Chosen for their unique representation of the region’s history, architecture and pure resources, each of the more than forty pieces were created by native artists, a few of whom, like painter Jonathan Greene, have risen to national prominence. Visit any location of Columbia’s award-winning, progressive library system, Richland Library, and you’ll find a lot more than books. Specially-commissioned artworks on exhibition in each of the just lately renovated branches—some of which are community efforts led by an artist–are remodeling the library into a hub of exercise and dialog. “Libraries are a center of studying, creating and sharing, and we imagine …