Thursday, October 24, 2024: Westchester Sketchers at Greenwich Audubon Center

 

Come sketch with us on the grounds of the Greenwich Audubon Center.  If it too cold outside or the weather is inclement, we can sketch inside in the Kiernan Hall Gallery.  The Center's 285-acre main sanctuary features the Kimberlin Nature Education Center— the hub for nature programs, educational exhibits, staff offices, The Nature Store, and The Perch Coffee Lounge. The surrounding landscape serves as an outdoor classroom with seven miles of hiking trails, hardwood forests, lake, vernal pool, and more.

The current photo exhibition in Kiernan Hall is: 'Birds & Nature From Around the World' by Deirdre Corcoran Foote.

DETAILS: 

DATE: THURSDAY, October 24, 2024

LOCATION: Greenwich Audubon Center 613 Riversville Road, Greenwich, CT 

Phone: (203) 869-5272

DIRECTIONS: https://greenwich.audubon.org/directions

START TIME: 10:00 AM 

LUNCH: 12:30 PM Bring your own lunch.  The cafe has beverages for purchase.

SHOW and TELL: Following lunch, this is the social portion of our day when we will share our drawings, techniques, and stories. It is a time not to be missed.

NOTES:

• Bring your own stools.
• Trails are open sunrise to sunset.  Center opens at 10:00 AM.
• Admission is free, but a $6 donation is suggested per person.

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman at westchester@nycurbansketchers.org

 

Looking for us? Contact: Cathy at (914) 625-0766  

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

Jersey sketchers at Freylinghuysen

 NJ Sketchers at Freylinghuysen

Join us at Freylinghuysen Arboretum 

This public arboretum is a place of natural beauty and learning, with nearly 2,000 specimen trees and plantings, gorgeous formal gardens, woodlands, meadows, walking trails and a historic mansion on 124 acres. The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is open to the public year-round, every season delights the senses and beckons your visit. 

Some of our sketchers have been here and recommend it!

DATE: Friday, October 25th

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION:  Freylinghuysen Arboretum 

353 E Hanover Street

Morristown, NJ

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oUyaZB9axi8fy2gQ7?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

There is a visitor center. We can meet near there.

RSVP to margaret.casagrande@gmail.com

646-515-9913

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

 Weekday Sketchers at Forest Hills Gardens Railroad Station

They don't make 'em like that anymore!

How often have you heard that statement?  In this case it is true.  They don't make train stations, especially suburban stops like this anymore, ever.   When Forest Hills was being developed out of Dutch owned farms in Queens, the developers paid attention to every detail in order to attract people to buy homes in this remote outpost of the city.  The railroad station was an integral part of the plan as the target population would have been business(men) commuting into the city for work and returning to their bucolic home outside the city. 

Join us for the day as we sketch this unique setting of tutor buildings in a beautiful neighborhood. 

Thanks to Diana Berchan for suggesting this location!

DATE: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2024

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION:  FOREST HILLS GARDENS STATON SQUARE

TRANSPORTATION: E, F, M, R to Forest Hills/ 71st Ave 

                                        Long Island RR to Forest Hills

When you exit the station walk to Continental Ave and walk to Burns AVE to the meeting spot.

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@NYCUrbansketchers.org
• Looking for us? Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• Bathrooms and water are available
• Food can be purchased at nearby vendors
• Bring a stool for best sight lines.
• If you are driving, DO NOT park inside the Forest Hills perimeters.  You will be booted and fined.

SATURDAY: Sketch the Bronx Little Italy

2nd Attempt

Arthur Avenue - The Bronx Little Italy

a sketch outing conceived and planned by Marvel Muñoz

We got rained out last time to everyone's disappointment.  

The weather is looking much more promising for this coming Saturday.

Arthur Avenue is the center of the Bronx's "Little Italy". Although the historical and commercial center of Little Italy is Arthur Avenue itself, the area stretches across East 187th Street from Arthur Avenue to Beaumont Avenue, and is similarly lined with delis, bakeries, cafes and various Italian merchants.  Lots and lots of stuff to draw.

This Little Italy has an Italian immigrant heritage that dates back to around the 1910s or 1920s. Arthur Avenue and Morris Park are viewed as the Bronx's primary Italian American communities, being home to multiple multi-generational family businesses, many of which are still owned and operated by the same families that started them nearly a century ago, and earlier.

In 2016 the American Planning Association selected Belmont’s Little Italy as one of the five "greatest American streets".  And, best of all, we've never sketched there before.  Thank you Marvel for a great idea!

DETAILS:
Where:  Little Italy, the Bronx (along Arthur Avenue).

When: 10:00 AM, on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at Ciccarone Park, 2426 Hughes Ave, Bronx, NY 10458 (see map below)

How:
The nearest subway station to Arthur Avenue is the B and D stop at Fordham Road, a 15-minute walk away. 

Metro-North’s Fordham station is a 10-minute walk. (It’s a 20-minute ride from Grand Central Terminal.) 

There are also several bus lines in the area.  (see map below)

Lunch:  12:00 PM, you can bring your own, or rely on local food options.  There are a lot of places to eat, including delis, restaurants, pastry shops and
bakeries.

Afternoon: 1:00 PM, back to sketching.

Show and tell:  3:00 PM  Meet at D'Auria-Murphy Triangle, Adams Pl, E 183rd St, Bronx, NY 10458, where we will share drawings and tell art stories

Notes:
- Bring a stool if you own one. It gives you so many more options.
- There are bathrooms in Arthur Avenue Market and Ciccarone Park.
- The Belmont Business Improvement District said that they would be glad to share our work on their social media if we tag @bronxlittleitaly on Instagram or email at info@bronxlittleitaly.com

(The purple dotted line in the map above shows the Little Italy neighborhood in the Bronx)

If you can’t find us

call or text Mark at 973-809-9128

or call or text Marvel at 848-345-1969

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

THURSDAY, October 17, 2024: Westchester Sketchers at Playland Park Boardwalk

 

Located on the shores of Long Island Sound, Rye Playland has had a long history as a favorite Westchester recreation area since its opening in 1928.  It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.  

The park will be closed, but we will be sketching on the Boardwalk and surrounding area. There'll be plenty of subjects to sketch: a Spanish Revival Bath House, Art Deco Buildings, a sweeping arcade and boardwalk overlooking Playland Beach and Long Island Sound, as well as people, dogs and the Ice Casino. 

Note: Playland was the amusement park featured at the end of the 1988 movie Big starring Tom Hanks. The scenes of his date with Susan and at the end of the film where the "Zoltar the Magnificent" fortune teller machine returns the adult Tom Hanks to his original childhood age/state of being were filmed on Playland's boardwalk.

DETAILS:

WHEN:  Thursday, October 17, 2024.

START TIME: 10:00 AM We will meet in front of the Playland Ice Casino. 

WHERE:  Rye Playland 1 Playland Parkway, Rye, NY 10580 https://playland.com/ 

            

DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.0484736,-73.7640448/1+Playland+Pkwy,+Rye,+NY+10580         

             

TRANSPORTATION from NYC: Take Metro-North’s New Haven Line to the Rye Station.  Please contact Marianne if you would like a ride from the station.  The Park is approximately a 5-10 minute ride from the station.

LUNCH: 12:30 PM followed by SHOW and TELL.  Location TBA.

NOTES:

- The Amusement Park is currently closed, so the parking is free.  

- There are plenty of benches, but bring your stools/chairs for more possibilities.

- Bring your lunch or a snack.  There are limited options nearby.  

Looking for us? Call Cathy at 914-625-0766

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

Please R.S.V.P. to Cathy Gutterman at westchester@nycurbansketchers.org

10/16 Weekday Sketchers at Washington Square Park

 Weekday Sketchers at Washington Square Park

The intended Sketch event at Elizabeth Street Garden has been moved to Washington Square Park since the city has served the Elizabeth Street Garden with a notice to vacate by mid October.  While the ESG is fighting the eviction notice, it is best that we wait to see if the city carries out their intention. 

Instead of the Elizabeth Street Garden we will move our sketch event a few blocks away to Washington Square Park.  This beautiful park never fails to offer numerous sketch worthy views: the iconic arch, the fountain the rows of beautiful colonial homes bordering the park and the people, people, people.   Whether you choose to draw the architecture, the musicians, the street scenes or the big beautiful trees, you are guaranteed to have a good time. 

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DATE: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2024

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION:  WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK

                        5TH AVENUE AND WAVERLY PLACE

                                We will meet near the Arch at the 5th Ave entrance

TRANSPORTATION: A, C, E, B,D, F, M TO West 4th Street 

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@NYCUrbansketchers.org
• Looking for us? Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0455
• Water and bathrooms are available
• There is no food service in the park but plenty of vendors nearby
• Plenty of benches but a stool offers you options.

​SATURDAY: Sketch the Conservatory Gardens​

 

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SATURDAY:  Sketch the Conservatory Gardens​

The Conservatory Garden in Central Park has shaded alleys, beautiful flowers, water features and statuary...  a perfect sketch site.  Join us Saturday for a day of sketching in the only formal gardens in Central Park.  

Enter between 104th and 105th Street through the beautiful gates and you will find three different gardens, an English garden, a French garden and an Italian garden, each with its own special features and beauty.

DETAILS

When:  Saturday, October 12,  2024 starting at 10 AM

Where:  Central Park's Conservatory Garden.  We'll meet near the Vanderbilt Gate on Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets.  (see map below)

Lunch:  12:00 Noon - Exact location to be determined.  We'll eat in the garden or nearby if picnicking isn't permitted in the Garden.  Bring your own or chance buying from vendors in the park.

Afternoon:  1:00 - Back to sketching in the area.

Show and Tell:  3:00  Meet at our lunch spot where we will share drawings, good stories.

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

If you can’t find us

call or text Mark at 973-809-9128

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