The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project and interactive, traveling exhibition of handmade books. Our community is made up of over 75,000 people, and our permanent collection at Brooklyn Art Library holds over 27,245 sketchbooks from 135 countries around the globe.

We invite participants from all walks of life to fill the pages of a blank sketchbook and send it back for inclusion in our ever-growing library of inspiration.

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, click here.

• 32 Pages
• Saddle Stitch bound
• 100% recycled paper
• Printed with vegetable-based inks
• Hand-crafted in beautiful Portland, OR

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An ever-growing library of inspiration

Located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Art Library is our flagship library. Your book will be join 27,245 other sketchbooks as part of our permanent collection.

It's like a food truck where you get sketchbooks, instead of tacos.

The Mobile Library travels North America year around visiting 40+ cities. Inside it holds 4,500 sketchbooks from that years collection. Find out where we are heading next.

An online archive of 13,688 sketchbooks

Our Digital Library acts as our online extension of the project. Flip through thousands of sketchbooks online, anytime, for free!

Postmark Deadline - Jan. 15th 2014

Strange Neighbors / Borders and lines / A simple place / Accidents / Found! / Dudes and latitudes / To the last page! / First aid kit / Say words out loud / Paper airplanes / This list... / Atlas of... / Greetings from… / 32 Days / This is not about you / This is not about me / Undecided

(You select your theme when you catalog your book)