WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 Weekday Sketchers At Poe House

Did you know that all those scary tales of beating hearts and talking crows were created right here in the Bronx?  

 Join us this week as we travel to the home of Edgar Allen Poe. 

This modest cottage, which Poe rented for $100. per year, has survived over 225 years on the Grand Concourse. The house was built around 1797 and preserving its historical value began in 1889 when it was sold for $775 to William Fearing Gill who later became Poe's first American biographer.  The cottage is now part of the Historic House Trust, and administered by the Bronx County Historical Society since 1975. 

The head of the Bronx County Historical Society will give us a tour before we sketch - lots of interesting background. 

For more information about the Poe House, click here: https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/poe-cottage

House

DATE:  WEDNESDAY JUNE 18, 2025

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

                                There will be a guided tour of the house upon arrival.

LOCATION: POE HOUSE 

                        2640 GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX

TRANSPORTATION: 

• Take the D train to Kingsbridge Road stop in The Bronx. Poe Park, where the cottage is situated, is outside the station.
• Take the 4 train to Kingsbridge Road stop in The Bronx. Walk east to Grand Concourse. The cottage is located across the boulevard, on the right.

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@nycurbansketchers.org
• Looking for us? Call/text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• There is an entrance fee to the museum.$5.00 for Adults. $3.00 for Seniors
• Bring a stool
• Water and bathrooms are available
• We will break for lunch at 1:00 PM
• Be prepared to work in dry materials

WORKSHOP with Mario Linharas July 12, 2025

Candle and Drawing Interaction with Mario Linhares

When: Saturday July 12, 2025 from 10am-1pm

Where: Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park

Sketchbooks are laboratories for experimenting with new materials and ways of thinking about drawing. In this workshop we will explore using Portuguese candle wax in developing a new approach to interacting with our sketchbooks. 

Mario Linhares is a noted lecturer, teacher and author who currently is on the Faculty of the University of Lisbon. He was the founder of Urban Sketchers Lisbon and served on the international Board of Urban Sketchers from 2011 to 2019. For examples of his work on instagram, see: @linhares.mr

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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025: NYC USk Social Gathering and Blick Product Demo

 

Get Ready for Summer!!

Join us for something a bit different

… the first mid-week, early evening NYC Urban Sketchers events

This time it will be a Social Gathering and Product Demonstration in the Blick Broadway store.

This is an opportunity for you to stop on your way home, mingle with friends and play with some art

supplies. 

To help you get ready for summer sketching there will be a demonstration of paints, sketchbooks and

pencils. Light refreshments will be served and there will be a raffle drawing for a few nice prizes.

Blick is also providing a discount on any purchases made that evening. 

DATE: TUESDAY JUNE 17, 2025

TIME: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

LOCATION: BLICK BROADWAY STORE, 443 Broadway

TRANSPORTATION: R, W TO CANAL STREET

Please RSVP to Raylie at president@nycurbansketchers.org.

Watch for announcements of other mid-week early evening summer gatherings! 

SATURDAY, June 21, 2025: Westchester Sketchers at Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem

 

 Feel the Peace and Wisdom of Nature at the Hammond

HOST: Marianne Milzoff

A visit to The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden is a chance to experience the peace of nature and the wisdom of Eastern culture, right in Westchester County. These weeks are the most colorful in the Japanese Stroll Garden with the many azaleas, Japanese primrose, yellow iris, and water lilies all blooming brightly.

Located in North Salem, New York, The Hammond Museum serves visitors worldwide with Japanese art and a beautifully-preserved 3.5-acre Japanese stroll garden. Come take a walk and sketch in the gardens, or see the art on show in the museum's galleries. The museum offers changing exhibits, lectures, and programs that reflect the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures.

On exhibit in the Main Gallery:

Shuo Hua: The Language of Flowers and Plants in Chinese Art

Shuo hua means “to speak” in Chinese but the homonym hua means “flower.” This play on words draws attention to the symbolic meanings associated with many plants in China. This spring exhibition of Chinese traditional and contemporary works of art explores the imagery and meaning of depictions of bamboo, peonies, plum blossoms, orchids, chrysanthemums, lotus, and pines, many of which grace the Hammond’s Japanese Stroll Garden.

DETAILS: 

DATE: SATURDAY, June 21, 2025

Start time: 11 AM (Note: Later start time)

LOCATION: The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden https://www.hammondmuseum.org/

28 Deveau Road, North Salem, NY 10560-2115 

Phone: 914-669-5033

DIRECTIONS: Take I-684 to Exit 7. Take Route 116 East to Salem Center. Follow signs for the Hammond Museum on June Road north until reaching Deveau Road. https://www.hammondmuseum.org/visit

Transportation from NYC: Take METRO NORTH Harlem line trains to Croton Falls. From the Croton Falls station, the museum recommends taking a Taxi or Car Service to the museum. 

LUNCH: Since we will be starting later, we will not stop for lunch, please bring your own lunch/snack and water.

SHOW and TELL: 3:00 PM.  We will share our drawings and tell stories.  This is the social part of our day and should not be missed.

NOTES:

- Museum hours: 11-5 PM   

- Admission: Adults $12, Seniors $8.

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

- Dress for sunshine and warm temperatures.  

- Bring a hat and sunscreen.

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman at westchester@nycurbansketchers.org

Looking for us? 

Call/text: Marianne at (914) 355-6507

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

Saturday, June 14, 2025 - The Elevated Acre

 

The Elevated Acre is a secluded garden oasis with lush East River views tucked within Manhattan’s FiDi district.

MEETING SPOT, LUNCH, AND SHOW & TELL:
When you arrive at 55 Water Street, a street level escalator, set back from the sidewalk, will lead you upstairs. We’ll meet in the garden.

Lunch at 12:00 PM

Show & Tell at 3:00 PM, TBD at the location.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:

• Subway:

• Wall Street 2 & 3 train; approximately a 5 minute walk

NOTES:

Plenty of seating, but bringing a stool will give you more flexibility.

Nearby restroom: Starbucks at 110 Pearl Street

Host: Charles Cannizzaro (914) 552-3658

Wednesday June 11 2025 Weekday Sketchers on Broadway

 

Weekday Sketchers on Broadway Wednesday

No, we are not performing!

Just sketching the new installation on Broadway between 39th and 41St Streets 

We had this on our schedule a few weeks ago and got rained out.  Let's try again this week. Hopefully the weather will be sunny and bright. 

Join us this week as we explore the new installation on Broadway "growing" out of the pavement in the Garment District.  These sculptures by Steve Tobin are the newest installation of the Garment District Alliance. Come and walk between, around and through these giant tree roots and try to capture their twists, turns and shadows in your sketchbooks. 

For more information about this exhibit, click here: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/there-are-giant-metal-roots-growing-out-of-midtown-right-now-040425

DATE: WEDNESDAY JUNE 11, 2025

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION: WE WILL MEET ON THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND 41st STREET

TRANSPORTATION: ANY TRAIN TO TIMES SQUARE

NOTES

• Please RSVP to Raylie Dunkel at President@nycurbansketchers.org
• Looking for us? Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• Bring a stool
• Bathrooms and water available in local businesses
• Bring your lunch or purchase something from the many outlets along the street
• We will break for lunch and a throw down on the pedestrian plaza in front of Macy's 

June 4, 2025 Weekday Sketchers at Riverside Park

 Weekday Sketchers at Riverside Park for 

Works in Public Exhibit

Every year the Art Students' League and Riverside Park collaborate on an outdoor exhibit of recent sculptures entitled "Works in Public"  Join us this week as we explore and sketch this year's installations. 

Starting at the lower end of Riverside Park near the 59th Street entrance,  and scattered along the waterfront are  this year's offerings. Join us to sketch these and the other features of this wonderful park, including a locomotive, a gantry transfer bridge and Pier 1. 

Come and enter the park at either 59th Street or 72nd Street. Stroll along, sketch and enjoy the views.  We will meet for lunch and show and tell at the cafe at Pier 1 near 70th Street at 1230 PM

DATE  WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 2025

STARTING TIME 1030 AM

LOCATION. RIVERSIDE PARK

                        Between 59th and 72nd Streets

TRANSPORTATION  1 TRAIN TO 59TH, 66TH OR 72 STREETS

                                    Depending on where you want to enter the park.

NOTES

• Please RSVP to Raylie Dunkel at President@NYCurbansketchers.org
• Looking for us. Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• Water, bathrooms and food are available at the Pier 1 Cafe at 70th Street
• Bring a stool