incubate creativity at your library webjunction, april 2016 · by chu chia chi. inspired by the...
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Incubate Creativity at Your LibraryWebJunction, April 2016
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Who am I?Laura Damon-Moore
Co-Founder, Library as Incubator Project
Community Engagement Librarian, Madison Public Library - Madison, WI Laura (right) & LAIP Co-
Founder Erinn Batykerfer
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@IArtLibraries
Library as Incubator Project
IArtLibraries
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How artists use libraries
CollectionsMaterials
Collaborate
Space
Subject
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• Creativity needs to be encouraged, at the very moment when the structure of our education system is doing much to discourage it.
• Creativity is not “for” a “special sort of people.” It is for and inherent in everyone.
• Creativity is a process. It is a process that can be taught.
• Cultivating a space for creativity is about “climate control.” Given the right circumstances, opportunity, and attitude, creativity has a shot.
A word about creativity
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Cultivating a “climate of creativity”
• Permission
• Collections: using what you have in a new way
• Programs: hands-on, participatory, collaborative
• Partners
• Space: inviting patrons to use the physical library to get creative
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Programming: providing time, place, permission
Drawing tables at Night Light, Madison Public Library. Photo by Angela Richardson.
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A quick word about PARTNERS
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Who are YOUR favorite partners?
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Learn from local experts: The Bubbler at Madison Public Library
Kanji drawing workshop at Madison Public Library.
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Learn from local experts: The Bubbler at Madison Public Library
Screenprinting workshop at Madison Public Library.
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Collaborative art-making programs
Flower-making program for Pittsburgh’s Pop des Fleurs Winter Gardens.
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Pop des Fleurs Winter Gardens.
Collaborative art-making programs
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Pop des Fleurs Winter Gardens.
Collaborative art-making programs
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Pop des Fleurs Winter Gardens.
Collaborative art-making programs
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Falmouth Public Library’s “Library Yarns” community art project.
Collaborative art-making programs
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Simple and scalable programs
Blackout poetry from Make Blackout Poetry blog.
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Simple and scalable programs
Drawing prompts by Angela Richardson, Bubbler Artist-in-Residence, 2016.
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Simple and scalable programs
Drink and Draw, Harmony Bar & Grill, 2016. Photo by Angela Richardson.
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The Book to Art Clubwww.booktoartclub.org
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The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro- Madison Chapter -
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How do I get involved?
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Action item: Maker/Creative scene analysis
● Survey your community.
● Find out who’s doing what.
● Talk to them. Ask how the library can support the work they do.
● Let those people lead to you to others.
● Take your time. Start small. Embrace this work as an ongoing process.
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Creative programming resources
● Programming Librarian, programminglibrarian.org, @PLIGALA, Programming Librarian Interest Group on Facebook
● Library as Incubator Project, Program tag
● The Bubbler at Madison Public Library, madisonbubbler.org, @MadisonBubbler
● Lynda Barry, http://thenearsightedmonkey.tumblr.com
Where do you find your creative program ideas?
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Watercolor illustration by Chu Chia Chi. Inspired by the Scotland Collection at the Edinburgh Central Library.
Make the most of your collections
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Color Our Collections Week
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Make it a community-wide event
Banned Book Trading Card by Lindsey Yankey (Lawrence Public Library)
GIF It Up submission by Darren Cole (DPLA)
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What do you have in tucked-away places?
Orphan photos can provide lots of inspiration and a place to start.
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Idea share: What do you have in your collection that could inspire patrons to make something new?
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Sharing the work: Using the library as an arts venue
Kristen Hammargren presents her one-woman show, Discovering Austen, in libraries and other performance venues.
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Sharing the work: Using the library as an arts venue
Alabama’s Sanspointe Dance Company in “Life on a Shelf,” a modern dance performance inspired by and performed in libraries.
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Sharing the work: Activating the library space
Albany Public Library hosts an exhibition called Homespun, which made use of library spaces beyond the traditional gallery wall.
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Sharing the work: Activating the library space
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Sharing the work: Activating the library space
Watercolor painting installation by Carla Lobmeier, NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library.
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Sharing the work: Activating the library space
Immortal Silence at the Glasgow School of Art Library, a series of “sound works” installed throughout the library by Justyna Ataman.
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Action item: Invite the artists in
● Find a partner (an arts guild, commission, or board member) to help you craft the language for a Call for Participation
● Set up tour times for artists to come in and explore the library
● Keep an open mind. How can you move from “no” to “yes”?○ Caveat: balance with also knowing the physical and policy limitations
of the space--can be tricky.
● Document the process--keep track of paperwork and policies you’ve crafted for future reference
● Document the end product--how will you share the active art space with the public? Art opening, ongoing exhibition, photo or video documentation
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Idea share: where is the underused/under-activated space in your library?
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Cultivating a “climate of creativity”
• Permission
• Collections: using what you have in a new way
• Programs: hands-on, participatory, collaborative
• Partners
• Space: inviting patrons to use the physical library to get creative
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