Thanks to Audra and Candace for organising this workshop at Wake Forest University. We were also lucky enough to get press coverage thanks to Candace. This is wonderful exposure for the project and for Forsyth County Library.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]