A UAMN special exhibition exploring the human instinct to express thought through line, form, and color. It is an immersion in possibility and process – honoring and encouraging the practice of slowing down and spending time with an idea, an object, a place.

Perception, communication, and invention are explored through nature journals and cartoons, maps and scientific fieldnotes, architectural, art, and exhibit design – memory and sensory experience given form by the humble sketchbook.

Left to right: Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Kristin Link, Laerah Barker

See hundreds of sketches by engineers, artists, scientists, and Alaskans of all ages.
Create art and discover the benefits of sketching -- for everyone.
Explore the exhibit media in the gallery and online.

Check out instructional videos with UAF art professor and cartoonist, Jamie Smith.