Weekday Sketchers at Pier 97 and Riverside Park 

This pier was once a cement factory and off limits to the public. It has recently been reconstructed and is now open to the public, Pier 97 is the most recent addition to the 4 mile long Riverside park..  Set in an area of the Hudson River shoreline Called Clinton Cove, named for DeWitt Clinton, "Father of the Erie Canal", US Senator and Mayor of NYC, the park offers playgrounds, seating area, an "All Ages Slide" and a splash park. 

What is that?

Come and capture the river scenes, the cityscape with the unusual nearby residential buildings and the public art pieces around the park. One of which is Private Passage...a 30' wine bottle riddled with porthole that allow you to see the inside the bottle to view the recreation of a stateroom on the Queen Mary. 

And speaking of public art installations, we will also wander into Riverside Park to see this year's installation from the Art Students League's Works in Public: Sophie Kahn and Marco Palli.  The two sculptures are installed at the south end of Riverside Park which starts at 57th Street. 

Sophie Kahn

Marco Palli

DATE: WEDNESDAY APRIL 24, 2024

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATAION:  PIER 97

                            Western end of 57th Street

                        Meet at the sculpture "Private Passage"

TRANSPORTATION: A, B, C, D, 1 to Columbus Circle and 59th St

                                                        Take the 67th Street bus to 12th Ave

                                                                            or 

                                                     Walk west to the Hudson River then south to 57th Street

                                         

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@NYCUrbansketchers.org
• Looking for us? Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• Bring a stool for best lines of sight
• Water and bathrooms are available
• Bring your own lunch or snacks

Erin Hill Two Workshops May 19 and May 21 2024

 

Two Erin Hill Workshops 

May 19, 2024-The Big Picture in Little Pieces

New York City

When: May 19, 2024

Where: Meet at Stumptown Coffee Roasters, 30 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011 for an overview of the class. Then, we walk to Washington Square Park.

How: Click Here

Erin Hill is an accomplished artist and teacher who resides in Australia. She teaches workshops throughout Australia, New Zealand, the US and Europe. To learn more about Erin and her work, visit her website at https://erinhillsketching.com

Erin will begin by taking a double page spread of a sketchbook and start with a decorative title at the top of one page. Then she will show you how to sketch everything all over our pages choosing anything or size you like. We may start with our coffee, but move on to people we see, parts of the Washington Square Arch, plaques and signage, anything historical, trees and foliage, and birds and other wildlife. We will include notes on what we see around the page.

More details here.

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May 21, 2024-People in Action

Westchester

When: May 21, 2024

Where:Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation , 468 Rosedale Ave, White Plains, NY 10605.

How: Click Here

Erin will start by teaching students about human proportions through mannequins. By seeing mannequins on a table in a variety of poses, students will learn about proportions in a fun and easy way. We will take time to observe the angles the body takes and sketch it as we see it. We’ll sketch as many as we can over our page and then add color.

In a second exercise, we will observe our sketching friends in action. And finally there will be a third exercise that Erin will explain at the time. This one causes great hilarity. The goal of the exercises will be for students to become comfortable with adding people to their other art works.

More details here:

NJ sketchers at Bergen County Courthouse

 Join the New Jersey sketchers at Bergen County Courthouse

Questions, comments and RSVP directly to 

margaret.casagrande@gmail.com

DO NOT reply to this email as your inquiry will go to a "dead letter" file. 

If it’s not raining, we can be outside in the park sketching this beautiful building and the First Reformed Church and cemetery of Hackensack. 

The courthouse rotunda is on the register of National Historic landmarks. There are several courtrooms in the Rotunda with hand painted murals adorning the walls. The Rotunda, with its marble and stained glass, and the courtrooms, were featured in scenes from the movies Hackers, Devil's Advocate and Before and After.

Fun fact: The first Bergen County courthouse was in Quacksack. 

The entrance is on Court Street across from the church. To go in the courthouse, we have to go through security just like the airport. So leave your pointy items at home. Bathrooms and water are inside.

Parking:

Street parking and the courthouse visitor parking. Parkmobile app. 

55 Court St, Hackensack, NJ 07601

Date: Thursday, April 25

Time: 10:30am

Bring your lunch and a stool if you have one

Meet in the park if not raining. Otherwise, we will meet in the Rotunda. Security will direct you. 

Margaret 646-515-9913

All skill levels welcome. There is no fee to join the sketch event.

SATURDAY: Sketch the Garden

 

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden​

Some of the Cherry Blossoms are in bloom, other's are poised and nearly ready.  

The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens is one of my favorite spots in the city.  Sketching last week proved that having a backup plan is always a good idea.  The backup plan for the Botanic Gardens is, of course, the Brooklyn Museum.  At this point the weather looks promising for our weekend sketch.

DETAILS

What:   We’ll be sketching in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Where:   We’ll meet at the entrance at 150 Eastern Parkway, near the subway.  (Note: there is another entrance at 990 Washington Avenue near the parking lot.)

 

When:  Start time - 10 AM - this Saturday, April 20, 2024.   Running late?  Messed up by the subways?  Come anyway - we'll be there.  Note:  We will be walking from the Eastern Parkway entrance and will pass by the Japanese Garden, which is near the Parking Lot entrance.)

How:

-   By Subway:  Take the #1 or #3 train Eastern Pkwy - Brooklyn Museum

Lunch:  We'll break at 12:00 PM Noon .  Bring your own food and drink or buy food in the Garden.  It's a long walk to find food outside the Garden.  

Afternoon:  1:00 PM Back to sketching

Show and Tell:  3:00 PM - We will meet at a location to be decided near the Administration Building (see map).

NOTE:

-      Bring a stool if you have one, it gives you more options.  

-  Be respectful of what the guards say about using your stool.   Some grassy places are acceptable and others not, depending on the conditions. We want to help the garden to be as beautiful as possible.

 

If you can’t find us

call or text Mark at 973-809-9128

There are no fees.   All drawing skill levels are welcome.

 

THURSDAY, April 18, 2024: Westchester Sketchers at Arts Westchester, White Plains

For more than 50 years, ArtsWestchester has been the community’s connection to the arts.  Founded in 1965, it is the largest, private, not-for-profit arts council in New York State.  Its mission is to provide leadership, vision, and support, to ensure the availability, accessibility, and diversity of the arts.  

In 1998, ArtsWestchester purchased the nine-story neo-classical bank building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue which has since been transformed into a multi-use resource for artists, cultural organizations, and the community.  A two-story gallery is located on the first floor of ArtsWestchester’s historic building on Mamaroneck Avenue.
 

Photo by Elizabeth Diaz 

The current Gallery exhibit (on view April 14 - May 28) is called "Open Call, Exhibition" and features 22 artists that represent the breadth of and diversity of the thriving art scene in Westchester County.  One such artist is Elizabeth Diaz who has been awarded ArtsWestchester’s 2024 Larry Salley Photography Award.

DETAILS:

DATE: THURSDAY, April 18, 2024

Start time: 10:00 AM. Note: The gallery opens to the public at 12 Noon.

LOCATION: ArtsWestchester Gallery 

31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY 10601 (914) 428-4220

DIRECTIONS and PARKING: Download directions by clicking here.

Parking is located at The City Center parking garage with entrances on Main Street and Martine Avenue.  

TRANSPORTATION from NYC: Use the Harlem Line of the Metro-North Railroad to arrive in White Plains. Taxicabs are readily available for hire to ride to The Westchester Mall. Please call (800) METRO-INFO or visit https://new.mta.info/schedules/metro-north-railroad for schedule and fare information.  

Walking directions from the station: Walk up Bank Street and cross Ferris Avenue – Bank Street turns into Main Street. Walk up Main Street past the Galleria Mall and turn right on Mamaroneck Avenue. Walk one block and you will see the Arts Exchange building on the corner of Mamaroneck and Martine Avenues.

  

LUNCH: 12:30 PM.  Bring your or purchase from shops nearby.
SHOW and TELL: 1 PM. We will share our drawings and tell stories. This is the social part of our day and is not to be missed.

NOTES:
- $5 admission. Your contribution helps to make the arts accessible to everyone.
- Chairs will be provided by the Gallery, but bring a stool for more options.

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman (westchester@nycurbansketchers.com)

Looking for us? 

Call/text: Cathy at (914) 625-0766 

There are no fees. All drawing skill levels are welcome.

 Weekday Sketchers at the Peace Fountain, St. John the Divine

Questions, comments and RSVP directly to President@nycurbansketchers.org. 

DO NOT respond to this email as you inquiry will go to a "dead letter" file. 

St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights is America's answer to the great cathedrals of Europe. Standing in all of its Gothic glory and still under construction after more than 100 years, St. John's offers us a trove of sketching possibilities: the cathedral, both inside and out, the magnificent Peace Fountain and the beautiful gardens surrounding the many buildings on its almost 12 acre property. 

This week we will be sketching the exterior of the building and specifically the Peace Fountain, located just to the south of the cathedral.   Standing almost 40 feet in the air, the fountain offers endless scenes of angels and devils, animals and humans and  mythological figures that portray the struggle of good over evil.  Try to capture it all or just concentrate on small portions of the fountain.  Even the railings around the fountain have wonderful sculptures to sketch. 

Don't like the fountain, no problem, sketch the amazing building or wander through the rose garden, sculpture garden or biblical garden.  Truly there is something here for everyone. 

For more information about the Peace Fountain click here: 

https://gregwyattsculpture.com/bronze/peace-fountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Fountain

DATE: WEDNESDAY APRIL 17, 2024

STARTING TIME:  10L30 AM

LOCATION: ST. JOHN THE DIVINE PEACE FOUNTAIN

                        AMSTERDAM AVE AND 111 STREET

TRANSPORTATION: 1 TRAIN TO CATHEDRAL PARKWAY /110 ST 

                                        B R C TO CATHEDRAL PARKWAY 110 STREET

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@NYCUrbansketchers.org
• Looking for us? Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• Plenty of seats but bringing a stool gives you options.
• Water and bathrooms available nearby
• Bring lunch or purchase it along the way. 

TUESDAY, April 16, 2024: Westchester Sketchers at Memorial Park

  

Come and Sketch the Views from Memorial Park in Nyack

  

DETAILS

DATE: TUESDAY,  April 16, 2024

LOCATION: Nyack Library, 59 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10690.    Phone: (845) 358-3370.  

DIRECTIONS: https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-york/the-nyack-library-371786551

START TIME: 2:00 PM. We will meet in the Community Meeting Room of the Nyack Library and then cross over Piermont Avenue to sketch in the top field at the park. There is free parking on Piermont Ave. or metered parking in the Library.

4:00 PM The group will come back to the Library again to share their work.

NOTES:

• The lower part of Nyack memorial Park (ear the water) is under construction. If you want to sketch down by the river, you can park a few blocks from the library at the Memorial Park car park on Burd Street. This lot has metered parking. Then you can cross a little wooden bridge which takes you to the riverfront. Kay will monitor both areas, but you can text her if you want to go straight to the Memorial Park car park.

Please RSVP to Kay Copp Brown at kcoppbrown@aol.com
 
Looking for us? Call Kay at 631-432-6526

All skill levels welcome!