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See The Sketchbook Project’s New, ‘More Intimate’ Doodler Heaven

(Photo by Kavitha Surana)

(Photo by Kavitha Surana)

Williamsburg fave The Sketchbook Project is riding high–they recently hit 35,000 sketchbooks (that’s a lot of doodles) and they’ve also finally re-opened their storefront, the Brooklyn Art Library, in a new, bigger location at 28 Frost Street.

As we reported back in February, the move from North 3rd Street was partly pushed by a rent hike, but it also represents a shift in culture for the Brooklyn Art Library. Of course, they’re still sticking to the core model of inviting anyone and everyone (for a $25 fee) to fill out a Moleskine sketchbook, adding their doodles and dreams to the collection forevermore.

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Sketchbook Project Leaves Home of 6 Years to Start a ‘Living Artist Community’ Nearby

via Sketchbook Project

via Sketchbook Project

The Brooklyn Art Library is boxing up its thousands of crowdsourced sketchbooks, housed since 2010 on North Third Street, and hitting the road.

The closing party was this past weekend, but never fear– yes, rents are rising, but the beloved repository for dreams and doodles has already found a space nearby, at 28 Frost Street, and plans to re-open in mid-April.
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