# Amateur Artist Atheneums Brooklyn Art Library's The Sketchbook Project Shares Strangers' Thoughts By Meghan Young | Published 2012-08-07 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-sketchbook-project References: [psfk](http://www.psfk.com/2012/08/crowdsourced-sketchbook-library.html) & [shop.brooklynartlibrary](http://shop.brooklynartlibrary.com/) Anyone can become a 'published' artist thanks to The Sketchbook Project. A unique collection at [Brooklyn Art Library](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brooklyns-architectural-history) in New York City, this project allows people of all walks of life to fill a 32 page notebook with whatever crosses their minds from doodles to sketches and other content. Founded by Sheilla Sumayang in collaboration with Art House Co-op, The Sketchbook Project is currently comprised of 12,500 sketchbooks from 130 countries. The project is heading on a 14 city tour in the very near future and anticipates an additional 7,500 books will make their way onto Brooklyn Art Library's shelves. For $25, anyone can participate in the The Sketchbook Project, which allows strangers to share their inner thoughts and creativity with other strangers. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.9/10 - Popularity: 11% | Activity: 7% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Participatory Art Projects:** Businesses can explore opportunities to create similar projects that allow people to showcase their creativity and thoughts. - **Art as Community Building:** Companies can explore art as a way to bring people together and create a sense of community around their products or services. - **Crowdsourced Art Collections:** Enterprises can establish crowdsourcing projects for art collections, allowing wider access to collections, especially from people of all backgrounds. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Art Curation:** Companies in the art curation industry can create similar projects to The Sketchbook Project that allows for crowdsourced art projects. - **Community Building:** Technology companies exploring community building can explore opportunities to integrate art and creativity to bring people together. - **Creative Education:** Education companies can use The Sketchbook Project as an inspiration to create similar participatory projects for students that encourages creativity and free thinking. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Digital AI-Generated Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/picsart-1.md) - [Public Art Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paul-anthony-smith.md) - [Abstract Fantasy Home Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/abstract-fantasy-home.md) - [Open-Air Libraries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ikea-billyotheque.md) - [Portable Music Sketchbooks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/everglow1.md) - [Mobile Reading Pavilions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/library-of-us.md) - [Building Block Art Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/art-project-create-together.md) - [Provocative Banned Books Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/banned-books-jail.md) - [Decentralized Museums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/arkive-museum.md)