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The Sketchbook Project Brings Art to the Masses

Kristen Marano | Posted 06.11.2013 | Canada Living
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Kristen Marano

The Sketchbook Project is a collection of more than 27,000 sketchbooks from 135 countries. The crowd-funded project, dubbed a traveling library of artists' sketchbooks, started in 2010 and invites people -- artistic or not -- to tell their stories by filling and donating sketchbooks.

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Lending a Hand After Sandy

Ashley Peoples | Posted 01.05.2013 | Canada Impact
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Ashley Peoples

It's a lucky, guilty, overwhelming feeling to be sitting in a Red Hook, Brooklyn cafe, on my laptop, well fed, well caffeinated, well clothed, and with no personal hurricane horror stories. Emotions and opinions are running high. But these same people remain helpful and hopeful and charitable. Neighbours with power offer others a place to shower, a place to cook. Everyone offers advice on how to get help, how to help.

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Brooklyn's Closed Shops Open Wide For Art

opencityprojects.com | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada
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Walking down a pretty barren stretch of downtown Brooklyn, I noticed something strange in the windows of the shops lining Willoughby Street. Although ...

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