It Starts with a Sketchbook
Start by choosing a type of book, fill it up, and send it back to us to be a part of the world’s largest collection of artist sketchbooks! Every participant is sent the same 5”x7'' blank custom sketchbook. Each book will be given a unique seven-digit barcode so we can easily catalog it into Brooklyn Art Library's system.
A Library on a Mission
Brooklyn Art Library is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that has been completely funded by participation since 2006. By buying sketchbook, you are helping us to ensure that we are fulfilling our mission of encouraging creative storytelling within a global community by keeping our physical library space free and open to the public, our digital library accessible worldwide, and making our collection as accessible as possible to people of all ages and skill levels through robust education programming.
A Global Institution
Anyone — from anywhere in the world — can be a part of the project. To participate and have us send you a sketchbook that will live in the world's largest collection of sketchbooks, start by choosing a type of book →
Grab a sketchbook for yourself or for a creative friend!
There are two Sketchbook options:
STANDARD — This book lives on the shelves of our library
DIGITIZED — This book lives on the shelves of our library +
photographed and added to our digital library
Volume 19 Deadlines
Project launches in shop: November 1, 2021
Order Sketchbook by: October 1, 2022
Return sketchbook by: November 1, 2022
Book enters library by: February 14, 2023
Volume 18 Deadlines
Book enters library by: March 31, 2022