Curate What You Know: The Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series
One of our most steadfast Twitter friends, Jessica Smith, shares her remarkable Visiting Writers Series, which she launched as a library-incubated part of the curriculum at Indian Springs School in Alabama. We’re always excited to find great school libraries to feature, and this one is exceptional! Enjoy. ~Erinn Curate What You Know: The Indian Springs...
Recipe for a Thriving Performing Arts Series: Part 1
We’re delighted to welcome Nick Demske back to the Library as Incubator Project for the next installment in his series of posts focusing on process and strategy librarians can use to implement excellent performing arts programs for their communities using a principle we call “Programming as Collection Development.” Nick’s work at Racine Public Library is...
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...
Librarians and community involvement as a professional competence
We’re delighted to welcome Nick Demske back to the Library as Incubator Project for the first in a series of posts focusing on process and strategy librarians can use to implement excellent performing arts programs for their communities using a principle we call “Programming as Collection Development.” Nick’s work at Racine Public Library is an...
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...
“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...
BONK! Performance Series at Racine Public Library
We’re pleased to welcome Nick Demske to the site today to share Racine Public Library’s BONK! Performance Series. Nick is the director and curator of the BONK! Series, which aims to bring challenging poetry, art, and performance to the established local arts community. The series has garnered national attention in the American poetry scene and...
NaNoWriMo: 5 Great Books on Mechanics
by Erinn Batykefer Earlier this week, we shared 5 Great Books on the Craft of Writing to inspire and motivate WriMos as they vaulted over the 10,000 word mark. Today, we get down to sentences and share some recommended reading on mechanics. From tricky grammatical constructions to broad plot and characterization issues, every writer needs a...
Join our Indiegogo Campaign!
If we have more time to work on the project, we’ll be able to do a lot more to make the library an experience. Welcome to the official launch of our IArtLibraries Indiegogo fundraising campaign! Earlier this week, Laura shared the big news about our decision to raise funds for the Library as Incubator Project. In...
An Interview with Greg Mickells, Director of Madison Public Library
by Erinn Batykefer Madison has been in a-flutter over libraries this year. We said goodbye to the old Central Library in January with BOOKLESS—massive community art show and fundraiser that raised over thirty thousand dollars—and now, there’s a beautiful new Library under construction and big plans to incorporate maker programming into Madison Public Library’s service...
Music History: The Chuck Brown /Go-Go Archive at DC Public Library
by Erinn Batykefer As any music buff knows, a light went out this past May when Chuck Brown, the “godfather of Go-go,” died at Johns Hopkins Hospital at the age of 75. Go-go is something of a DC phenomenon; the genre developed in the 70s and has evolved into a hip-shaking blend of funk, R&B,...
Art Exhibition Pathfinders at the NYPL Mulberry Street Branch
We’re delighted to share this interview with some of the folks at NYPL’s Mulberry Street Branch and to showcase a new service launched as a practicum project by Rebecca Rubenstein, an artist and library school student at Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University. Read on to learn more about Mulberry Street’s art...
