The Death of Books at the Des Moines Public Library

A few pieces from this series were seen on display during January and February at the main location for the Des Moines Public Library. The director, Greg Heid, saw them when they were on display at the Des Moines Arts Festival and asked me to be in touch with him. Even though it took me many months to get in touch with him again (I was busy trying to graduate with five majors and then we had the move to Chariton), he was still interested in having them on display.

If you are a regular visitor at the Central Branch of the Des Moines Public Library, you would have seen these both in some glass cases (as shown) and also pulled out and put on feature pillars for two receptions held at the library. 

Director Gregory Heid had this to say: "We received some great comments from the display. They did elicit some good discussions on the future of books. About the only negative comment that we received was someone who said that it was not their, 'cup of tea', but she could understand the artistic and social commentary of the works." If all I ever accomplish with this body of work is to make some people smile, make some people think, and make some people mad - I will consider it a wildly successful artistic journey.