and some sunny news from the library . . .
Great gifts dept:
- Fabulous gifts to the library from Loyd Dillon included a limited edition of Poems of the Caribbean by Derek Walcott with illustrations by Romare Bearden, signed by the author and the artist! This image of the cover does not do it justice - absolutely gorgeous volume! Loyd also donated a charming and quite rare copy of Ma Chance's French Caribbean Creole Cooking, with illustrations by Bearden and signed by him as well! Conch stew and Bearden too! Does it get any better?
- Tom & Kitty Storrs donated a lovely collection of art books, including books on Edward Hopper, Grandma Moses and several on photography and decorative arts. We appreciate these additions to the library immensely!
- And it is with sadness and deep gratitude that the library acknowledges the donations to the library from the family of Dorothy Jones Smith who passed away last month. It is because of her that the J.A. Jones Library at the Mint Museum of Art exists. Enough thanks cannot be given for her commitment to the museum and her generous spirit.
Shout out to the new dept:
Hoorah for the new library volunteers! In addition to Doris Anne Bradley, and Ellen Show, please say hello and thank you to Rebecca Stockin, Anna Goslen and Rachel Ferrell, three new volunteers in the library. Rebecca is focusing on keeping the Mint Wiki up-to-date, Anna is working on weeding and preparation for the book sale and Rachel is tracking down missing books to match with errant bar code labels. Thank you to all the library volunteers - you all make it happen!!
New tools dept:
The Epson scanner is getting so much use, the library has purchased THREE 2GB Flash drives for patron use. This means folks can scan images and load them directly onto the flash drive instead of trying to burn to CD or send via email. They can "check out" the flash drive to load the images at home and then return the drive to the library. Easy!
A sample of new titles dept:
Some wonderful additions to the stacks include: Detour Art: Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Environments Coast to Coast - photographs of and from the collection of Kelly Ludwig documents the wide range of visionary art in the country complements of one of the featured artists, Bill LaCivita.
The World of John Sloan exhibition catalog from the Menneleo Museum of American Art features the Mint's "Road in Arroyo" loaned to the Mennello for this exhibition.
And on the way: Manuf®actured: the Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects by Stephen Holt from the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Also, one of the best examples of an exhibiton website I've seen - really well done!
and Artist's Estates: Reputations in Trust by Magda Salveson - a glimpse though interviews of a complex and at times contentious realm in the art world.
"Why don't you have a library card?" dept:
NC Live , the state supported collection of online databases - accessible with your public library card number - has made some revisions to their offerings and some of their new resources include: CAMIO, or OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online, which is a database of art images able to be used for educational purposes and PBS Video which enables you to download and VIEW (yes, VIEW) videos distributed by PBS, including Andy Warhol and the entire Art21 series. Lots more too! These databases are available by subscription only and you can access them for FREE through NC Live and your public library! Get your public library card now!
And last but not least dept:
Mint Wiki numbers keep growing! At last count, the site has been visited over 1,700 times just since the beginning of this year! And since we started tracking this information last April, the Mint Wiki has been visited over 7,500 times!! Wow!
Top five individual pages for number of visits: Andy Warhol - 1,948; Art of Affluence - 1,492; Scene in America - 1,425; Brilliant Period/American Cut Glass - 1,306; and Ornament as Art - 1,110!
