Creative Cartography
Behind the Collaboration
Part of the life cycle of a library is the withdrawal of worn out or excess materials. In 2013 the ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub decided to withdraw surplus copies of topographic maps. The result was stacks of maps which were offered to other institutions. A few were claimed but the majority were not.
In 2014 the ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub offered the remaining maps to the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Art. Fine arts professor Ellen Meissinger jumped at the offer. She brought a cart and loaded it up. She took this as an opportunity to design a project for the students in her Art on Paper class. At the end of the Fall semester, the Map and Geospatial Hub hosted the student exhibition, Memories & Movement.
New groups of students in Professor Meissinger's Art on Paper classes further this collaboration with exhibits each fall.
Exhibit Series
Fall 2023: Time and Change
Fall 2022: Seek and Find
Fall 2021: Search and Discover
Order and Chaos 2020
Fall 2019: Old and New
Fall 2018: Place and Space
Fall 2017: Point of View
Fall 2016: Through Space and Time
Fall 2015: Order & Chaos
Fall 2014: Memories & Movement