Creators in Residence: Andy Crocker

The Library, in partnership with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, has established a residency program, Los Angeles Public Library Creators in Residence, designed to engage creative Angelenos from a multitude of disciplines. The program supports local interdisciplinary creators and inspires new work informed or enhanced by the Los Angeles Public Library’s collections and services, while also highlighting the library's impact as a creative haven.

2024 Creator Andy Crocker created six experience kits and two audio pieces inspired by the Library’s 72 branches and infinite stories.

Directory of the Bureau's Library Experiences

Where to find Collaborative Stories & Mischievous Meditations

These experience kits and audio pieces will remain available at the branches after the Creators in Residence exhibit at Central Library closes. Please contact the library branch directly for more information.

You Are History

Atwater Village Branch Library

A haunting tale about re-remembering who we once were.

You Are the Future

Vernon Branch Library

A cutting-edge research project taking place hundreds of years from today.

You Are a Lost Love

Baldwin Hills & Chatsworth Branch Libraries

A romantic quest to capture words that have been left unsaid.

You Are a Giant

Lincoln Heights & Pacoima Branch Libraries

An important assignment for big-hearted creatures ready to help a small community.

You Are Not a Book

To be experienced at any of the 72 Los Angeles Public Library branches. A guided exploration of what it means to belong in a library.

To participate, you will need headphones, a portable device to access the internet, and at least 12 minutes available for whimsical wandering. This is a mischievous meditation. A gently guided ponder-wander.

How to experience:

Please listen while at a Los Angeles Public Library branch. In fact, you can begin right where you are. That is, as long as you are at a library.

Listen: