[thank you, for having words that are so incredibly hard to say. to understand]
A girl asked me this during Q&A at the end of last night’s event at St. Louis University.
People often ask if i’ve struggled with any of the issues that TWLOHA deals with (depression, addiction, self-injury, suicide). i have no problem admitting that i am a person who struggles with depression….
We may be halfway through January already, but we’re just beginning to digest the incredible adventures of 2011. Even though we’re already sailing full-speed ahead into 2012, it’s worth taking a moment to share some of the highlights of these past 12 months.
2011 began with the opening of the Brooklyn Art Library: the permanent home of the Sketchbook Project and our storefront exhibition space.
In February, we kicked off the 2011 Sketchbook Project Tour with a two-day exhibition at the Library. We issued hundreds of library cards and checked out more than 2,000 books in less than 24 hours.
In March, we hit the road for Austin, TX and never looked back. We visited nine cities over the course of five months, including Portland, Atlanta, Washington, Rochester, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and Orlando. There’s no better feeling for the Art House Crew than meeting all of the people who make the Sketchbook Project possible!
Over the course of 2011, we checked out sketchbooks 35,712 times — for our librarians, it feels like it was all a dream. We launched the Digital Library over the summer and by the end of the year we were amazed by the results: Digitized sketchbooks have been viewed more than half a million times! The shelves of the Brooklyn Art Library now display 12,208 books to the public seven days a week. And we’re proud to announce that there are currently 36,841 card-carrying members of the Brooklyn Art Library.
There’s no better feeling than bringing together an inspiring community of creative people from all over the world to make something happen together. 2011 showed us the power of collaboration — and proved that the whole is the sum of its parts.
So thanks to everyone who joined us over the course of last year — and here’s to an inspiring 2012!
i couldn’t sleep last night. Took medicine to help me sleep and still couldn’t sleep. That awful surgery of a hope removed. But different this time. Not “This is over and you have to let go.” Just “It can’t happen now and you can’t control it and so you have to let it go.” In short: “This needs to…
