A note of hello, altered art, and cupcakes.

The cupcake was just to lure you in.

Now don’t say I never gave you anything.

That Note of Hello:

I’m the newest contributer to the KLA blog, so I figured I’d give you a cupcake and say hello.

My street cred: I received my MLIS about a year ago from the University of Pittsburgh (in yes, Pittsburgh, PA) and I’ve been working at Bradford Memorial Library in sunny El Dorado since November as the Public Services Librarian (I do just about anything, including party tricks!).

I may be in a unique position. I’m technically a Millennial, being a child of the 80’s (born 11/79) , and I serve Millennials. Hopefully I can help bridge the gap between my sometimes incomprehensible generation and librarianship.

Altered Art:

This is a promise more than an actual post about Altered Art. I’ve gotten a few phone calls from around the state from folks looking for information on how I made the hat that was auctioned at the KLA conference a few months back (was it already so long ago?). I’m going to be working on a post over at my blog (tammygarrison.wordpress.com) explaining what I did, and I will post the link here.

That being said…I’ve had a lot of success with the altered art programs I’ve run for teens and adults. The concept of recycling unwanted books and materials and turning them into art appeals to a wide variety of interests, and I can usually find a base material that someone is interested in altering.

We’ve made purses out of books, mosaics out of tins and felt, and collage-decorated incense holders out of Pringles cans. It’s been a blast, and I’ve gotten rid of a lot of old encyclopedias and Readers Digests that way.

Thanks to Royce for letting me post my insane ramblings here, and I hope we can start up some conversations about serving teens, the art and alchemy of librarianship and maybe even discuss programming!

Tags: librarianship