July 29th, 2010 | Posted by Claire

Yesterday we ran a couple of workshops at Forsyth County Library in Winston Salem. Many thanks to Audra, Candace and Nan who have been supporters of Visual Libraries from the start. The morning workshop was for children and the afternoon session for librarians and local artists. Thanks to all those who turned up to listen to our presentation and take part in leaving their mark.

Please check out the gallery section of this website to see more photos from the sessions.

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July 26th, 2010 | Posted by Claire

Two sketchbooks have been started one called ‘Connections‘ to visually respond to all things that connect for example journeys, infrastructure, interaction between people. The other started as ‘Time Devils‘ as a reaction to the hellish journey but has now been re-themed ‘Packaged‘ to celebrate the wonderful selection of imagery, text and type reflected in everyday American printed ephemera.

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July 26th, 2010 | Posted by Claire

After three hrs on the tarmac at Heathrow, one missed connection, two broken planes, seven hr delay, another one and half hours on the tarmac we take off in a storm like no other. Arrived in Greensboro found luggage, get taxi and arrive at hotel, tired 30 hours on but relieved.

See the Storm on video. It’s scary stuff and we flew right through it.

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July 22nd, 2010 | Posted by Claire

Forsyth County Library in Winston Salem have been running a similar project called ‘Leave Your Mark’ since 2009 which was inspired by Visual Libraries.

Our trip to Winston Salem will enable us to find out how we can collaborate and take Visual Libraries forward.

Schedule

Tuesday 27th July

11am Children and Parents workshop in the children’s room of Central Library.

3pm Forsyth County Public Library adult/children’s services librarians

Thursday 29th July

3-5pm Wake Forest University Presentation and workshop.

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May 20th, 2010 | Posted by Claire

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May 20th, 2010 | Posted by Claire

We now have over 300 sketchbooks ready to sign out across libraries in Portsmouth. These have been supplied by Seawhite of Brighton and come in various sizes.

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May 20th, 2010 | Posted by Claire

This was one of the first workshops held at Portsmouth Central Library. There are now over 300 sketchbooks available to sign out and leave your mark.

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April 21st, 2010 | Posted by Claire

These have been designed by BA Illustration graduates from The University of Portsmouth.
David Booth and Ken Leung.

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April 10th, 2010 | Posted by Claire

As part of the project we have been running a series of workshops to various groups around the city. This enables us to explain the project and how people can interact inside the books.

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