Join the Telethon!
Join us for an evening will be filled with artists talks, live art making, an auction from some of our favorite artists and a few special visitors!
Donate to Brooklyn Art Library to help us continue to keep our collection of sketchbooks available to everyone, and creativity flowing! Choose a donation level below, and get some awesome merch as a thank you!
Tote-ally Awesome - $15
- 'Thanks for Sketching with Us' Sticker pack
- 'Thanks for Sketching with us' Reusable shopping tote
Let's get Digital - $35
- 'Thanks for Sketching with Us' Sticker pack
- 'Thanks for Sketching with us' Reusable shopping tote
- Access to all of Brooklyn Art Library's digital projects for the rest of 2020
See you at the Max! - $60
- 'Thanks for Sketching with Us' Sticker pack
- 'Thanks for Sketching with us' Reusable shopping tote
- Access to all of Brooklyn Art Library's digital projects for the rest of 2020
- Limited Edition Benefit T-Shirt
Super Sketchy - $135
- 'Thanks for Sketching with Us' Sticker pack
- 'Thanks for Sketching with us' Reusable shopping tote
- Access to all of Brooklyn Art Library's digital projects for the rest of 2020
- Limited Edition Benefit T-Shirt
- Digi sketchbook w/ Supply Pack
Hero in Half Shell - $250+
- 'Thanks for Sketching with Us' Sticker pack
- 'Thanks for Sketching with us' Reusable shopping tote
- Access to all of Brooklyn Art Library's digital projects for the rest of 2020
- Limited Edition Benefit T-Shirt
- Digi sketchbook w/ Supply Pack
- World Tour Book
- Sketchbook making party live online with Steven (Founder), Emma (Executive Director) and Autumn (Associate Director)!
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TELETHON SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7PM EST
Join Steven Peterman (Managing Director) and Shane Zucker (Treasurer), to hear about The Sketchbook Project and Brooklyn Art Library and how it all began. Steven and Shane will share photos, stories, and the evolution of the project to celebrate this next chapter and how far the organization has come!
7:30PM EST
Artists Jing Wei, Stephanie O'Byrne, and Jordan Sondler will be drawing live and talking about thier creative practices, involvement in Brooklyn Art Library, what it's like to be a working artist, and more. The drawings they complete will be auctioned off at the end of this segment!
7:45PM EST
Join Steven Peterman and Chris Jobson (Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Colossal) for a conversation about Chris' involvement with Brooklyn Art Library, what Colossal is up to, and the overlapping, creative missions of both organizations. For more infomation about Colossal, visit www.thisisscolossal.com.
8:15PM EST
Steven Peterman will be chatting with Frank Warren (Founder, PostSecret) about the importance of creative communities, giving people the platform to share their stories, and more. For more information about PostSecret, visit www.postsecret.com.
8:30PM EST
Tune in for quips and banter from the Brooklyn Art Library staff as we discuss the future of Brooklyn Art Library. We'll talk about our love for the project, our plans for the nonprofit, how important creativity is, our endless gratitude for our community, and more!
We teamed up with the Brooklyn Art Library community to bring you some awesome auction items! Help support the library while getting some fun stuff!
Our Auction includes generousLY donations by:
CW Pencils, The Jealous Curator, Scout Books, Skillshare, Smartpress and more!
And artwork donations by:
Danielle Krysa, Sidney Sue Howard, Cat Willett, Kate Castelli, ADAMJK, Honey & Rust, Sarah K Illustration, Sio Gallagher, Heather Joanne Art, Charlotte Vallance, Rob Jelinski, Andrea Soos and more!