They're here! The Sketchbook Project! 2-8pm!

Woohoo! It's 3pm and we're just an hour in to a super exciting day!
The Sketchbook Project is here, right out side Light Grey Art Lab: their mobile library is filled to the brim with thousands of sketchbooks ready to be checked out and explored!



They'll be hanging out with us outside Light Grey from 2pm - 8pm tonight, just in time to lead into tonight's massive celebration of the Nights & Weekends Exhibition featuring 13 incredible artists, their process and an inside-view into what makes each artist stay up and make!



We'll be sure to recap all of the happenings, but for now, If you're in the Twin-Cities area, stop by, say hello and check out some of the amazing sketchbooks!




Sketchbook Project (1703 Miles & Back Tour)
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Light Grey Art Lab's Nights & Weekends Exhibition!
118 E 26th Street #101
Minneapolis Minnesota 55406
(Corner of Stevens Ave & 26th Street! -- on the Stevens Ave side!)

Hope you can make it!

Sketchbook Project Sneak Peek

This September, is all about self-initiated projects here at Light Grey- about the work of the go-getters, their completed comic anthologies, artist books, and large series. It is all incredible work made by an individual artist out of pure motivation and interest. During the month we will celebrate these bodies of work in the Nights and Weekends Exhibition (we are accepting applications until August 1st. Click here for details) along with the process, rough sketches, and brainstorming found in the diverse and global sketchbooks of the traveling Sketchbook Library!

With the Sketchbook Project rapidly approaching (September 20th), we wanted to give you guys a brief preview of some of the super exciting things to look forwards to! First and foremost, a big thank you to everyone who chose to submit/participate in the event! It was a blast getting to look at the amazing diversity of the work created.

Collaborating with the Sketchbook Project on their 1703 Miles and Back Tour, we're excited to be bringing this phenomenal collection to Minneapolis for the first time!

Ulana Zahajkewycz

Not only will there be tons of brand-new sketchbooks joining the movement, The Traveling Library will also stop by Light Grey- letting you take a peek at around 4,500 sketchbooks from that year's collection (a small sliver of the 27,600+ sketchbooks collected total.) The Traveling Library will only be here for the 20th, so be sure to swing on by!

Amanda Brannin & Margriet Bokma

Besides the Traveling Library, we will be printing and displaying excerpts from many of the inspiring sketchbooks freshly collected here at Light Grey Art Lab! Unlike the Traveling Library, these will be here all month.


Monika Grubizna

While you're waiting for this awesome event, you can take a look at the Digital Library, to get an idea of some of the incredible work created through this project.

We also have a facebook event!
https://www.facebook.com/events/478252142268597/

Light Grey + The Sketchbook Project! Deadline coming soon!

WE ARE SO EXCITED!

Our deadline for participating in the Sketchbook Project is approaching really quickly, so we want to share the information again and some of our own sketches for the project.

This September, Light Grey Art Lab is pairing up with the Sketchbook Project for their 1703 Miles and Back Tour. This will be the first time the Sketchbook Project has ever been in Minneapolis, and we are thrilled to host and support the traveling sketchbook library!






















Just a sneak peek of some of our sketchbooks! We still have a ways to go, but we're gearing up to submit!

The library will arrive in town Sunday, September 22nd, and will only be in town for one day! We will have a huge get together where everyone is invited to check out sketchbooks, view other artists work, and see the current exhibition, which will include pieces from all of the sketchbooks!

We encourage everyone to participate- it is easy, fun, and you will have a nice new sketchbook to fill out this summer! Everyone who registers will be in the permanent collection of the library, listed as a part of the exhibition, and images of your scanned sketchbooks will be on view for the entire month during our September/October show (soon to be announced!)

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Extended Deadline- Please sign up by June 10th!

To be a part of the Light Grey + Sketchbook Project please see submission deadlines and forms here: /blog.lightgreyartlab.com/ightgreyartlab.com/2013/01/call-for-submissions-light-grey.html



Another look at Jenny, Lindsay and Chris's sketchbooks! Can you guess which one is which?

Thanks, everyone, we cannot wait to see all your sketchbooks!

Questions? Please email gallery@lightgreyartlab.com

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LIGHT GREY + THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT

Time to sketch!


CALL FOR ART!

This time we've teamed up with the sketchbook project for a massive, exciting display of all of our stream-of-consciousness, self indulgent and unedited ramblings, doodles, sketches and process!!

This is the first time that we can officially say we can include EVERYONE that submits in the show! We are so excited you don't even know!

So here's how this one will work!

We are the official Minneapolis stop for the 1703 Miles and Back Tour on Sunday, September 22 from 1 - 5pm! The mobile library will be rolling in to the Twin Cities and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR BOOKS WILL BE THERE, ON DISPLAY, FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK AT!!! The books will head out from Minneapolis the next day to finish the tour before finally joining the rest in their library in Brooklyn, NY of over 22,000 sketchbooks from over 130 countries!

In addition to the mobile library, we will be projecting your artwork on our walls for the duration of the month and throwing a reception for a dual exhibition with another soon-to-be announced topic on Friday, September 20th from 7 - 10pm! In addition, we'll be including an online gallery of your work on our site to celebrate all of your awesome work.
So, gear up your sketching materials and join us!

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OKAY, so how do you sign up to be a part of our exhibition?
Since this is a special collaborative project, we have a 'call for entries' that is a little different than normal!

In order to be a part of the tour, you have to register in two places.
First, you have to join as part of the 1703 Miles and Back Tour.

Click here to join the tour and get your sketchbook!

Because James from the Sketchbook project was super awesome, he gave us a 20% off discount code:

LIGHTGREY1703

Once you're registered, you just have to put your name down below by June 1st so we know we can count you in like this:

Lindsay Nohl
hello@lightgreyartlab.com

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So, once you get your book in the mail all you have to do is read the materials they send you, and then do what you do best: draw in it. The whole exhibition is about the raw, self indulgent and exploratory work! This is a time for you to do things that are unexpected and daring. Do things in that book that you've never given yourself a chance to do before. Practice some things, draw from life, do some hand-lettering, make a flip-book, do whatever it takes to inspire you.

Then,
Scan up to four of your favorite spreads of your sketchbook at 300dpi (jpeg, pdf, psd, tiff, and png are all welcome), fill out the form at the bottom of this blog post and upload them!
The information in the form below gets sent to our dropbox folder, where we'll gather up all of your art and get it ready for the show!
Don't forget to label your artwork with your name like this : lastname_firstname_1.jpg We just need your 4 images at Light Grey by July 1st.

It's probably the easiest thing you can do to be involved.

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Don't worry if you can't finish your whole book by July 1st -- we just need 4 of your favorite pieces.
If you need a little bit of extra time to finish your book, you have until August 15th to send it back into the Sketchbook Project in order for it to join the rest of us on the tour!

And that's it!


Thanks guys, we're super excited and happy sketching to you!
We're super excited, so please spread the word! The more the merrier!

Questions? Send us a note at hello(at)lightgreyartlab(dot)com and we'll help!


UPLOAD YOUR SKETCHBOOK FILES HERE!