Over Christmas break, an idea came to me that I got super excited about. I wanted my art students to collaborate with the San Jose Public Library (SJPL) on a bookmark project.
I got a hold of the marketing department contact and sent them a mock-up of the bookmark proposal (see picture below). The idea that was proposed was that students would create artwork on the front of the bookmarks and additional information would be on the back (I'll explain further along). The librarians would hide these bookmarks in books in high-traffic areas of the library (Lucky Day, new books, and the children's section of the library). When a bookmark is found they will read the following information on the back of the bookmark.
By using the hashtag and posting it on social media when a bookmark is found, we will be able to track which bookmarks have been found.
When I presented this to the marketing department they were immediately on board with the idea. They asked if we could have this ready so they could roll it out for World Book Day in April!!!!
So, students have been creating bookmarks with the artwork relating to reading and/or books. Enrichment students will be coming up with inspirational quotes from books that we will use for the QR codes on the back of the bookmarks (20-25 different ones).
No student names will be on the bookmarks.
This project is open to any member of the SFC community (parents, grandparents, staff members, etc..). If you would also like to make a bookmark, have your child bring home a template for you or for other family members to create one. The artwork should only be done on the front of the bookmark and should relate to reading and/or books. Do not put your name on it.
I would like to have all bookmarks by March 1st to give us time to add the backing to them and laminate them.
Here are a few bookmarks that students have already created:
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