Sketchbook Project in Chicago
Sketchbook Project 2011 was in Chicago last weekend. For 4 glorious day 10,000 books were on exhibit in Hyde Park Art Center. Of course, I spent a lot of time there: to get my hands on my friends’ books and see them in person, to see new sketchbooks, and to reunite with my own while it was back in town.
Myself with my sketchbook and Shane, an Art House and Sketchbook project co-founder
I checked out my book and discovered that it needed some minor repairs, a couple of things got unglued. The next day I brought glue, tape and scissors and made the repairs right then and there to much delight of artists and visitors nearby.
Some sketchbooks I saw:
Carol King‘s book along with my favorite portrait from my own book
Vin Ganapathy of NYC and Debra Morris of Hong Kong
Joe Tomlison and Jeff Wrench, self-portraits
Critters from two other books I loved
And finally…
David with his portrait!
I was delighted David could come and see my work as well as a number of other books.
I saw many more books, but it was impossible to document all that I saw as the crowd was so dense.
All in all it was a success!
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That must have been a great thing to do! The tour in 2012 will be coming to Vancouver so depending on the time of year (six hour drive) I hope to do the same. I signed up to Sketchbook Project 2012 after enjoying your portraits here.
I am so happy you will be doing Sketchbook Project 2012, eldy! It is a lot of fun, first while sketching, drawing and painting, then meeting people, then the show itself. I am planning to sit out the 2012. The book I’ve done took a lot of work, and knowing what it takes I decided to concentrate on my oil study instead. I don’t think I can do both and give each the attention it deserves.
What an absolutely lovely write-up of your visit to the Sketchbook Project, Alex. Your photography is right up there with your drawing and painting skills. Thank you for sharing the books of these blogger friends with us! WOW!
Thank you, Leslie! There was so much talent, so many amazing books, I did not get a chance to photograph unfolding ones that some people had. Too bad the Art House only showed the sketchbooks here for four days, I could spend a month looking through them, easily.
That’s the beauty of art, so many styles, technics and creativity, and your book shows all the different shapes, textures and stories of people. What a great thing!
The show was amazing, Ryan! Just like you said, so many breathtaking ideas, all these “Why didn’t I think of that?!” moments. And what’ totally makes it great is the inclusiveness, anyone can participate, no jury or judging. So people are free to really do innovative things. I really get it. BTW, the 2012 Project is now open, if you would like to take part. Thank you for the comment!
Yippee! You got to see the sketchbook project. Your book was amazing when I saw it in NYC and it still looks amazing now. How cool to have David to photograph holding your book open to his portrait. Thanks so much for checking out my book too. I can’t wait for the show to get back to NY. I want to go and look at it again.
You are so lucky to have the Art House in your back yard! I wish I had more time to look through the books…