Historic building, great views, rooftop garden (if warm enough) and fabulous food hall mean a great day of sketching and eating.  Join us and capture this in your sketchbook  

DATE: Wednesday March 4, 2026

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

TRANSPORTATION: Any train to 14th St. Crosstown bus to 11th Ave

HOST: Donna David 212 685 2930

NOTES: 

Meet at the seating area just past the food court

Water, food and bathrooms available

About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event.  #nycurbansketchers.

 

3/6/2026 NJ Sketchers at Newark Sacred Spaces

  

On Friday, March 6 the NJ Sketchers will visit not one, but two sacred spots in Newark.

First we will meet at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart at 10:30 AM.

The address is 89 Ridge Street, Newark, NJ 07104. 

This majestic building is in the French Gothic style and took more than fifty years to construct.  There are hundreds of spots to sit, and many beautiful things to sketch. Plan on working in dry materials.   

Parking is free and on Ridge Street.  There is a bathroom.  Please try to arrive 5 or 10 minutes early so we can sign in together at the Rectory.

At 12:30 we will wrap up at the Basilica with a throwdown and group photo and head over to Ahavas Sholom, 145 Broadway, Newark, NJ 07104 which is  7 minutes by car.  Ahavas Sholom has the honor of housing the oldest ark in the state of New Jersey, originally a part of a congregation in New York City in the 19th century.  

Mr. Freedman will unlock the parking lot for us at 1:00 pm.  The synagogue is directly across the street from a big blue sign that says "Lion's Face Church."   We will be allowed to eat in a spot in the basement before we go upstairs to sketch the ark.  We can work here until 3:00 pm.

As is customary, both sacred places gratefully accept donations.

RSVP to: Julia Bazaz 

jazaz7658@gmail.com

(551) 206-1273

Dry materials only. Bring a stool for more options. 

instagram: @njurbansketchers

All welcome, no fees to attend

Saturday 2/28: Weekend Sketchers at Sotheby’s

In November of last year Sotheby’s opened its New York headquarters in an architectural masterpiece, the building Marcel Breuer designed in the 1960s for the Whitney Museum—now meticulously restored by Herzog & de Meuron, one of my favorite architecture firms.

Sotheby’s lists works by Willem de Kooning, Yayoi Kusama, George Condo, Lucio Fontana, Yoshioto Nara, Julie Hart Beers, and many others as being currently on view.

HOST: Sonia Idelsohn (914) 522-6584

DATE: Saturday 2/28/26

TIME: Sketching 10:30am - 3pm | Show and Tell beginning at 3pm. 

LOCATION: Sotheby’s, 945 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021

MEETING LOCATION:  Meet the host in the lobby. If you are new, look for people with sketchbooks and say hello, we are a friendly bunch.

SHOW AND TELL LOCATION: To be determined, but let’s use the building lobby as our default meeting spot at 3:00 sharp in case we need to relocate. Check with the host day-of for the exact show-and-tell location. 

VENUE RULES: As this is not a museum, the website doesn’t list rules for visitors. We spoke to them and it is ok to sketch in the galleries, but let’s tread lightly at first and ease into it, especially with stools, easels, and/or overt water-based media. As always, please listen to the staff, we want to be welcomed back with open arms. 

FOOD, DRINK, RESTROOMS: There are restrooms in the building. Food is available in the neighborhood. 

ABOUT NYC URBAN SKETCHING EVENTS: All are welcome, no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host, their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event.  #nycurbansketchers.

Weekday Sketchers at Guggenheim March 4 2026

Join us for a sketch session in Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic building that now houses exhibits of artists’ who used color in the most innovative ways.  Travel back in time to Gabriele Munter’s experiments with photography and painting, bringing the everyday into focus with innovative methods.  Take a dive into Robert Rauschenberg’s experiments with mixed media that pushed the boundaries of his generation.  Come and capture the never ending parade of people on the helix enjoying the paintings, sculptures and architecture.  

DATE: Wednesday March 4, 2026

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

TRANSPORTATION: 4,5,6 train to 86th Street

HOST: Donna David 212685 2930

NOTES: 

There is an entrance fee of $16  for Adults and $12 for Seniors.  The museum accepts the AAM card as well as many other affiliations and memberships. 

Bring a stool

Water and bathrooms available

Be prepared to work in dry materials

About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event.  #nycurbansketchers.

FRIDAY, February 27, 2026: WESTCHESTER SKETCHERS at the Pocantico Center in Tarrytown

 

Currently On Exhibit: Shen Wei: Still/Moving commemorating thirty years of Shen Wei’s visionary career as a dancer, choreographer, visual artist, filmmaker, and global cultural ambassador. This joint exhibition of The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Katonah Museum of Art illuminates the full scope of the artist’s trailblazing practice, offering viewers access to Shen Wei’s extensive paintings, works on paper, choreographic compositions, and short films, including new pieces never before exhibited in the United States.

HOST: Marianne Milzoff

DATE: Friday, February 27, 2026

TIME: 10:00 AM | Lunch at 12:30 PM followed by Show and Tell. 

LOCATION: The David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center at Pocantico, 200 Lake Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591    

DIRECTIONS and Visitor information: https://www.rbf.org/pocantico/pocantico-center/visitor-information 

Please carpool if possible. Before proceeding through the gate, all guests must check-in with staff, who can provide further information about parking.

NOTES:

• ONLY DRY MATERIALS are allowed (pastel, pens, or colored pencils).

• Bring your lunch and drinking water.

• There are lots of benches but bring a stool for more options.

• Restrooms are available.

• Parking is free.

Looking for us? Call: Marianne at (914) 355-6507

NOTE: Your name MUST be on the attendees list in order to enter.

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman at westchester@nycurbansketchers.org by Wednesday, February 25th so we can provide a list of attendees names to the gate staff..

About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event.  #nycurbansketchers.

Weekday Sketchers at NY Historical Wednesday February 25 2026

Weekday Sketchers at NY Historical

Branded as New York's first Museum or sometimes New York City's Attic, the Historical has a treasure trove of artifacts that make fabulous sketch book material.  Housed in a beautiful building across from the American Museum of Natural History, we can spend hours, or more likely days, sketching the beautiful Tiffany lamps, the exhibit on NY Sari or the Audubon Birds. . Of course there is always the wonderful open storage area with amazing artifacts from years gone by. And the replica of the Oval Office in the Meet the President exhibit. 

For more information about the museum, click here: https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/holiday-express-toys-and-trains-jerni-collection-3

DATE: Wednesday February 25, 2026

STARTING TIME: 11:00 AM

LOCATION: NY Historical

                        170 Central Park West at 77 St.

TRANSPORTATION: B or C train to 81 St/ Museum of Natural History

HOST: Muriel Applebaum 347 225 1402

NOTES: 

• There is an entrance fee of $24 for Adults and $19 for Seniors.  The museum accepts the AAM card as well as many other affiliations and memberships. 
• Bring a stool
• Water and bathrooms available
• Be prepared to work in dry materials

About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event.  #nycurbansketchers.

Saturday 2/21: Weekend Sketchers at MoMA PS1

 

An abandoned public school lends both a name and a building to one of the country’s largest and oldest contemporary art institutions. Queens’  MoMA PS1, the Long Island City affiliate of Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, transformed the space with site-specific installations exhibited throughout the classrooms, beginning with the inaugural 1976 group show, Rooms. Since then, the museum has continued to display art with an adventurous, transformative spirit while playing off its site’s origins.

It’s a good time to go because several exhibitions are closing soon- Gabriel Goliath, Vaginal Davis, Four Dilations (various artists), Inuuteq Storch, Homeroom: Education as Resistance (various artists), etc.

*Please note that this is NOT the MoMA in Manhattan on 53 Street, it is their outpost in L.I.C.

HOST: Charles Cannizzaro 914-552-3658
DATE: Saturday 2/21/26
TIME: Sketching 10am - 3pm | Show and Tell beginning at 3pm. 
LOCATION: MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
MEETING LOCATION:  There will be no official meeting to kick off the day, join your fellow sketchers throughout the museum and just start sketching. If you are new, look for people with sketchbooks and say hello, we are a friendly bunch.
SHOW AND TELL LOCATION: To be determined, but let’s use the museum lobby as our default meeting spot at 3:00 sharp. Check with the host day-of for the exact show-and-tell location. 

VENUE RULES: Admission is free. The website lists beverages, pens, and tripods as not being allowed in the galleries. It does not explicitly prohibit stools, so try your luck. As always, please listen to the guards, we want to be welcomed back with open arms. 
FOOD, DRINK, RESTROOMS: There are restrooms and a small market (Ora’s) in the museum. 

ABOUT NYC URBAN SKETCHING EVENTS: All are welcome, no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host, their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event.  #nycurbansketchers.