Cartooning scholarship

Are you or someone that you know interested in cartooning? Then checkout this scholarship. You have to be a junior or a senior to apply. Could you be the next big comic strip artists?

Art of Emory Douglas

This is different, the art of Emory Douglas--a former Black Panther

"This exhibition "traces the graphic art made by Emory Douglas while he worked as minister of culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980s." View images of the physical exhibit and of the art for posters, pamphlets, and newspapers. Website also includes a gallery guide, audio of a talk with Douglas, and suggestions for further reading. From the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles."

Taken from Librarian's Internet Index weekly e-mail Week of Jan. 24, 2008

Give it a look, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Leonardo da Vinci and perspective

Take a look at this site from the Library of Congress on da Vinci and perspective in the Adoration of the Magi. Although the actual exhibition has ended, there's still some useful information on the website. Also take a close look at some of the other materials that the Library of Congress has available. They have many exhibitions up on a wide variety of subjects.

Mona Lisa identity revealed!

In news released early last week German experts have confirmed the identity of Mona Lisa by da Vinci. As has long been suspected the identity is none other than... Lisa Gherardini. The experts have found documented evidence that shows that it is indeed the wife of Francesco del Giocondo that modeled for the now famous Mona Lisa.

Old cards from card catalog...

Have you seen some of the old library cards that we have in Tarver? They used to be all the rage and the only way to find books in the library was by using these old cards. Nowadays they serve as scrap paper for us to write on or doomed to the trash bin by the online catalog. However, some artists in Iowa have found new uses for these cards. Take a look. Much like the recycled books these cards have no found new life as art.

Unusual art from books

Here are some artists recycling old books, that you could probably pick up from the Salvation army at a very low cost. Here's a wiki with some other unusual books. It's a cool idea (and an old one) to use materials lying around in your artwork.

Just as a note that I'm sure I don't have to tell anyone, but make sure you own your materials before using them in art.

Shoebox Greeting Cards

You may not think it, but the folks over at Shoebox greeting cards have an interesting and often entertaining blog up and running: http://shoeboxblog.com/
Check it out. They offer insight into the creative process and show off some of their rejected submissions. Mostly it's a great break to a long day.

Welcome Back!

I wanted to take a moment to say, Welcome Back! I hope that you all had a good holiday and I look forward to helping you be successful in the upcoming semester. Please let me what I do to best help you with your projects. I look forward to continuing to serve as your subject librarian so please feel free to send me an e-mail at shuping_ad@mercer.edu or stop by my office on the main floor of the library.

Please be sure to take a look at our hours to come visit us or contact us by one of these alternative methods.

As always good luck this semester!