Lego Megan & Brady left New Brunswick, NJ, USA on July 16, 2016 at 5pm.  Please help our avatars travel the world, see new places, and make new friends. If you should find or be given our Lego avatars, please Take a pic(s) of Lego Megan & Brady. Post,tag, or email us a pic(s). Put…

THE BOOK: DIGITAL, EDIBLE, AND AS ART- What is a book? From banned books to decorative books, this course will explore the cultural history of the book and how the physical format of books has changed over time. Participants of this course will work hands on with rare books and one of a kind materials…

#LeGOMAKE In October/November of 2015, Lotts vistied roughly 20 university libraries to facilitate Lego Play workshops with Library Faculty & Staff.  These workshops look at the ideas of teamwork, active learning, play, and pop-up making spaces within academic libraries.  Throughout this workshop individuals will use Lego® bricks to solve real world problems faced in academic…

RU Game? Wednesday, April 8 2015, from 7-10 pm Alexander Library Panel presentation on the topic of gaming from 7-8pm including Dr. Joe Sanchez, Rutgers, virtual world virtuoso, Aaron Trammell, Rutgers Doctoral Candidate, Game Historian, Fanny Ramirez, Doctoral Student in Communication, and President of Select-Start, The Rutgers Video Game Studies Group and Sam Jacobs, Vice…

Rutgers University Art Library Lego Playing Station August 2014– Present In August of 2014 the Art Library installed the Rutgers University Art Library Lego Playing Station. This station has been the catalyst for many events, contests, course assignments, and workshops.  These events have included a Block Party, Create your own Lego Character coloring contest, Create…

Rutgers University Art Library Exhibition Spaces To find out more about past & present exhibitions at the Art Library visit http://libguides.rutgers.edu/eventsandexhibits The Art Library exhibition spaces have been a catalyst for many collaborations and partnerships and provided opportunities for many local artist and departments across the Rutgers Campuses. 

Polynomiography Rutgers University Library of Science and Medicine & Art Library To read more about Polynomiography in the library read the following article by Megan Lotts http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/2/72.full

Holiday Card Making Space Rutgers University Kilmer Library & Alexander Library  To read more about the Holiday Card Making Spaces read the following article by Megan Lotts http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/2/72.full

Edible Books SIUC Morris Library & Rutgers University Alexander Library  To read more about these Edible Book Festivals read the following article by Megan Lotts Implementing a culture of creativity Pop-up making spaces and participating events in academic libraries http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/2/72.full

Southern Illinois University– Carbondale Woodblock Woodstock- April 2011 Throughout the month of April 2011 Morris Library at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale hosted a series of events titled:  Woodblock Woodstock.  This month of library programming was a collaborative and  cross disciplinary series of events that was put together to further explore the ideas of book  art…

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale- Morris Library Rotunda Art Space  Megan Lotts started and curated the Morris Library Rotunda Art Space from 2009-2012 Gun show by Jered Sloan 18 Tigers by Beth Martel Backhanded Compliments by SIUC Students of Printmaking Centsation by Megan Lotts Family Photos by Greg Wendt Cowboy Christmas by HD Motyl Thinking of…

BUZZ Project StadtgARTen- Vogelfrei 10  2013- Urbanity, Mobility, Freedom August 28– September 8th, Darmstadt Germany http://2013.vogelfrei.info/ Insects are an important part of a garden and pollination but can often be seen as a pest or nuisance.  The BUZZ garden art project will consist of the artist fabricating 1000 2-dimensional take home bumble bee icons. Upon…