I am drowning in ILL returns and trying to just make it through til Friday, but we did it! Another semester on the books. Another year, even. I've been feeling the crunch of understaffing and overworking this semester more than last, but we still managed to pull of some really cool things--including our Strange Fevers programming that went off very well and resulted in an amazing exhibit that will still be up through the end of May. In between there were zine nights, workshops devoted to all sorts of paper goodness (printmaking, bookwrecking, and paper flowers) and a great panel that featured people doing all sorts of awesome things with presses from the ground up (and who all happen to be CCC alumni and dgp authors to boot.)
Tomorrow I'll be hanging some of the work that this years Book to Art endeavors (based on War of the Worlds) has generated for Friday's manifest celebration, as well as setting up a zine table to get some more contributions for our final project, which, if all goes well, will be reading in time for next week's Chicago Zine Fest. Summer, after that, will be a little slower and we'll begin planning for fall. We're thinking of bringing back our Tiki Madness exhibition to fill the walls til fall, which should be fun and has me hatching some collage related plans. Rumor has it, the Fall's focus topic will be devoted to women serial killers and true crime. I haven't yet decided on the Book to Art selection, or whether it will be related to that topic at all, but may choose Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects, just so our final project can be a really creepy, fucked up dollhouse installation. The library programming committee is also on the hunt for next falls' Artist in Residence, which we'll be selecting over the summer.
Watch for more updates on developments during the summer...
