Mini Sketchbook Project
Calling all young artists in grades 6-12! This October, we’re throwing down a challenge: fill up a mini sketchbook with art and return it to the Library for inclusion in the Teen collection.
Sketchbooks are 4″ x 4″ and can be picked up at the Library while supplies last.
Guidelines:
- Artwork must be original work.
- While a prompt list is provided for inspiration, art is not required to follow the prompts.
- Fanart or studies that copy famous art must give credit to the original artist or copyright holder.
- Submissions featuring inappropriate artwork will not be added to the collection.
- Sketchbooks must be approximately four inches by four inches.
- Finally, sketchbooks will not be returned to the artists.
There is no deadline for submission, but any teen who turns in their sketchbook by November 1 will be entered to win a gift card.
The Mini Sketchbook Project is inspired by Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project, the largest collection of sketchbooks in the world. More information about the original project can be found at https://brooklynartlibrary.org/sketchbookproject.
The original Sketchbook Project is amazing, and I’ve always wanted to participate, but it seems so daunting. I hope our Mini Sketchbook Project helps make the idea more accessible by providing mini sketchbooks, for free, to the young artists in our community. I can’t wait to see what the teens in our community come up with this fall!
The Mini Sketchbook Project is funded by a 21st Century Afterschool Learning Grant with Dover High School, which supports learning opportunities outside of classroom walls. This grant has also funded author visits, the Dover Public Library’s Mobile STEAM Lab, and the publication of Tornado Alley, the Teen Literary Magazine published every Spring.
What are you waiting for? Get drawing!
–Liz Strauss, Teen/Outreach Services Manager