The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | QuickFLIX Workshops and Contest
The Library as Incubator Project is delighted to partner with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and guest blogger Emily Fear to showcase a new digital literacy initiative at CLP called The Labs. For this installment, we take a look at the impressive teen-produced videos created during The Labs QuickFlix workshops. Don’t miss Emily’s other blogs in this exciting...
10 Books for Teen Artists
Know a teen that wants to learn a new art technique, start a new project, or just be inspired? We’ve created a booklist of titles for teens that want to create in coordination with our first teen art contest, “It Came From a Book”. These ten books are filled with ideas for teens looking to...
IT CAME FROM A BOOK: Teen Read Week™ Art Contest
The Library as Incubator Project is proud to announce our partnership with TLT: Teen Librarian’s Toolbox, The Real Fauxtographer, and EgmontUSA. Together, we’re hosting an epic Teen Read Week™ art contest called It Came From a Book! The contest begins today, June 21st, and runs through September 30th. We’re planning to collect a huge online gallery of...
Art in Words at the New Bedford Free Public Library
The Library as Incubator Project is pleased to feature this interview with Jill Horton-Simms from the Friends of the New Bedford Free Public Library in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Friends of the Library facilitate an exciting program called Art in Words at the library, using library material as starting points for discussion and creation. -...
Shmoop: A poetry resource for teens
This week, the excitement continues for us at the Library as Incubator Project. Not only is it National Poetry Month, it’s also National Library Week! We can’t wait to spread the library love and hear about all the great things you all are doing to celebrate. We’re also loving the creative and engaging poetry events...
The 2012 Ralph Munn Writing Contest at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
“We trundle to a dim restaurant on a dark street, littered with debris, smothered with the sweet reminder of a neighborhood that once existed here.” ~From Elena Jackendoff’s sestina “Doubt,” 1st place winner of the 2011 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest in poetry. Pittsburgh is known for rivers, steel, football, and writing. The University of...
Tiny Library Concerts at the Collegiate School
The Library as Incubator Project is pleased to feature Tiny Library Concerts, submitted by Allen Chamberlain, librarian at the Reed-Gumenick Library at the Collegiate School, a private K-12 school in Richmond, Virginia. Tiny Library Concerts seems to be a prime example of how students and school librarians can work together to create creative and popular arts programming...
National Poetry Month: Call for ideas & submissions
April is National Poetry Month, and all of us here at the Library as Incubator Project are getting excited! As a poet myself, I know from experience that libraries play a crucial role in the evolution of a poem from a strange idea into a legitimate piece of art, rich with metaphor, emotion, and meaning. ...
Library Kit: Perfectly Repurposed Periodicals
This kit was supplied to the Library as Incubator Project by the lovely Mel Kolstad, a collage artist who lives and works in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The kit for a Perfectly Repurposed Periodicals workshop includes a workshop introduction, materials list, program outline, and ideas for expanding/extending this program to suit additional themes and initiatives....
Learn how to take action against SOPA and PIPA
We created the Library as Incubator Project as a virtual hub where librarians and creative people of all stripes–from renowned professional artists to little kids playing with finger paint– could connect and share ideas. We believe a free and open internet promotes the kind of creativity, invention, and innovation that can change the world. Someone...
“Make Something”: Art at the Portland Public Library
The Library as Incubator Project connected with Justin Hoenke, who is a Teen Librarian at the Portland (ME) Public Library, in December 2011. Does your library offer arts-related programs or services? To answer your question, yes and no. We don’t offer any programs for teens on an ongoing basis, but we do offer arts related...
Featuring: Brandon Monokian
The Library as Incubator Project team “met” Brandon Monokian through Twitter (@IArtLibraries) in December 2011, and we are very pleased to feature him and his library-incubated theatre project, Page to Stage, which he facilitates for teens at the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey. - Laura How do you identify yourself as an artist (poet,...
