As of August 1, 2009 The Library has decided to close its doors as a mixed-use live/work/event space under the guidance of Jason Hughes and Franciska Farkas. While we are very saddened to have made this decision, it is one that will that was necessary to make in order to help facilitate other projects that we are interested in pursuing at this time. We would like to thank everyone for their support and congratulate all of the artists, musicians, and yogis who have helped to make a space such as The Library even possible.
Although we are giving up our space we are still very committed to the goals we set out to achieve in founding The Library. Our independent projects will continue to push our own creative practices and we are eager to seek potential collaborations for future projects. The website itself will go temporarily dormant during this transition, but will soon be relaunched as a database and resource center for artists, writers, and collectors. In the meantime, please take a moment to browse projects that we have conceived and implemented both independently and collaboratively.
Additionally, we encourage you to stay abreast of our individual projects by visiting our personal websites and to join our mailing lists to be notified of upcoming exhibitions, special events, and workshops.
www.jason-hughes.net | www.workinpro.org
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About the Library:
Founded in February 2008, The Library is a 2500 sq ft mixed-use exhibition space and video production studio housed within one of the four original Enoch Pratt Library neighborhood branches (1886-1971). The Library, functions as a unique sculpture and installation space with curated flat files, offers video production services with an emphasis on social awareness and community projects, as well as hosts weekly yoga classes. Together we seek to implement a new model for gathering and distributing news, ideas, and information that is at once thoughtful, constructive, and insightful. As Baltimore’s premier and progressively minded mixed-use exhibition space, information center, and production studio, our aim is to have a direct impact on the issues affecting our surrounding communities, society at large, and ultimately our collective consciousness.
The Library has been made possible by the generous initial support of: Mario Cader-Frech and Robert Wennett, Suzi Keats Cordish, Bruce and Joan Weber, Matthew Johnson, Phillip Barlow, and Douglas Anderson School for the Arts.