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...
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...
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...
Kit: Poetry Scavenger Hunt
What better way to kick off the first week of National Poetry Month than with a wonderful new addition to our program kit collection? We’re thrilled to present this original program kit created for us – and you! – by a group of poets and literary educators known as Line Assembly. We’ll be featuring a...
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...
“I Art Families” at the St. Paul Public Library
Libraries are an important place for families. It is a constant goal for librarians that their collection reflect families of all kinds, and it is terrific when library programming can do the same. That’s why we were so excited about the “I Art Families” program organized by Rainbow Rumpus for the St. Paul Public Library...
The Labs at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Adjustments
If you’re looking for a cutting-edge example of a creative digital literacy initiative in a large urban public library system, you’ve come to the right place. We’re proud to continue our partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and to share a new post in our series on The Labs @ CLP. This week, Digital Learning Librarian Corey...
“Cut It Out” workshop from King County Library System
We always love hearing about successful library + art programs, and it’s fun to feature a program that just happened last week! The King County Library System (KCLS) hosted a workshop called “Cut It Out” for adults that tapped a local institution and a local business as partners. The workshop (an “evening of artmaking” with an “emphasis...
Zombies at the Tullamore (Australia) Public Library
On November 9th, 2012, the rural Australian town of Tullamore, New South Wales experienced a library event like no other. During a storytelling visit by British writer and educator Dr. Matt Finch, students across the age range from 8 to 18 visited Tullamore’s public library for what they thought would be a writing workshop. Arriving...
Experimental Music at Cincinnati Public Library
Today, we’re pleased to welcome Steve Kemple to the site to share an exciting new programming series. Steve is the Music Reference Librarian at the Cincinnati Public Library, and the Experimental Music series he launched this summer is going gangbusters! Read on to learn more. ~Erinn Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Tell us a little bit about...
