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! ...
In Which She is Challenged to a Duel: A Guest Blog by Anja Notanja Sieger
Today, we’re pleased to share another glimpse into artist Anja Notanja Sieger’s creative process! This installment of her guest blog series examines how libraries and library materials influence her art, and confronts the question: will people read books in 10 years? Don’t miss the other posts: Libraries Fuel Creativity, and Everyone is a Library of Experiences. ~Erinn In...
Featuring: the Cigar Box Project (Part 3)
This is the third part of our series on the Cigar Box Project, a group exhibition of works that are all contained within cigar boxes. The subject matter? Libraries, books, reading. Today we talk with two of the exhibition’s artists, Tom Clark and Deborah Madigan. Tom Clark Please tell us a little bit about yourself and the type...
Featuring: the Cigar Box Project (Part 2)
This is the second part of our series on the Cigar Box Project, a group exhibition of works that are all contained within cigar boxes. The subject matter? Libraries, books, reading. Today we talk with two of the exhibition’s artists, Jim Wright and Terry Evans. Jim Wright Tell us a bit about yourself and your...
Everyone is a Library of Experiences: A Guest Blog by Anja Notanja Sieger
Today, we’re pleased to roll out the next installment of Anja Notanja Sieger’s a new blog series on how libraries and library materials influence her art. Don’t miss the first blog in the series, Libraries Fuel Creativity, and check out her original artist interview on the Library as Incubator Project, where she shares her unique vision of the ideal library....
The “My Downtown” exhibit by Melissa Kolstad
We’re pleased to welcome back to the Library as Incubator Project our friend and guest blogger Melissa Kolstad, who brings you an update about her fabulous new show at the Fond du Lac (WI) Public Library. In May of 2011, I had an idea for a collage exhibit – enough of an idea to request...
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: 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...
The Detritus Project, Part 7: The Road Ends Here
Editor’s note: We are both happy and sad to share the last in the guest blog series by Mel Kolstad. Mel has been such a fun writer and artist to work with and we love her final project. For Part 1 of “Documenting the Detritus Project” click here. For Part 2, click here. For part...
The Detritus Project, Part 6: Onto the Mat!
Author’s note: This is the sixth in a series of posts about “The Detritus Project”, an interactive library art work that I’m creating in conjunction with the Fond du Lac Public Library in Fond du Lac, WI. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For part 3, click here. For part 4,...
Artist Trading Cards: Making & Swapping Art at the Library
by Laura Damon-Moore Artist trading cards (also known as ATCs) are miniature (2.5″ x 3.5″) pieces of artwork that are about the same size as a baseball card. They can be created with everything from markers, pens, or pencils to watercolors, oils, collage, fabric or metals. After they are signed, dated, and titled on the...
The Detritus Project, Part 5: Transference and Stitching
Author’s note: This is the fifth in a series of posts about “The Detritus Project”, an interactive library art work that I’m creating in conjunction with the Fond du Lac Public Library in Fond du Lac, WI. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For part 3, click here. For part 4,...
