Check Out This Sculpture
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
We're obsessed with libraries loaning unconventional items: seeds, toys, tools, clothes, games, museum passes... and sculptures. Local artist Wendy Richmond joins Gwen and Frank to talk about her work and her new installation, which encouraged patrons to take home her incredible sculptures of her own hands.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's Gwen. We have been so busy prepping for our live show that we did not have time to record a promo. |
| 0:07.0 | So I am coming at you live from Grand Central right now and we are so excited about our live show. We would love for you to join us. |
| 0:13.0 | It's going to be Tuesday, December 4th at Jefferson Market at 6.30. You can see Frank in his very own natural habitat in his own library. And we would love to |
| 0:23.4 | see you there if you're in New York. If not, no worries, we are going to be releasing the episode |
| 0:26.9 | as part of our regular podcast feed. So you'll be able to hear it anyway. But if you are local, |
| 0:31.4 | we would love to have you join us. So check out NYPL.org slash podcast. And you can see more |
| 0:37.2 | details. So thanks so much. and we hope to see you soon. |
| 0:39.5 | Hi everyone. Welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. I'm Gwen. I'm Frank. |
| 0:59.5 | And we are so excited to be joined by a real live artist in the studio today. Would you like to introduce yourself? |
| 1:06.0 | Yes, I'm Wendy Richmond. I'm so happy to be here, and I am a lover of libraries. |
| 1:13.0 | And Jefferson Market Library in particular, I have to admit. |
| 1:17.2 | There's a connection. |
| 1:18.3 | There's a connection. |
| 1:19.4 | There's a connection to Jefferson Market. |
| 1:21.3 | But I thought it would be a good opportunity for the three of us to talk about Wendy's art and what she did at the library and art in |
| 1:31.3 | libraries in general to see where that takes us. So what should we do? Should we should, |
| 1:38.0 | do you have any questions, Gwen, first of all? Do you want to? I like starting off with the whole, |
| 1:42.9 | like, how did you sort of come to be here? Can you talk a little bit about earlier in your career and sort of how you started in doing what you're doing now? Sure, sure. And Frank, you know, jump in when we get to the more closer to why the installation happened at Jefferson Market Library. |
| 2:07.1 | Yeah, I've been an artist my whole life doing all different sorts of media. |
| 2:13.2 | And it was only in the past four years that I started doing sculpture. |
| 2:17.0 | Usually I do video and multimedia and all that. But this particular work came about because, |
| 2:21.8 | well, I'll just jump right into it. My work used to be sort of political or social. And then four |
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