I finished the world-saving sketchbook project back in June, and mailed it off last month in a purple envelope (from paperchase, if you’re wondering), and tomorrow (Fri Aug 22) it will be exhibited with, well not quite 499 others (not all those sent out were finished), but quite a lot of others. The project is run by the arthouse co-op in Atlanta, Georgia (not that Georgia, the other one), and the event will be kicking off at around 7pm eastern time (or 4pm here on the West Coast; that’s midnight to you in London).
And it will be streamed live online at http://www.arthousecoop.com/live/. So Londoners, tune in when you get in from the pub (ok, watch it from the still-open pub on your iPhone, but make sure it doesn’t get nicked by any hoodies or anything), and keep your eyes peeled, maybe you will catch a brief brief glimpse of my little one. Sketchbook, that is.
I have been looking around the information superhighway lately (remember when it was called that?) to see who else has done this project, and compiled the following admittedly short list of fellow world-savers. Didn’t actually find many, so I was pretty pleased to discover two others based in Davis. Most interesting to see all have interpreted the project uniquely; I think I might be the only one however to advocate using a spider-killing aerosol as a means of saving the world, but each to their own I guess…
Karen Blados (Cleveland, OH)
Blue Bicicletta (Davis, CA)
Pica (Davis, CA)
Planetmithi (Bristol, UK)
This Chicken (Oxford, UK)
Joseph Tomlinson (WA)
JT (Cleveland, OH)
Craig (Cleveland, OH)
Woman of Color (Atlanta, GA)
Kirihargie (Portland, OR)
Metrochic (Scottsdale, AZ)
Needless to say, if you too have done this project and have put the pictures somewhere the world you have saved can see them, then I’d like to add your sketchbook to this list . Hope the show goes well; I hear there may even be a book.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthousecoop/
http://arthousecoop.blogspot.com/2008/07/mail-time.html
petescully 
Pete: Teresa of Life, Homesteading and Everything (http://homesteadnotes.blogspot.com/) sent one in too.
Spider-killing Aerosol???
I see you were being a detective as well. I searched the web and only found a few. Saw that you checked in during the live broadcast. I thought more people would have sent in there work.
hey pete. metrochic here and i’ve got pics on my blog…with more to come. i was glad to see so many people stopping in thanks to the art walk (and also glad the guys webcasted). you can add me to the list.
thanks! do you have the pics of your sketchbook on your blog, metrochic? I’m trying to link to the individual sketchbooks themselves.
yes, i thought more would send in their books. I did mine really quickly, really enjoyed making it. I wonder if any sold?
Hey, I saw your sketchbook at the show, and i must say i am a big fan. what good things are you up to?
thank you jay, glad you liked th book. Wish i’d been at the show to see all the others!
here it is pete:
http://metrochic.blogspot.com/2008/08/sketchbook-project-art-house-atlanta-ga.html
thanks! that’s great stuff.