The Sketchbook Project 2012!

I am participating in a unique and exciting art opportunity, The Sketchbook Project!

(Most information taken word-for-word from the website for accuracy!)

"Its like a concert tour, but with sketchbooks!"

The Sketchbook Project exhibits thousands of artists' sketchbooks across North America and around the world. We'll be visiting 14 cities in 2012, including our first tour dates in Canada and special exhibitions in London and Melbourne! We're thrilled that the world's largest exhibition of artists' sketchbooks will travel internationally for the first time, thanks to the worldwide response from the Art House community.

All sketchbooks submitted to the 2012 Sketchbook Project will participate in the tour, although the London and Melbourne shows will be limited to books from Europe and Australia, respectively. All books will be exhibited at every North American tour stop. More details and specific locations will be announced soon – stay tuned.

Anyone - from anywhere in the world - can be a part of the project. To participate and have us send you a sketchbook that will go on tour or to browse the 2011 sketchbook entries, visit the site: www.arthousecoop.com Choose a theme for your sketchbook & whether you'd like it digitized (archived professionally online) then it will mailed to you! It's only costs US$25! (+ US$20 if you submit your sketchbook to be digitized). 

ENTRIES HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR 2012! But be prepared for The Sketchbook Project 2013! 

Just fill the sketchbook pages with art, writing, sketches, ideas, anything and everything creative! Try to avoid materials that might smudge, glitter, peel off, etc. so that your sketchbook is kept in excellent condition and can be read by more people! Also, the cover itself can be decorated however you like!

Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the world. After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be barcoded and available for the public to view.

The Sketchbook Project creates a space to share your process with the world. With new features, new books and a custom-desgined library cataloging system, the 2012 Project is ready for a world tour – all we need is your work. 

Your sketchbook will be given a barcode with a unique number – this allows us to keep track of your book and record every time it's viewed at the Brooklyn Art Library and on tour. After we catalog the sketchbook, you'll be able to log in to the Sketchbook Project website and view real-time statistics on your submission for years to come. A passport to the shelves. Every visitor receives a library card to use while browsing the exhibition. As a participating artist, you'll receive email or text messages each and every single time your book is viewed, connecting you and your work to visitors from around the world. Of course, you can turn these notifications on or off at will

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The Brooklyn Art Library acts as the physical extension of Art House and is home to the Sketchbook Project. Our walls are lined with shelves where we display the sketchbooks and visitors are welcome to check out a pile of books, have a seat at one of our sun-soaked oak tables, and pass an afternoon happily browsing.

The Sketchbook

• 5.25 W x 7.25 H • 100% recycled paper • 70lb text stock • 32 pages

Sketchbookers spoke and we listened! This year, Art House created a custom-designed sketchbook in collaboration with Scout Books featuring a host of improvements and a greener footprint. This year's official Sketchbook Project book is made from high quality 100% recycled paper milled in the Pacific Northwest, printed with vegetable-based inks and produced with renewable energy. We've also improved the weight and texture of the paper, enhanced the strength of the cover and selected wire saddle stitching so that each book is easier to rebind if necessary. We're proud to say that these are the best books we've ever been able to offer for the Sketchbook Project – thanks to feedback from hundreds of members of the Art House community 

TOUR LOCATIONS

Brooklyn, NY
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
San Francisco, CA
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Portland, OR
Portland, ME
London, England*
Melbourne, Australia*
Vancouver, Canada
Toronto, Canada

 Exhibition Information

Melbourne, Australia*
November 10th-25th 2012
NGV Studio
Federation Square
Russell & Flinders Sts
Melbourne

*As of now, the London and Melbourne exhibitions will be limited to books from their respective continents. All other tour dates will include every single book submitted to this year's project.
Dates and locations subject to change

For further information:

WEBSITE: www.arthousecoop.com/projects/thesketchbookproject
MY ARTHOUSE PROFILE: www.arthousecoop.com/users/rhayvenjane

Rhayven Jane