Micki Watanabe Spiller

Micki Watanabe Spiller

  • Banned Book Bandoliers
    • Animal Farm & Slaughterhouse Five
    • Brave New World & To Kill a Mockingbird
    • Xeno Prize Bandolier
    • Lord of the Flies & Catcher in the Rye Bandoliers
    • The Color Purple Bandolier
    • Grapes of Wrath Bandolier
  • Idiomatic Garment Series
    • A Bee In Her Bonnet
    • Thinking Caps
    • Birthday Suit
    • His Heart
  • Book Jackets
    • The Woman in the Water
    • The Circle
    • The High Mountains of Portugal
    • The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
  • Curated Carryall Book Bags
  • Storytelling
    • Curated Carryall Storytelling @ QPL Woodside Branch
    • Game Day @ Windmuller Park
    • A Woodside Walk
    • Take the gAme Train
    • The Village Book Nook
  • Random Texts
    • Sweating Liquids
    • Fault Lines
    • No Living/Work Only
    • Princess Studies
    • Ex-Libris/ Harvard Club
  • Artist Books
    • Blooks
    • Altered Books
  • Installations
    • Between Floors
    • In the Blue
    • Survey
    • Etiquette: Edit/Cut
    • Trade
    • Fault Lines
    • Sweating Liquids
    • Princess Studies
    • The Match
    • Brief Case Studies
    • Present
  • Sculptures
    • FURNITURE BASED
    • POCKET BOOKS & PURSES
    • EONS AND EONS AGO
  • Drawings
    • Illuminated
    • floorplans
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Part of Summer Reading @ Woodside branch of the Queens Public Library

The project incorporated an edition of artist made book bags that folded out into a picnic blanket. The performative element was a storytelling session using books from the library, and each family could keep the bags to use after the programing. The patrons LOVED the bags and it was like Christmas getting a present that they could keep. I loved how it became a keepsake for them to remember the storytelling session. My storytelling sessions are geared toward the adults/parents/caregivers and to teach literacy skills for them to continue at home. I think I was able to convey a fun time as well as some educational component. There were several families that came back for each session. 


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