Michele Van Slyke contributed to the library art collection both as an individual artist and as a coordinator of other artists' work for members of the art committee.  Here are her comments:

 

"Accustomed to designing and fabricating my own site-specific artwork, I felt a wonderful freedom being able to visualize the work of other artists within the space of the library.  I felt very honored to have the Library later commission me to design the computer screens, the entry bench and the readerboard, so that some of my own work is also part of the Library."

 

Michele is a local artist on Bainbridge Island whose work can be seen in many public places in the USA and also France, Japan, and China.

  

 

Reading Hands, 1997, by Michele Van Slyke

 

Flying Birds, 1998, by Michele Van Slyke

 

 The companion reading board to the Flying Birds bench above (by Michele Van Slyke)