Retracing the Library
- Event type
- Workshop
- Organisers
- University of Southampton
- Partners
- Winchester School of Art Library
- Contact
- m.j.de-bruin-mole@soton.ac.uk
- Is event online?
- No
- Accessibility information
- Specific accessibility features include step free access, lifts, seating available throughout event, and quiet areas. Accessible parking can be arranged in coordination with organisers. Please contact the organiser regarding specific access requirements.
- Accessibility links
- AccessAble information East Side building AccessAble information WSA library
- Region/country
- South East England
- Address
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Winchester School of Art Library, West Side Building
Park Avenue
Winchester
SO23 8DL
Scheduled dates
This creative workshop will explore the strange ebb and flow of Winchester School of Art Library. Over the course of two hours, participants will trace the library’s journey from the overflow shelves at its current location, to the gallery space it was rescued from during the flood of 1999, to the moated glass Rotunda where it began life in 1965. In each space you will be asked to remake and reimagine the library in a way that is meaningful to you. By the end of the workshop the group will have created a new library collection together, which will remain on display for the duration of the festival, and will then be commemorated in WSA’s archives.
Participants will also be able to take home a collage memento of their journey. This workshop is suitable for adults, teens and older, and for anyone who loves libraries and books!