When: July 20, 2025, 10am-4pm
How: Click Here
Join us for our 4th Annual Summer Celebration at the Queens Botanical Gardens.
Friday, June 20, 2025
Thursday, June 19, 2025
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
Saturday, June 21, 2025 - The Vessel & The Shed
The Vessel is a spiral staircase public artwork structure with 360-degree views of the city.
The Shed, an expanding performing arts venue, is adjacent to The Vessel.
Both are beautiful to sketch.
MEETING SPOT, LUNCH, AND SHOW & TELL:
Meeting location: The Vessel entrance.
Lunch at 12:00PM
Show and Tell at 3:00, TBD at the location.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
- Subway
- Penn Station subways- approximately a 9 minute walk
NOTES: Several casual food options are in the area, including Cedric’s in the lobby of The Shed. Or, bring your own.
Nearby restrooms: Shops at Restaurants at Hudson Yards, 20 Hudson Yards
Host: Leslie Sim (516) 633-2340
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
NJ sketchers 6/27 Ross Dock, Fort Lee
Join us in Fort Lee at Ross Dock
We will be along the Hudson River at the bottom of the Palisades cliffs. Views of the George Washington Bridge, Upper Manhattan, and the cliffs make for a great day of sketching.
DATE: Friday, June 27
STARTING TIME: 10:30 am
LOCATION: ROSS DOCK, HENRY HUDSON DR FORT LEE, NJ
PARKING:. Metered Parking is available for $2/hr
NOTES
- Please RSVP directly to Margaret Casagrande at margaret.casagrande@gmail.com
- Looking for us? Call or text Margaret at 646-515-9913
- Bathrooms and water are available.
- Bring your lunch and snacks with you.
- Picnic tables and benches are available but it’s good to bring a stool
- There are shaded areas with trees
Friday, June 13, 2025
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
Thursday, June 12, 2025
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.
Looking for us?
Call/text: Marianne at (914) 355-6507
There are no fees. All drawing skill levels are welcome.
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