MONDAY, January 5, 2025: WESTCHESTER Sketchers Holiday Party and Sketch at the Unitarian Church, White Plains

 Let's KEEP THE HOLIDAY PARTY GOING!

We'll be sketching at the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation Sanctuary

The holidays may be over but not for us! We will have a sketch event and mini holiday celebration at this beautiful setting. Surrounded by lovely greenery and big windows, delight in staying cozy and capturing nature in your sketchpad. In addition, we will play at being models for each other (optional, you can model if you like).

So bring colorful accessories (hats, scarves, shawls, fans, etc.), a treat or snack and beverage to share with everyone and your artist self!

At 1:00 pm we will all show and talk about our work (optional) and partake of light party snacks.

DETAILS:

DATE: MONDAY, January 5, 2026

START TIME: 10:00 AM, or whenever you can get there.   

LOCATION: Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation (CUUC)

468 Rosedale Ave, White Plains, NY 10605.  The building is conveniently located 2 blocks west of the Hutchinson River Parkway, exit 14.

PARKING:  We ask that you park on the lower level but you can first drive up the hill to drop off your bags and supplies and Marianne will be there to receive them.  We have a couple of parking spots on the upper tier for those who are disabled.  Let us know if you need this.

DIRECTIONS: https://cuucwp.org/worship/plan-a-visit/

By TRAIN  Transportation from Grand Central Terminal, NYC: Take the Metro-North New Haven Line to the Harrison Station.  Please call Marianne to arrange for pick up and ride to the site.

LUNCH: 12:30 PM  The nearest food vendor is about a mile away so please bring your own lunch. There is a refrigerator should you need it.  The closest food vendor is the Rosedale Deli, located half a mile from the church on the corner of Rosedale and Mamaroneck Avenues.

SHOW and TELL: After lunch.  This is the social part of our day where we share our drawings, tips, and stories. It is a time not to be missed. 

NOTES:

• It is enormously costly to heat the huge sanctuary area, even for just a few hours.  We request a small donation ($5.00) from all the sketchers to help defray this expense.  We thank you very much in advance for your donation.
• Watercolor brushes may be used. 
•  Please, no food or drink in the main sanctuary area.  You may eat or drink in the top part of the sanctuary where there are no rugs.
• No need to bring stools, there are plenty of chairs.

Please RSVP to Cathy (westchester@nycurbansketchers.org). 

Looking for us?
Call/text: Cathy at (914) 625-0766 or Marianne at (914) 355-6507.

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

Saturday 1/3/26: Weekend Sketchers at The Asia Society Museum

 

Through exhibitions, talks, films, family programs, performances, and more, Asia Society celebrates Asian art and culture. The Museum features exhibitions of pre-modern, modern, and contemporary art of Asia and Asian diasporas.

Current Exhibitions include: Imperial Treasures: Chinese Ceramics of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and, (Re)Generations, which

reintroduces key works in Asia Society Collection through the lenses of three leading contemporary artists. These exhibitions, along with some of the museum's permanent holdings, should give us plenty of material to fill our sketchbooks. 

*Please note that the start time is later than usual. The Museum opens at 11am. There is a $15 admission fee for adults, $10 for seniors.

HOST: Gabriel Forman (415) 810-1056

DATE: Saturday 1/3/26

TIME: Sketching 11am - 3pm | Show and Tell beginning at 3pm. 

SKETCHING LOCATION: Asia Society Museum- 725 Park Avenue (@70th St), NY, NY 10021.

VENUE RULES:$15 Admission fee, $10 for seniors. The museum accepts AAM membership as well as other affiliate memberships. Sketching in pencil is permitted in all galleries. The use of ballpoint pens, ink, markers, fountain pens, or watercolors is not permitted at any time. Crayon, pastel, and charcoal are permitted only on Museum-supervised tours.

MEETING LOCATION:  Join your fellow sketchers throughout the museum and just start sketching. There will be no official meeting to kick off the day. If you are new, look for people with sketchbooks and say hello.

SHOW AND TELL LOCATION: In the museum. Check with the host day-of to confirm the exact show-and-tell location.

FOOD, DRINK, RESTROOMS, SEATING: There are restrooms and a cafe in the building. There are also plenty of options in the surrounding area. Bring a stool.

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.

Saturday 12/27: Weekend Sketchers at The New York Public Library

 

There’s lots to sketch at the NY Public Library: A Beaux-Arts building, The Astor Hall Lobby, The Rose Reading Room, a 22-foot tall Christmas Tree… as well as lions, and tigers, and bears… (That’s right, did you know that the ACTUAL Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger live at the NYPL? Not to mention Patience and Fortitude out front.)

The McGraw Rotunda on the third floor currently houses two special displays: Best Friends Forever: Holiday Greeting Cards from NYPL’s Picture Collection and A Dickens Christmas. 

…and if you are brave enough, there is always the Holiday Market in Bryant Park, right behind the library building. 

*Please note that the sketching location is different from the show-and-tell location.

Host: Leslie Sim (516) 633-2340

Date: Saturday 12/27/25

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

Sketching Location: New York Public Library- Main Branch, aka: The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 476 5th Avenue (@ 42nd), NY, NY

Rules: Visitors are not permitted to bring any beverages, liquids, water bottles, or food into the Library. Carts, large bags, bags on wheels, backpacks, or collections of bags that are larger than 24” x 16” x 10” are not permitted to enter the Library and will not be admitted to the bag check.

Meeting Location:  Join your fellow sketchers throughout the library and just start sketching. There will be no official meeting to kick off the day. If you are new, look for people with sketchbooks and say hello.

Show and Tell location: Whole Foods Seating Area- 1095 6th Avenue: Behind the library, across the street from Bryant Park on 6th Ave. The library is often too crowded for us all to meet there. Check with the host day-of to confirm the exact show-and-tell location.

Seating:  There are some tables and benches depending on where you sketch. Stools have been used in the past, but try at your own risk. 

Food, drink, restrooms: There are restrooms. Food and drink are not allowed in the library, but there are plenty of options in the surrounding area.

About NYC Urban Sketchers 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.

Canceled Sketch the African Art Museum 

STARTING TIME: 1:00pm

LOCATION: 23 Bliss Ave, Tenafly, NJ 076708

RSVP to: Julia Bazaz 

jazaz7658@gmail.com

(551) 206-1273

Dry materials only. Bring a stool for more options. No food allowed.

Donations gratefully accepted.

instagram: @njurbansketchers

All welcome, no fees to attend

Saturday 12/20: Weekend Sketchers at Brookfield Place

 

With a large Winter Garden Atrium, an Art Walk, curated shops and restaurants, and views of the ice skating rink, boats, and the Jersey City skyline, Brookfield Place has plenty to sketch in a warm and comfortable setting.

Host: Charles Cannizzaro (914) 552-3658

Date: Saturday 12/20/25

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

Location: Brookfield Place Winter Garden, 230 Vesey St, NY, NY

Meeting spot:  Join your fellow sketchers in the Winter Garden Atrium. No official meeting to kick off the day.

Show and Tell location: The Winter Garden Atrium- on the west side of the space at the tables in the large windows. 

Seating:  There are plenty of tables and seating.

Food, drink, restrooms: There are restrooms and lots of food options.

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 Met Thursday December 18, 2025

 Weekday Sketchers at Met Museum

'Tis the Season.  Let's sketch it!

From Metropolitan Museum web site: 

The Met continues a longstanding holiday tradition with the presentation of its Christmas tree. The magnificently lit, twenty-foot blue spruce looms over a vivid eighteenth-century Neapolitan Nativity scene, surrounded by an abundant array of lifelike figures with silk-robed angels hovering above. The scene describes in detail the Mediterranean harbor town's multicultural population.

The installation is set in front of the eighteenth-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall.

So get out your sketchbook and join us on THURSDAY December 12, 2025

This will be the last Weekday Sketch meet up for the year. Wishing you all a most joyous holiday season and a happy and "Sketching" New Year! 

DATE; THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, 2025

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION:  METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 

                        1000 Fifth Ave 10028 

                        We will meet in the lower lobby at the "members entrance" at 81sr St 

TRANSPORTATION: 4, 5, 6 TRAINB TO 86 ST

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@NYCurbansketchers.org
• Looking for us? Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• There is an entrance fee of $30 for adults and $22 for Seniors but there is a "pay-what-you-wish" option for NY State, NJ and CT  residents. The Met also accepts the AAM card and many other discount plans.
• Water, food and bathrooms are available 
• Please use dry materials in the galleries
• We will meet in the lower lobby at the "members entrance" at approximately 81st Street

Saturday 12/13: Weekend Sketchers at The Met; Greek and Roman Galleries

To continue our “Met Gallery of the Month” winter series, let’s explore the Greek and Roman Galleries!

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works and is among the most comprehensive in North America. Objects are arranged in magnificent Beaux-Arts spaces created for the collection in 1917 by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White. The grand, barrel-vaulted gallery in the center of the installation is one of New York City's great interior spaces, flooded with natural light and ideal for exhibiting large-scale marble sculpture, bronzes, and vases. 

Host: Dan Honig (917) 843-5539

Date: Saturday 12/13/25

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

Location: The Met, 1000 Fifth Avenue (@ 82nd St), Manhattan, NYC

Meeting spot:  Join your fellow sketchers in the Greek and Roman Galleries.

Show and Tell location: Carson Family Hall on the Ground Floor directly below the Greek and Roman Galleries. Check with the host day-of for the exact show-and-tell location. 

Seating:  There is some seating in the galleries. A stool gives you more options.

Food, drink, restrooms: There are restrooms and food options in the museum.

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.

CANCELLED - SUNDAY, December 14, 2025: WESTCHESTER Sketchers at Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase

 CANCELLED - due to SNOW!

The Neuberger Museum of Art, located at the heart of SUNY Purchase College, is a vital cultural resource of modern, contemporary, and African art for Westchester County, NY, and beyond.  From the mid-century American and African art that form the collection's core to the presentation of contemporary art, the museum continues the commitment of founding patron Roy R. Neuberger (1903-2010) by championing the art of our time.

Host: Marianne Milzoff

Current exhibits include:

Stephen Antonakos: Proscenium

Named for a type of Greek stage, Proscenium — created in 2000 by light artist Stephen Antonakos — animates the vast, darkened space of the Museum’s Theater Gallery with vibrant, saturated color, glowing light, and calligraphic line.

Translucid: Art within and throughout

What happens when artists work not with solid stone or heavy paint, but with air, light, and the illusion of space?

Translucid: Art within and throughout brings together striking works from the Neuberger’s permanent collection, including several never before on view. The artists use translucency not just as a material, but as a metaphor—inviting us to see into objects, through them, and even around them.

DETAILS:

DATE: SUNDAY, December 14, 2025.

Start time: 12:00 Noon
  

LOCATION: Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase College https://neuberger.org
State University of New York, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577. Phone: 914-251-6100 

DIRECTIONS: https://www.purchase.edu/admissions/travel-and-transportation/#Directions

PARKING Information: https://www.purchase.edu/neuberger-museum-of-art/visit/

Museum visitors should park in the West 1 Visitor Parking Lot. From the main entrance to the Purchase College campus, turn left and continue on the West Loop for approximately one mile; the entrance to the West 1 parking lot will be on your right.

LUNCH: Due to our later start, we will not break for lunch.  Please bring a snack/lunch to have if you get hungry. There are no food options at the Museum Store.  However, there are options on campus.

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

NOTES: 

• Admission is currently FREE for all visitors. Donations are accepted.
  Stools will be available from the Museum.
• During your visit, please remember these RULES for the EXHIBIT AREAS:
• No food or beverages 
• No flash photography
• No pens or markers (you may use pencils to write/draw)

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman at westchester@nycurbansketchers.org

Looking for us? 

Call/text: Marianne at (914) 355-6507

Weekday Schedule for January, February and March

In an effort to help you plan to attend the Weekday Sketch events, here is the schedule for January and February 2026.  Please be aware that the locations listed may change for various reasons, so please check the weekly announcements and the blog for accurate information.

Thanks to all who made suggestion on sketch sites.

Wednesday , January 7, 2026                        AMNH (origami tree)

Wednesday January 14, 2026                       Museum of the City of NY Gingerbread houses 

Wednesday January 21, 2026                        Studio Museum of Harlem

Wednesday January 28, 2026                        Roerich Museum

Wednesday February 4, 2026                        Museum of the American Indian

Wednesday, February 11, 2026                     The Frick (afternoon)

Wednesday, February 18, 2026                     St. Nicholas Church 

Wednesday, February 25, 2026                    The Historical 

Wednesday March  4, 2026                           Guggenheim Museum

Wednesday March 11, 2026                          The Hugh

Wednesday March 18, 2026                            Japan Society    

Wednesday March 25, 2026                            Asia Society

   

THURSDAY, December 11, 2025: WESTCHESTER Sketchers at Cast Hall, NYC

  Westchester 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.

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:  THURSDAY, December  11, 2025

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION:  THE INSTITUTE FOR CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE AND ART 

                         THE MECHANICS AND TRADESMAN BUILDING

                         20 West 44th Street, NYC

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

                        

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Cathy Gutterman at westchester@nycurbansketchers.org.  
• Water and bathrooms are available.
• Bring your lunch or purchase it from the local food outlets.
• You can work in wet media.

All skill levels welcome!

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

12/12 Friday NJ Sketcher at Short Hills Mall

Sketch Christmas at the Mall at Short Hills

Santa and his elves are here, as well as a Swiss chocolatier whose candy in the window is displayed in sheets. This will be perfect for people sketches.

STARTING TIME: 10:00am

LOCATION: 1200 Morris Tpke, Short Hills, NJ 07078

Meet at the Nordstrom e-bar

RSVP to: Julia Bazaz 

jazaz7658@gmail.com

(551) 206-1273

There are benches, chairs and open coffee areas so a stool may not be necessary. Bathroom available.

instagram: @njurbansketchers

All welcome, no fees to attend

Weekday Sketchers at MAD 12/10

Weekday Sketchers at MAD on Wednesday

The Museum of Art and Design on Columbus Circle is a wonderful warehouse of contemporary art, artifacts and jewelry.  The current shows featuring works by Johnathan Adlers, Dean Barnes, and an exhibit about the artifacts of Motherhood, will provide plenty for us to sketch this week.

For more information about the museum nd the current exhibitions, click here: https://madmuseum.org/

Dana Barnes Exhibit

DATE:  Wednesday December 10, 2025

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

LOCATION:  MUSEUM OF ART AND DESIGN

                        2 Columbus Circle, 10019

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

Douriean Fletcher Exhibit:
Jewelry of Afrofuture

 NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@NYCurbansketchers.org
• Looking for us?  Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445
• There is an admission fee of $20 for Adults and $16 for Seniors.
• The museum accepts the AAM membership and many other affiliated programs, including the NYC Cultural Pass
• Water and bathrooms are available 
• There is no food allowed in the galleries
• Be prepared to work in dry materials.