The Sketchbook Tour 2011

Here is the schedule - if any of these locations are near where you live, you really ought to take the time to drop in!!! My book is there, and I know of a few other bloggers who have theirs there also. It is definitely worth a look!!! 
Mine is in the theme "The View From Up Here" - under "ooglebloops" or Pat McNally.


If any of you have a book in the tour - add your info in the comments below!!!


In between tour dates, the books can be seen back in the Brooklyn Art Library.

The 2011 Tour

Date	Location	Venue
February 19 - March 6, 2011	Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn Art Library 103A N. 3rd St Brooklyn, NY 11211
March 12, 2011 12:00-6:00pm (during the SXSW festival!)	Austin, TX	Austin Museum of Art Located in the Community Room 823 Congress Ave Austin, TX
March 13th, 2011 12:00-6:00pm (during the SXSW festival!)	Austin, TX	29th St Ballroom at Spider House 2906 Fruth St Austin, TX 78705
March 30-April 2, 2011	Portland, ME	SPACE Gallery 538 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101
April 8-9, 2011	Atlanta, GA	The Granite Room 211 Peters St Atlanta, GA 30313
April 15-16, 2011 12:00-6:00pm	Washington, DC	Hillyer Art Space 9 Hillyer Ct NW Washington, DC 20008
June 10-12, 2011	Seattle, WA	Form/Space Ateller 2407 1st Avenue Seattle, WA 98121
June 18, 2011	San Francisco, CA	111 Minna Gallery 111 Minna Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Unfortunately you must be 21+ years of age to enter venue
July 14-17, 2011	Chicago, IL	Hyde Park Art Center 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615
July 29-31, 2011	Winter Park, FL	Full Sail University 3300 University Boulevard Winter Park, FL

Sketchbook Art Project 2011

I was blog surfing this morning and came across and interesting post on This I Didn't Know

There is a place called the Brooklyn Art Library, and they are having a sketchbook project again this year.
There was a video of a CNN report on last year's sketchbook project- and wow- looks like fun!!!!

I signed up - there is a fee. Your Moleskine Cahier is mailed to you- you decide on a topic - there is a list to choose from. The Moleskines are in a variety of colors - I REALLY wanted the kraft paper brown cover - but that choice did not come up - so, I guess they are out of those already!! Looking at last year's video - it appeared that kraft brown WAS the cover of choice!!! There are already 5,655 people signed up!!!!!!!! Deadline for signup is Oct and project is due early January.

The finished sketchbooks are categorized, organized and sent on a tour across the country. You can choose to have your book digitized for the library's website- I did that. If you decide you want to part with your art while it's on tour- you can include a sale price. At each tour site, the public comes in, sits down, grabs an art journal and enjoys what has been created.So, keep in mind, your work will be handled- by quite a few people! If your project is digitized, it can be seen, page by page, online. How cool is that?

I am excited- kind of stepping out of my comfort zone again - but the ideas are already swirling around in my head. Altho I don't have the skills of alot of the artists I see who create journals (like Patty, for instance!), this will help me expand - I hope!!LOL
If you are one of those talented artists out there- and there are alot of you - I have been following your blogs!- check out this website and give it a shot!!!