{"id":27180,"date":"2022-04-25T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=27180"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:22:06","slug":"program-in-a-post-local-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2022\/04\/program-in-a-post-local-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Program in a Post: Local Art!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-476x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-476x650.jpg 476w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-768x1049.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-366x500.jpg 366w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-66x90.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage.jpg 937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Cottage by Sarah Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this post, a talented local artist, and some space, you can host a successful art show for kids and families!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supplies:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Talented local artist\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publicity\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Space\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optional: local artist grant program\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Way back before the pandemic, we were&nbsp;approached by local artist Sarah Hill as she was applying for a grant from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southern Minnesota Arts Council<\/a>&nbsp; to see if Rochester Public Library&nbsp;could be the location for her grant required public art show opening. Her grant focus was to explore work with polymer clay and acrylic paints with the goal of debuting her art at an interactive art show for families. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After too many COVID-19 related delays to count, this Saturday, April 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, we were finally able to host a Family Friendly 3D Art Show complete with a super fun scavenger hunt! We are lucky enough to have some locking cases in our children\u2019s area, so we get to continue to host the show for an entire month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1276\" data-id=\"27181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail-650x648.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail-502x500.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-detail-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">detail of The Cottage by Sarah Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"1280\" data-id=\"27182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-scavenger-hunt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-scavenger-hunt.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-scavenger-hunt-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-scavenger-hunt-429x650.jpg 429w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-scavenger-hunt-768x1165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-scavenger-hunt-330x500.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cottage-scavenger-hunt-59x90.jpg 59w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scavenger Hunt for The Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So how can you translate this into a successful event at your library? All communities have talented local artists who might be interested in celebrating their art in YOUR space and many communities have grant programs that support artists. Get the word out that your library is a location for art openings or ongoing displays (if you have appropriate display space). You can connect with local artists on social media or through local arts organizations. No matter how small your community, there is someone there making art &#8211; go find them! Good luck!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Images courtesy of the author.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this post, a talented local artist, and some space, you can host a successful art show for kids and families!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[122,9,38,1607],"tags":[217,115,200],"class_list":["post-27180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-heather-acerro","category-partnerships","category-programming-ideas","category-programming-skills","tag-art","tag-programming","tag-programming-ideas-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}