Crystal Hicks

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Explore Artist Candace Hicks’ Unique Embroidery at Ivester Contemporary The Fulbright Scholar and Texas native showcases her surreal, tactile works at Ivester Contemporary, on view through Feb. 22.

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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

People who assure you that you can only gain security at the price of liberty usually want to deny you both. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Read, share, act.

South Dakota DEA proposes huge cuts to State Library services South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proposed severe cuts to services provided by the South Dakota State Library. HB 1041, introduced by House Education Committee Chair Rep. Lana Greenfield at the re...

Huge cuts proposed for South Dakota State Library which serves school and public libraries across the state @aaslpres.bsky.social www.tsln.com/news/south-d...

The Top 10 Works of Austin Art of 2024 The things that reignited my faith in the human capacity for creation

My sister made this lovely list! Check out #9! www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2024-12...

Today, the Supreme Court agreed to review an incredibly consequential 5th Circuit case related to the Universal Service Fund, the funding mechanism that supports #Erate broadband discounts for libraries & schools.

The plaintiffs argue that the USF is unconstitutional. We couldn't disagree more. 1/2

My mother just completed this painting today. “Red Sky in the Morning”

crystalthelibrarian.org/post/my-heart-is-a-chainsaw-by-stephen-graham-jones

How Librarians Became America’s Greatest Asset in WWII Intelligence - As the US lacked critical intelligence during WWII, they utilized the nations's libraries for spying and documentation.

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I’m a librarian, so my inaugural post has to be my pet. Meet Pocket.

This is Pocket. She wasn’t born in a library, but she got there (seen here as a puppy at the reference desk) as fast as she could.