ARLIS/NA 46th Annual Conference

Beyond their traditional offerings, contemporary art libraries often act as incubators of new ideas and creative energy. This session is an open dialog with the audience that consists of six panelists presenting on and discussing art making, creativity, and how these processes can be brought into art librarianship practices and how they can re-energize and invigorate creative thinking and learning. Panelists represent a variety of perspectives and work at a range of institutions: art and design school libraries, a liberal arts college library, a large university, and a research center. Projects and processes we will discuss include collaborations with art classes and other groups outside the library, zine workshops, book displays, altered book events and exhibits, and holding art-making events in the traditionally academic setting of a library space.