Library! is happy to announce an extended engagement at ARTS Space Obispo in Downtown San Luis Obispo.

|| GO SEE ||
LIBRARY !
ARTS Space Obispo
570 Higuera St, Suite 165
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
http://www.artsobispo.org/index.html

Open for check out until
February 12, 2010!

|| MORE FUN ||
Borrow a piece during HEARTS Obispo 4
ARTS Space Obispo
Fri., Feb. 5,
6 - 9 PM
Art After Dark

   

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|| Go See ||
Reading in Public's second project will be traveling to ARTS Space Obispo!

L I B R A R Y !

ARTS Space Obispo
Jan. 4-15, 2010
SLO Creamery, #165
(10am - 4pm)

Thank you to our featured artists Kris Garland and Linda Wald.

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|| Go See ||
Library! will be traveling to:
Arts Space Obispo
Jan. 4-15, 2010
SLO Creamery, #165
(10am - 4pm)

(*posterous keeps munching the pdf. so here is an image for you to chew on instead)

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The second location of Library! is at Kennedy Library for Science Café on October 27th. Also in attendance: The Reading Chair.

Science Café is an informal speaker series on scientific topics, led by an expert. The series stimulates discussions in the arts and sciences; encourages open, easy-to-understand conversation exploring scientific topics and interdisciplinary interactions.

The topic for Tuesday, Oct. 27th: Is it still a book?

This informal discussion will focus on what makes a book a book. Participants can cozy up and test drive a new Kindle or handle beautiful bound books to compare and contrast this idea.

Cal Poly Graphic Communication professors Lorraine Donegan and Ken Macro, along with Cuesta College Fine Arts Professor David Prochaska will lead the discussion that runs from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, at the 2nd floor Café Lounge.
http://lib.calpoly.edu/learningcommons/science_cafe/isitstillabook/

Please join us. Go visit Library!  in the 2nd floor cafe lounge, it will be there all week.

     

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Bookish additions to our little culture exchange.

|| Thank you Julie Frankel and Meryl Perloff ||

And a few more books made their way! (Thank you Bonnie W. for the books about art.)

       

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Artists_Books_added_to_Library.zip (880 KB)

So many little interventions to inspire.

Current location of Library!
Jan. 4-15, 2010: Arts Obispo, SLO Creamery, #165 (10am - 4pm)
Oct. 27: Science Cafe at Cal Poly -- "Is it still a book?"
Oct. 12-26: The Sanitarium, 1716 Osos Street in San Luis Obispo, California

Images:

Artists' books on piano: Julie Frankel

Pencil Book: Meryl Perloff

Library! is a project of http://readinginpublic.com

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|| GO SEE ||
the Library! will have an extended debut at the Sanitarium in San Luis Obispo before it makes its way to Cal Poly at the end of October.

Take a book, leave a book; be inspired.

|| FIRST ||
First book to be lent was The Tao of Pooh written by Benjamin Hoff.

|| APPRECIATION ||
Thank you to those who donated books for the debut:
Poets
Kevin Patrick Sullivan
Francesca Nemko

Artist
Meryl Perloff

Musician
Vincent Bernardy

and to much appreciation to Suzi Bliss, proprietress of the Sanitarium.

|| MORE ||
Library! is the second project from Reading In Public (http://www.readinginpublic.com)

Library! is an abandoned newspaper rack, repurposed into an informal traveling book and culture exchange which serves as a venue for creative readers who care that reading not become a lost art.

Readers of all ages will be able to find books, sketchbooks, or an actual piece of book art. Each piece will have a library card documenting its travels. When a reader checks a piece out, they're asked to sign the card and leave those in a box located on top of the rack. Borrowers are encouraged to leave an item for lending. We encourage creative annotation to all the art pieces, and we encourage personal notes in the books left by readers.

Each new location of Library! will be posted at http://www.readinginpublic.com

                     

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Still tinkering with last minute fixes and details.

L i b r a r y !  is close to being rolled out.

Thank you to our booksters who have already contributed "collections" to our little lending/culture exchange.

Will update you again soon.

Exciting!

   

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We are busy with our next art intervention:

Library! an extension of readinginpublic.com .

Library! is a re-purposed newspaper rack converted into a traveling serendipitous book exchange, of sorts. More like a culture exchange. You may find a well worn paperback, a hardcover thriller, an artists' sketchbook, or an actual piece of art.

A venue for creative readers who care that reading is not a lost art.

Each lending piece will have a bookplate documenting its travels and borrower information. Borrowers are encouraged to leave an item for lending too.

Library! will be placed downtown San Luis Obispo starting in October. Look for it soon at Steynberg Gallery. http://www.steynberggallery.com/

Contribute
We are looking for booksters who would like to donate a lending item to the collection. Please complete the form below if you:

• Want to donate an item

or/and

• Want to be added to our mailing list

Link to our Form: http://tinyurl.com/yehcuj3

   

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