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Incubate Creativity at Your Library WebJunction, April 2016 Who o am I? Laura Damon-Moore Co-Founder, Library as Incubator Project Community Engagement Librarian, Madison Public Laura (right) & LAIP Co- Library - Madison, WI Founder

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Incubate Creativity at Your Library WebJunction, 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

Collections Materials Collaborate Space Subject

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  • Creativity needs to be encouraged, at

the very moment when the structure

  • f our education system is doing

much to discourage it.

  • Creativity is not “for” a “special sort
  • f 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 “clim ate of creativity”

  • Perm ission
  • 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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Program m ing: providing tim e, place, perm ission

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-m aking program s

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-m aking program s

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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Pop des Fleurs Winter Gardens.

Collaborative art-m aking program s

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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Pop des Fleurs Winter Gardens.

Collaborative art-m aking program s

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Falmouth Public Library’s “Library Yarns” community art project.

Collaborative art-m aking program s

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Sim ple and scalable program s

Blackout poetry from Make Blackout Poetry blog.

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Sim ple and scalable program s

Drawing prompts by Angela Richardson, Bubbler Artist-in-Residence, 2016.

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Sim ple and scalable program s

Drink and Draw, Harmony Bar & Grill, 2016. Photo by Angela Richardson.

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The Book to Art Club

www.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
  • ngoing process.
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Creative program m ing 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 m ost of your collections

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Color Our Collections Week

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Make it a com m unity-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 m ake som ething 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

  • n 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 Hom espun, 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

Im m ortal 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

  • f 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 “clim ate of creativity”

  • Perm ission
  • 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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@IArtLibraries Library as Incubator Project IArtLibraries