Thousands of artists were sent themed, blank sketchbooks to fill and return. Now that body of work is coming to a museum or gallery near you. After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be available for view.See the website for more details: http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject/exhibitions
28,839 artists from 94 countries participated in The 2011 Sketchbook Project.
Meet my 2 favorite.
Mark Sweeney created The Origin of Love. His prints illustrate the story and I love it! - the expressions on the faces are priceless. Here are some of my favorite pages.
For more of Mark's work: http://www.arthousecoop.com/users/artmark
Maggie (my owner) made If You Lived Here. The book includes charcoal drawings as well as sewn paper pieces. The wing created of maps is my favorite. I even helped by clawing all the feathers as she tried to sew them. I'm very active in the arts! For more of Maggie's book, see: http://www.arthousecoop.com/users/magshag
Hope you get out to check out the tour as it travels across the country over the next few months!
We love the book! Can't wait to check it out too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out, Patty! I absolutely loved this project, and can't wait for the tour to hit San Francisco. Wouldn't it be cool if Maggie's book started flying around when the page with the wing was opened to?!
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