easel at the Houston Public Library

With the New Year, easel (Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries) moved to a new location. Now showing at the Houston Public Library and shown here against a backdrop of the Library’s community mural.  easel’s selection of artwork includes various artistic mediums reflecting each artist’s interpretation of a book, letter or letter, literary theme, or the library.  The exhibit will be in Houston from January 8 – 31, 2011 before moving to the Lyle Schools.

For more easel pictures, check SELCO’s Flickr collection.

With the New Year, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner, Mark Holsten, selected the Legacy logo.  The new design was created by Bernadette Stephenson, a resident of St. Cloud.  Bernadette has a strong library connection as she is employed by the the Great River Regional Library as Library’s Graphic Designer.

A DNR news release offers more details about the logo competition and selection process.  This colorful design will be used throughout the State to designate those projects undertaken with funding from the four Legacy focus areas:  outdoor heritage, parks and trails, clean water, or arts and cultural heritage.

A generic press release has been created announcing the EASEL exhibit with locations and times throughout Southeastern Minnesota. To view the release, please click EASEL news release.  Help us spread the word!

Moving from Wabasha – Kellogg Schools, easel (Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries), is now on display at the Goodhue County Historical Society.  The traveling art exhibit, easel, includes a wide selection of artistic mediums – fabric art, painting, pottery, and mixed media — created by 31 artists living in the 11 counties that comprise the SELCO region.  The exhibit, supported through Minnesota Library Legacy funds, will be on display at the Goodhue County Historical Society from December 7, 2010 through January 4, 2011.  To view more photos of the easel installation, click here.

Funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

SELCO and SEMVA are happy to announce easel, Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries,  opens today in its second location at the Wabasha Kellogg Schools.  The traveling art exhibit is divided into two segments with a 12 two-dimensional pieces installed in the Elementary School Media Center and the remaining 2-D and all of the 3-D pieces of art on display in the High School Media Center.

Make sure to visit the EASEL exhibit at a library near you!  For the full tour schedule, artist bios, pictures, and more, watch this website.

SEMVA artists installed SELCO’s travel art exhibit, easel, at the Caledonia Public Library on October 11, 2010.  Library Director, Marla Burns, reports rave reviews from initial viewers, as well as interest in purchasing artwork.

For more pictures of easel at the Caledonia Public Library, check SELCO’s Flickr account.

SELCO’s first ever traveling art exhibit debuted at the annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association.  The competitive art show was open to residents of the 11 southeastern counties who submitted pieces depicting the theme of book, letter, reading, or libraries.  Viewers of the easel exhibit shared positive comments such as this one from Bonnie Adams, Director of the Kasson Public Library, in her blog post to the SELCO Librarian.

WOW!! WOW!!  SELCO’s EASEL display was wonderful. Loved all of the interpretations on the theme.  I loved the War & Peace quilt, Pages in glass, and the beautiful bowl.  Very talented artists in Southeast Minnesota.  What a great program to focus on the library and local artists.  Can hardly wait for the display to come to my library.

The Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries traveling art exhibit will launch on October 6, 2010 at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference in Rochester, MN.  Then off to the Caledonia Public Library!  The exhibit will be available for viewing at the Caledonia Public Library from October 12 to November 4.  Come check it out!

The EASEL Tour calendar has been created — please click here to see where the exhibit will be traveling!