It's like a concert tour but with sketchbooks.
Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the country.
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.
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, start by choosing a theme to the right.
Sign up by:
Oct. 31st, 2010
Postmark book by:
January 15th, 2011
Tour starts:
March, 2011
All books will be included in an exhibition that tours the following cities:
More information about the tour
Brooklyn, NY
2010 Sketchbook Tour
With thousands of artists submitting their books, it takes a long time to organize and catalog all of the books. But it's a fun process getting to open package after package full of art.
Brooklyn, NY
2010 Sketchbook Tour
During each exhibition, all of the books are on a bookshelf and we scan each book as it goes into the viewer's hands and as its returned back to us. All of these stats are recorded and viewable by the artist of each book.
Brooklyn, NY
2010 Sketchbook Tour
People usually check out a stack of sketchbooks and then find a comfortable place to hunker down and thumb through them.
Rochester, NY
2010 Sketchbook Tour
Each book is organized in a "section" and then cataloged into the system. We can instantly find a book by a specific person or theme.
Theme: My Life In a Yellow Submarine
2010 Sketchbook Project
The paper that comes inside the Moleskine Cahier sketchbooks are kind of thin. Some artists prefer to rebind it with their own paper or find ways to add extra weight to it.
Photo by: anvilorange
After you sign up and pay the entry fee, we ship out a blank Moleskine Cahier notebook to you in the mail. The book includes a pocket on the inside front cover and barcode on the inside back cover.
NOW WITH COLOR! You are now able to choose the color for the cover of your Moleskine Cahier that we send you! Choices include black, red, blue, and kraft brown. Pick your color using the form to the right.
The Sketchbook
Each artist is sent the same blank Moleskine sketchbook. We've only got two rules: first, the book must be used in some way - no sending us back an empty book or a completely different book! Second, the sketchbook must stay within its original dimensions (because we don't want to have to provide an extra suitcase just for your book while we're touring the country).
Each book will be given a barcode so we can easily catalog it into The Brooklyn Art Library system. Once we catalog it, artists will be able to track where on the tour their book is viewed and how many times someone pulled it from the shelf - we want to make sure you can stay connected with your sketchbook!
The availability of sketchbooks vary each day, so sign up quickly to reserve the one you want! You have the option to choose the kind of Moleskine and the color of the cover when you add the project to your cart over to the right.
More information about the sketchbookExamples of past sketchbooks
Participate
To receive a sketchbook and participate in the project, choose a theme from the list below (or select the first option and we’ll randomly choose a theme for you!)
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