99 / 365 The Sketchbook Project

Last summer, the Art House Co-op in Brooklyn, New York once again sponsored the Sketchbook Project.  Anyone could participate.  All you had to do was purchase a 5.25” x 8.25” Moleskin sketchbook from the Art House and choose a topic from a given list; you then filled the sketchbook with images and words based on your chosen theme, and returned the project by the deadline.

This year the project sent out sketchbooks to 28,839 artists from 94 countries.  Just under 10,000 were completed and returned.  These sketchbooks were bar-coded, catalogued, and sent on tour throughout the United States. Atlanta happened to be on the tour, so H and I went to check it out (literally).  Because of the bar-coding, visitors could briefly check out the sketchbooks at the exhibition to look through… and the sketchbook artists can keep track of who is viewing their work.  It was really very cool!

In July the sketchbooks will be permanently housed in the Brooklyn Art Library and available for public view.  It could make for a fun trip to Brooklyn.