Collection Connection is a joint project between the Mandel Public Library and ArtLife, West Palm Beach, that encourages participants to explore the City, connect with art, and relate their findings to other aspects of their lives. Enjoy over 80 pieces of art throughout our beautiful city!
Adults: Visit the 4th floor service desk
For Kids/Teens/Families: Visit the 3rd floor KidSpace service desk
Adults: Visit ten or more public artworks.
Kids/Teens: Visit three or more public artworks.
Locations can be found on the West Palm Beach ArtLife map .
For each piece of art visited, choose any page from your Art Passport, and complete the prompt.
You are encouraged to post photos of the artworks and/or your Art Passport pages on Instagram and tag the library and ArtLifeWPB: @mandelpubliclibrary, @artlifewpb
Once you have completed the required numbers of artworks, return to the Mandel Public Library and show us your Art Passport to receive a collector’s enamel pin and to be entered to win an art-inspired prize package.
At the library or out on your art adventure, you have access to all the library has to offer with your library card. Always free.
Why Art? by Elanor Davis
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art by Julian Barnes
Titian by Peter Humfrey
The Power of Art by Caroline Campbell
The Thefts of the Mona Lisa by Noah Charney
The Upside-Down World by Benjamin Moser
Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
The Unwedding by Ally Condie
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Cultured Donuts: Take a Bite Out of Art History by Chloe Tyler
Jake Makes a World by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Radiant Child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
The Artist by Ed Vere
Doodleville. Art attacks! by Chad Sell
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
Julieta and the Diamond Enigma by Luisana Duarte Armendáriz
Maybe Something Beautiful by E. Isabel Campoy
Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet
Princess Arabella at the Museum by Mylo Freeman
Manga for the Beginner Kawaii by Christopher Hart
How to Draw a Graphic Novel by Balthazar Pagani
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape by Sam Nakahira
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life by Marilyn Nelson
Slip by Marika McCoola
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Primer: Clashing Colors by Jennifer Muro
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
Lux: The New Girl by Ashley Woodfolk
Persepolis
At Eternity’s Gate
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Basquiat
Between the Folds
We Go Way Back
Words and Pictures
Modigliani
The Fountain
Loving Vincent
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Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks by Brian Eno
Takk… by Sigur Ros
As Long as You Are by Future Islands
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Depressive Cherry by Beach House
Antisocialites by Alvvays
A Different Kind of Fix by Bombay Bicycle Club
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