April is known for Earth month, poetry month, school library month, contains National Library Week and Earth Day. It’s a month full of reminders to read, celebrate your library, and save the Earth. Mash these ideas together and you get the perfect month for Reed Memorial Library’s Book Art Contest.
The book art contest is just what it says: repurpose an old book and make some art out of it. We hosted this contest in 2022 with fabulous results (see a few of the entries below) and it’s time for another round.
We have just a few simple guidelines in our contest. Your art must be:
- family-friendly (it’s on display in our library, after all)
- a size that fits easily on a shelf (we’ll display on top of our bookshelves)
- free-standing
- made mostly of books (you can add other materials but the main one must be books)
That’s it! We even have a readily-available supply of used books at the Friends’ bookstore at low, low prices (nothing over $1). They’re available in all sizes, shapes, colors, types of paper, and with and without illustrations. There’s plenty of variety to let your imagination run wild.
Entries are due at the library by April 30 for display and voting. The winner will be announced May 14th and all entries will be on display through May 27th. Download an entry form on your own or fill one out when you bring in your art.
What will you create? Get some inspiration from our Repurposed Book board on Pinterest. Peruse the shelves in the Friends’ bookstore with art (not reading) in mind and let’s see what happens!
Sincerely, Cornelius 