The Public Library of Brookline Artist-in-Residence Program

Dearest library art lovers,
The Boston Voyager did a profile on Bonnie Bastien, the curator of the Brookline Library AIR pilot program! Have a look!

Meet Bonnie Bastien - Boston Voyager Magazine | Boston City Guide Today we’d like to introduce you to Bonnie Bastien. Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours? I am an independent producer of artist programs and projects in Boston. I design, install, and administer programs that foster artists’ creative processes. I am most intere...

Lovely happy news of the release of an awesome catalogue telling the story of an awesome residency program. I'm proud to have been a part of it! Yay, Bonnie Bastien for creating the wonderful book, and yay, Bonnie and Colin, for the awesome results of our collaboration! Yay, Public Library of Brookline!

Check Out the New Brookline Library AIR Program Catalog! It’s here! You can now purchase a printed and bound copy of The Brookline Library Artist-in-Residence Pilot Program featuring Liz Nofziger, written and edited by Bonnie Bastien. It’s al…

Hey! We are really excited about finally putting this out into the world. Bonnie Bastien wrote and edited a catalog documenting The Public Library of Brookline Artist-in-Residence Program. The book lays out the AIR program, the artwork created by Liz Nofziger during the residency, and a vision for the program's future. The program was created by Andi Sutton, Colin Wilkins, and Bonnie Bastien back in 2016.
Thank you again to the Friends of the Brookline Library for your generous funding and to the Public Library of Brookline for all that you provided for us. It's so exciting to see a beautifully printed and bound version of our work! I'm thrilled! It is available in print for purchase and as a downloadable PDF for free. Have a look!

Shout out to Lara Kimmerer | photographer for donating a her photography services during much of this project, and to Plainspoke, Inc. for their design services.

Check Out the New Brookline Library AIR Program Catalog! It’s here! You can now purchase a printed and bound copy of The Brookline Library Artist-in-Residence Pilot Program featuring Liz Nofziger, written and edited by Bonnie Bastien. It’s al…

Have you caught a glimpse of our gorgeous neon piece on School Street? It's our beacon calling out to you, imploring you to find solace, to find power and protection within these walls. This piece of semi-permanent public art is by liz nofziger from her Brookline Library AIR project, Library Study. Come in to do a self-guided tour of all 17 pieces. Guides in the lobby. image by Lara Kimmerer Public Library Of Brookline

TODAY! The Brookline Library AIR Event is today. Tours start at 3:30 and go through the evening. Liz will chat about the work at 7:30. See you there!

No matter what your feelings are about the election, come on out next Thursday to celebrate the closing of the Brookline Library AIR Program’s pilot season. Celebrate Liz Nofziger's work, learn about the program and her experience in it, and formulate some ideas of your own as to how this program, this public context for making art can be used to push healing forward, to inspire, and to spread new ideas. There will be another call for proposals in 2017. Bring it. http://ow.ly/EJee3063nU9

Thursday Nov. 17th, come see what Liz Nofziger has been up to for these 5 months in the Brookline Library in Brookline Village! There will be artist-led tours of the work, ways for you to participate and add to the work, and a presentation by Liz. See you there!

Nov. 17th - Liz Nofziger's Brookline Library AIR Closing Event Join us to celebrate the close of the Brookline Library AIR Program's pilot season. Liz Nofziger's "Library Study" project is on view.

Today's featured Library Story and intervention! Swoon, indeed. This particular piece by Liz Nofziger is a favorite. http://ow.ly/tuxz305jE6w

Library Story: Swoon, a domestic reprieve It is almost eleven and a mere two hours since I have washed the breakfast dishes and emptied the drainer, replacing my coffee mug, (Guilford...

Book sale infiltration! Library Story by Brookline author, Sarah Smith. http://ow.ly/UVot305jDXV

Library Story: a rarity recovered When I was writing my first novel, more than 20 years ago, the Brookline Library had a secret stash of books, the stacks. They took up all of...