Saturday 11/15/25: Weekend Sketchers at Columbia Forum

The Forum, located on the corner of 125th Street and Broadway, is a unique community gathering space open to the public. It has a huge street-level space with floor-to-ceiling glass, allowing for interesting views of the area under the 1 train, which is elevated at 125th Street.  From the western end there's an interesting view towards the Hudson under the elevated West Side Highway. The space is filled with tables and chairs, it’s warm, has restrooms, and there's lots of places around to get coffee, lunch, etc. It’s always a comfortable spot for indoor sketching. 

Host: Leslie Sim (516) 633-2340

Date: Saturday 11/15/25

Time: Sketching: 10am - 3pm | Show and Tell: Beginning at 3pm. 

Location: The Columbia Forum- Corner of Broadway and 125th Street, Manhattan, NYC

Meeting spot:  In the lobby of the Columbia Forum.

Show and Tell location: In the lobby of the Columbia Forum. Check with the host day-of for the exact show-and-tell location. 

Seating:  There are lots of tables and chairs. A stool gives you more options if you want to venture outside.

Food, drink, restrooms: There are restrooms in the building and lots of options for food in the immediate area.

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.

NJ Sketchers 11/14 Paterson Museum

 

Sketch at the Paterson Museum

From airplanes to locomotives to early Indian culture there’s plenty to sketch. 

The Wright Aeronautical Corporation 

was headquartered in Paterson. During the Second World War, the Wrights played a major part in the war effort. The plants in and around Paterson produced over 142,000 aircraft engines. 

Machine and Locomotive Industries

The machine shops of Paterson developed a reputation for employing the best men and producing the finest machinery in the United States. This is where the earliest machines that would spin and weave cotton were constructed and maintained. The total number of locomotives produced from 1837 to 1926 in Paterson amounts to over 10,000.

Pequapick 

This exhibit, comprised of artifacts and replications representing the Delaware-Lenape culture, has been designed to generate an appreciation of the ingenuity and harmonious environmental adaptation of this indigenous culture.

Silk Industry 

The museum has a collection of colorful spools and machines from this era. 

When: Friday, November 14, 2025

Where: Paterson Museum 

2 Market Street

Paterson, New Jersey 07501

Time: 10:30am

No charge, but you can give a donation. 

Bring your lunch and drinks and a stool.

RSVP to margaret.casagrande@gmail.com

646-515-9913

There are no fees to join the group. All levels welcome.

Sketch Cast Hall 11/12

Weekday Sketchers at Cast Hall

Join us as we return to a favorite sketching site, the Institute for Classical  Architecture and Art's Cast Hall.

Cast Hall

Long ago, before the Met Museum was the major institution that it is now and could afford the real statures that we now see in the Greek and Roman Galleries, they displayed plaster casts of the original statures.  Once the real statures replaced the plaster casts, the casts went into storage and were largely forgotten. Then the Met donated them to the ICAA, who restored them and put them on display in...Cast Hall.

ICAA Library

Bring your watercolors, bring your lunch but don't bring a stool as there are tables and chairs for us to use.   For more information about the ICAA, its services and trips, click here:https://www.classicist.org

But wait!  That's not all!

The building that houses the ICAA, The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, is an artifact by itself,  with a Lock Museum, a multi-level library with a stained glass ceiling, beautiful hallways, railings and an incredible sculpture of an arm (you have to see it for yourself).  When you get tired of drawing the statures walk into the hallway and sketch this building that is a true hidden gem of NYC. 

DATE:  WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2025

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION:  THE INSTITUTE FOR CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE AND ART 

                       THE MECHANICS AND TRADESMAN BUILDING

                        20 West 44th Street NYC, 10036

TRANSPORTATION: B, D, F, M to 42nd Street/Bryant Park Station or 7 to 5th Ave Station. 

                        

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Lorraine Smith at  thipph16@gmail.com
• Looking for us? Call or textLorraine at 929-614-1930
• Water and bathrooms are available 
• Bring your lunch or purchase it from the local food outlets
• You can work in wet media

THURSDAY, November 13, 2025: WESTCHESTER Sketchers at the Rye Arts Center

The Rye Art Center was founded in 1960 by five Rye families and four hundred odd dollars. It has grown into the largest multi-arts center in the region. We will be sketching their current exhibits.

Complements: Charles Addams & Suzanne Heilmann

COMPLEMENTS is provocative, whimsical, witty, and spotlights the serendipitous creations of two powerfully inventive minds. Art imitating art, without knowing it.

Tropical Surrealism & Other Stories by Gabriela Bornstein

The artist's Tropical Surrealism series reimagines ancestral memory and Afro-Indigenous culture through vibrant, dreamlike scenes that confront the legacy of colonization and environmental injustice. In the Generation Series, Gabriela turns inward to reflect on motherhood, loss, and lineage, honoring the women who shaped her life.

DETAILS:

DATE: THURSDAY, November 13, 2025

START TIME: 10:00 AM
  

LOCATION: Rye Arts Center, www.ryeartscenter.org 51 Milton Road, Rye, NY 10580. 

Phone: (914) 967-0700.

DIRECTIONS: https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-york/rye-arts-center-464332070

PARKING:  You can park comfortably in the back lot behind the Center.

FROM Grand Central Terminal, NYC: Take the Metro-North New Haven Line to the Mamaroneck station.  Please contact Marianne Milzoff at mmilzoff@optimum.net to arrange transportation from the station.

LUNCH followed by Show and Tell: 12:30 PM:  Bring your lunch or purchase it on nearby Purchase Street.  

NOTES: 

• While Admission is FREE,  please consider giving a small donation to thank the Center for its hospitality.
• Drawing stools are permitted. 

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman at westchester@nycurbansketchers.org

Looking for us? 

Call/text: Cathy at (914) 625-0766 or Marianne at (914) 355-6507

Saturday 11/8/25: Weekend Sketchers at the Draw-A-Thon 22

 

It's the Art and Design High School’s fundraising marathon- nine straight hours of life drawing to sharpen your skills- all for a good cause. Come at any time and stay as long as you like.  The entire cafeteria has costumed models, while the gymnasium hosts traditional figure drawing. The High School is an important NYC institution, and a number of our sketchers are graduates.  It’s a great meeting place where you're likely to see many of your art friends and other NYC based artists.

It is less expensive to purchase your ticket online versus buying it at the door. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite:

Art and Design Alumni Association Draw-A-Thon 22 Tickets, Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Host: No host needed, the event runs itself

Date: Saturday 11/8/25

Time: The event runs from 10am to 7pm. Come at any time and stay as long as you like.

Location: 245 E 56th Street, NY, NY

Meeting spot:  No meeting spot. 

Show and Tell location: No show and tell. 

Seating: Seats are provided.

Food, drink, restrooms: There are restrooms and food on the floor.

11/7 NJ Sketchers at Clifton Arts Center

 

Meet the NJ Urban Sketchers at Clifton Arts Center and Sculpture Garden. The site is a 26-acre area on the municipal property of Clifton.Over 30 sculptures to be inspired by.

STARTING TIME: 11:00am

LOCATION: 900 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013

RSVP to: Julia Bazaz 

jazaz7658@gmail.com

(551) 206-1273

Bring a stool and your lunch. Bathroom available.

instagram: @njurbansketchers

All welcome, no fees to attend

FRIDAY, November 7, 2025: WESTCHESTER Sketchers at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers

 

The Hudson River Museum is a preeminent cultural institution in Westchester County and the New York metropolitan area. Situated on the banks of the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, the HRM’s mission is to engage, inspire, and connect diverse communities through the power of the arts, sciences, and history.

Current exhibitions include:

DRAW: Heat

Drawing has always been fundamental to artists, offering great freedom to work out ideas, experiment with techniques, and create striking works of art in a wide range of media. In DRAW: Heat, fifty contemporary artists from across the United States, including Westchester County and the Hudson Valley region, explore the theme of “heat” in literal and metaphorical ways: the extreme heat caused by global warming, inequities of who is most affected by heatwaves, trends that make ideas “hot,” the passion behind an idea or argument, and even the perceived heat of contrasting ideologies. Utilizing the ephemerality and urgency of drawing, these works engage these moments and their contingent complexities.

Beyond the Frame: Highlights from the HRM Archive

Beyond the Frame showcases more than a century of everyday life and perseverance in Yonkers, as well as the HRM’s vital role in its cultural scene.

Optional: Highlights of Glenview: Historic House Tour at 1 PM 

Glenview is an 1877 Gilded Age home on the National Register of Historic Places, designed by architect Charles W. Clinton. The home reflects the lifestyle of its former residents, the Trevor family, and features fine woodworking, furnishings, decorative objects, paintings, and sculptures. Enjoy a 45-minute guided tour of historic Glenview’s six fully restored period rooms. Advance tickets are strongly encouraged.

DETAILS: 

DATE: FRIDAY, November 7, 2025

LOCATION: Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY (914) 963-4550

DIRECTIONS: https://www.hrm.org/plan-your-visit/

From NYC: Take the Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line local train to Glenwood Station. Walk one block east on Glenwood Avenue, and then turn left onto Ravine Avenue. At the end of Ravine Avenue, enter Trevor Park. Follow the path to the main entrance of the Museum.

START TIME: 12:00 PM (Opening time)

LUNCH: Since the Museum opens at Noon, we won’t have a scheduled time for lunch.  Please bring your own lunch/snack, or purchase something from the Museum Shop.

SHOW and TELL: 2:30 PM Cafe tables n the lobby. 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:

• Admission: First Friday of each month, 5–8pm FREE.
• Tickets for Glenview tours and planetarium shows are not included in general admission. Adults $7; Seniors $6 each. Advance tickets are encouraged.
• Stools will be available for our use.
•  DRY MATERIALS ONLY (in the Galleries). Wet materials may be used in the lobby.

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.