A conversation with my local Melbourne Service Library librarian, Linda has led to my first display for a long time. The Library has almost returned to normal, after almost a year of lockdown in Melbourne. We still need to check in with QR codes and masks are still required.

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Along with Tanya, a Melbourne artist we decided on a display of our sketchbooks to inspire other people to get their sketchbooks out again, be creative, and start getting back into some sort of normal life. We called it everyday Art. It is the art that we do everyday and also of the art of sketching everyday objects.

My sketchbooks on display

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Tanya’s sketchbooks on display

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Books from my collection

I have put some of my own books in a display cabinet to for anyone to also be inspired by.

Library books to borrow

I chose some books from the Library shelves and put them on a trolley to be borrowed.

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Tanya and I also invited locals to join us in the local Fitzroy Gardens to sketch. We hope to inspire and motivate people to get creative again. It was a glorious 28 degrees with blue skies and sunshine. The park was full of families and picnickers.

Our display may inspire and motivate people who visit the library to get creative again. Or it may entertain them on their next visit to the Library.