Library Project profiled this month in the Caribbean Review of Books

I was thrilled when the Caribbean Review of Books asked if they could run a piece on the ACA Foods Free Library in their bimonthly journal. The article includes an interview and several images from the project. It feels good to be included in something outside of a strictly visual arts realm.

http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/crb-archive/22-july-2010/hungry-for-words/

I've been gone for awhile.

Somehow teaching always takes over, pushing my art aside until the day graduation caps are thrown up in the air (tomorrow's the day!).

So the ACA Foods Free Library project opened in March--it was super exciting. Some locals were skeptical, not believing that the books were really free (the only catch being the promise to return them). But once we discussed the impetus for the free library and why I wanted to create it, they were excited too.

The children's section was sweet--books nestled among cookies, biscuits and all things sugary. We placed the political books among an array of hot peppa sauces, which seemed like an obvious location and cultural books in between energy drinks with names like Secret Stallion and Bedroom Bully (oh, Jamaica!).

I haven't been back up to Hartford recently to but hear that people are still using it. Here are some pics.

My hope is to create this project in other cities with a high concentration of West Indians.

Here's the list of books locals will be able to check out at the ACA Foods Free Library in Hartford

I hope all of the books will come in by Thursday--here's the tentative list

Install at ACA Foods, Hartford, CT

Most of the books have come in for the ACA Foods Free Library. I will head up to install the books among the various provisions. Photos soon!

ACA Foods Free Library

I'm getting ready to install a library inside ACA Foods, a West Indian grocery store in Hartford, CT. It will be part of "Rockstone and Bootheel," an exhibition on contemporary caribbean art at Real Art Ways.