Art Lending Library (A.L.L.)

ART LENDING LIBRARY (A.L.L.)

Mission

The Art Lending Library is a system of lending and borrowing artwork to the public for free. It is a trust-based program where artists provide artwork to be checked out by any member of the public, and patrons allow artwork and artists into their homes; all in the spirit of sharing.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The idea is simple:

1) CHECK-OUT: Every 3 months a library will be created in the cultural arts center. The public will be invited to register for membership in the form of a library card. The librarians will create library cards and records of each participant including a photograph and appropriate paperwork to track members. Once membership is granted patrons will be invited to select one piece of work to be checked out in their name for a 3-month period.

5) INSTALLATION: Librarians will install the artwork at each patron’s home. At the time of checkout a date will be established when librarians will visit the patron’s home and secure the artwork in a suitable location.  All we require is that the work be touched solely by the Librarians.  If a patron wants a piece moved we will return to the home and re-install it.

6) RETURN: Librarians accompanied by a documentarian will visit the patron’s home to remove the work and return it to the library for future circulation. Additionally, the documentarian will photograph the artwork, and patron, if desired, as a running portrayal of the artwork as it travels from home to home

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS: artlendinglibrary@gmail.com