3. Lending Library, Beltway Public Works


Production Assistant to Natalie Campbell, James Huckenpahler, Patrick McDonough, Jose Ruiz (Washington, DC 2016)

Lending Library is the brainchild of Beltway Public Works (BPW) — Natalie Campbell, James Huckenpahler, Patrick McDonough, and José Ruiz—who consider art as a civic resource. With the Lending Library project, their goal is to get “challenging and inventive” artworks into environments where people might not otherwise get the opportunity to engage with contemporary art. The work is on loan for free, and unlike a library book that has to be returned in a few weeks, the artwork is on loan for a few months. Management of loans and artwork installation coordinated by Al Oliva. Now defunct, the past lending library catalogue available here.



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