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...
Sharing the work at your arts-incubating library (Part 1)
About a year ago, the LaIP co-founders got together with Trent Miller and Jesse Vieau for a talk about an idea for a new Madison Public Library initiative that would offer workshops and programs based on partnerships with community organizations and Madison locals. Their idea blossomed into The Bubbler, a programming model that turns the...
Out of the Archives: Recology’s “Art in the Dump” Exhibition at the University of San Francisco’s Gleeson Library
This article originally appeared on the Library as Incubator Project on May 24, 2012. We’re excited to feature this partnership between an academic library and the innovative Recology Artist-in-Residence program. Many thanks to Shawn Calhoun, Head of Access Services, Library Outreach, and Assessment at the University of San Francisco’s Gleeson Library, for sharing this wonderful project....
Digital Exhibition Platforms at Tarrant County College
A theme that keeps cropping up in our library-as-incuabtor world is reuse or repurpose. We see it in popular altered book programs like Austin Public Library’s Recycled Reads program, in the Recycled Holiday Crafts at North Park University, in Mel Kolstad’s collage for the Detritus Project, and many more. Artists, makers, and librarians have this in common...
Mini Maker Faire at Westport Library
No surprise that awesome things continue to come out of the library makerspace at Westport Library in Westport, CT. The upcoming Mini Maker Faire on Saturday, April 27 promises to be fun- and innovation-filled. Headed to the Maker Faire this year? We’d love to hear about it – send or tweet your photos to us!...
Featuring: Trong Gia Nguyen
Today, we’re delighted to feature Trong Gia Nguyen, and his impressive “Library” project– an installation that bends the idea of what a book is by re-writing famous works word for word on rice grains. Don’t miss his fascinating concepts for the “ideal library”– zero gravity reading rooms? To-scale reproductions of paintings to check out and...
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...
Art in the Learning Centre at Sheffield Hallam University
Today’s feature comes from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. We’re pleased to welcome Claire Ridall, Executive Assistant in the Student Learning Services area of the university’s Adsetts Learning Centre (an information commons + library). She tells us today about an initiative that has really gained physical and web-based traction recently. Enjoy! ~ Laura by Claire...
“Brother Can You Spare a Stack” at the Center for Book Arts
Feature writer Rebecca Rubenstein recently visited an exciting new show at the Center for Book Arts in New York– a show that re-imagines the concept and purpose of a library, and turns libraries into works of art. Don’t miss the rest of Rebecca’s features on library-as-incubator happenings in NYC! ~Erinn Brother Can You Spare a...
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 1)
by Laura Damon-Moore This week we have a fun three-part feature to share. This fall I got a note from Deborah Madigan, a painter and sculptor from Kenosha, Wisconsin (she works with the good folks at Lemon Street Gallery, who we featured last year). She and other artists had been working for the second half...
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...
