
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...
Out of the Archives: Nappanee Public Library Fine Art Series
This article first appeared on the Library as Incubator Project on March 15, 2012. We’re delighted to host this essay about Nappanee Public Library’s Fine Art Series by Jessica Flores, the multi-talented Nappanee Communications Specialist who is also a professional artist working in watercolor and mixed media. Jessica often finds inspiration for her work at...
Pages to Projects: Winter Fun
Our good friend Rebecca Dunn is back on the Library as Incubator Project blog 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...
Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters at The Morgan Library & Museum
by Rebecca Rubenstein Beatrix Potter’s personality shines through in the exhibition, “Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters” at The Morgan Library & Museum. The work is gathered from materials in the Morgan’s collection, the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and holdings from private collections. Visitors are taken on the journeys...
Pages to Projects: Introducing Fine Art Through Story
We’re delighted to welcome Rebecca Dunn back to the Library as Incubator Project blog for the third installment of the Pages to Projects series in which she shares how to incorporate elements of art education and appreciation into that most time-honored library tradition– Storytime! ~Erinn Pages to Projects: Introducing Fine Art Through Story By Rebecca Dunn A picture...
Libraries Fuel Creativity: A guest blog by Anja Notanja Sieger
Today, we’re delighted to debut a new blog series from Anja Notanja Sieger. Don’t miss her original artist interview on the Library as Incubator Project, where she shares her unique vision of the ideal library– a place where artists’ work is incubated by community knowledge. And telescopes! Enjoy. ~Erinn Libraries Fuel Creativity by Anja Notanja Sieger This post...
Pages to Projects: Taking Art for a Spin
We’re delighted to welcome Rebecca Z. Dunn back to the Library as Incubator Project blog for the second installment of the Pages to Projects series in which she shares how to incorporate elements of art education and appreciation into that most time-honored library tradition– Storytime! We featured Rebecca’s PoeTree Installation for National Poetry Month, and we’re excited to share...
Pages to Projects: Outside the Box
We’re delighted to welcome Rebecca Z. Dunn back to the Library as Incubator Project blog for a guest series about how to incorporate elements of art education and appreciation into that most time-honored library tradition– Storytime! We featured Rebecca’s PoeTree Installation for National Poetry Month, and we’re excited to share more of her fun and...
Library Makers: a new project resource!
by Laura Damon-Moore You may remember way back in the spring when we hosted Madison Public Library children’s librarian Carissa Christner on the Library as Incubator Project. Carissa put together a terrific kit for us on how to facilitate a Flip Filmmakers workshop with some awesome tips and ideas for programming librarians (or filmmakers looking for...
