Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Yes we will draw October 2! Public Market Garage Sale at 10 am

Hello sketchy-lurkers,

We will draw this Sunday October 2 at 10 am the Rochester Public Market where they'll have a garage sale (we think this will be a great opportunity to draw random stuff). Java's at the Market might be open and maybe even the Empanada stand but we will happily meet you at the the Market office, right near the bathrooms, and the bleachers, and all of that draw-able stuff...

Oh! and we are brewing an opportunity to show our sketchbooks in an exhibit...

Show up and we'll plot how we can show off!

See you Sunday!
Rachael & Genine

Thursday, August 25, 2011

New Crawl Date!!

Hi out there! We have a new date for sketchcrawl Sunday October 2nd.

Details to follow shortly!
Sorry for pulling the September date. We may be able to reschedule. But October is on for sure.

Happy sketching,
Genine amd Rachael

Monday, August 15, 2011

Rochester Sketchcrawl -South Wedge Farmers Market

Here are a few sketches from the last Crawl at the market. We'll be posting the dates of the next two crawls over here http://rochestersketchcrawl.blogspot.com/ by the end of the week.

The highlight of the night for me was meeting the newest sketchcrawl member... see the sketch below. :)


Thursday, July 28, 2011

SketchCrawl-Thursday August 4th

Hello again,

It is time for another SketchCrawl here in Rochester!

Again we will be working with the South Wedge Farmers Market* where we will be sketching, painting and creating down in the "wedge" this coming Thursday August 4th from 4-7 pm.
We will have dedicated SketchCrawl space for our use to capture all that goes on around us. You hang there or check out other parts of the market. As usual, there is no charge to participate.

As an aside, I just returned from Portugal where I attended the three day Urban Sketching Symposium (http://symposium.urbansketchers.org/) which culminated with the 32nd World Wide SketchCrawl. There were approximately 300 people sketching and painting in the Praco do Commercio. The energy that surrounds a group of people (large or small) who share the same passion for creating is infectious and inspiring. So come out and take a break from the week you will be glad you did.


If you have questions, drop a comment here or shoot us an email: Genine at g9@rochester.rr.com or Rachael at rachaelbaldanza@yahoo.com

SEE YOU ON THURSDAY!!


-Genine


*The South Wedge Farmers Market brings fresh, local sustainably-grown foods to the South Wedge and nearby neighborhoods every Thursday, 4-7 pm, from June 2 through October 20. This lively, popular community gathering spot also offers live music, community groups, and activities for kids in the shade of the big trees behind Boulder Coffee at the corner of Alexander and S. Clinton.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sketchbook Project

The Sketchbook Project is a traveling exhibition of sketchbooks and will be here in Rochester this Thursday and Friday. Just under 10,000, yes TEN THOUSAND sketchbooks filled from 94 countries from artists just like us will be available to look through, admire and drool over.

Details:
Thursday and Friday April 28/29, 2011
Thursday 12 - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 3pm


Mercer Gallery at Monroe Community College
Building 12-114 North Atrium
1000 East Henrietta Road Rochester, N.Y. 14623

See you there!

New Dates!!

Hey out there,

We are excited to announce two new SketchCrawl dates, with a bit of a twist.

Working with the South Wedge Farmers Market* we will be sketching, painting, creating and more than likely getting our groceries on both Thursday June 16th and Thursday August 4th from 4-7 pm.

Once there we can roam the market or hang in the dedicated SketchCrawl space to capture all that goes on around us.

As usual, there is no charge to participate. So come out and take a break from the week!!

If you have questions, drop a comment here or shoot us an email: Genine at g9@rochester.rr.com or Rachael at rachaelbaldanza@yahoo.com


*The South Wedge Farmers Market brings fresh, local sustainably-grown foods to the South Wedge and nearby neighborhoods every Thursday, 4-7 pm, from June 2 through October 20. This lively, popular community gathering spot also offers live music, community groups, and activities for kids in the shade of the big trees behind Boulder Coffee at the corner of Alexander and S. Clinton.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Saturday April 16, 2011




Rochester Sketchcrawl will be drawing on Saturday April 16th *

We’ll meet Saturday April 16 at 10 am at the Highland Bowl in Highland Park. Rain or Shine.


See more at http://rochestersketchcrawl.blogspot.com/

Sketchcrawl participation is free and easy, just bring your own drawing materials and come ready to draw and have fun. We will start in the park and then possibly move on—following the weather and the desires of the gathered gang.

For questions, contact Genine at g9@rochester.rr.com or 585-406-7038
Or Rachael at rachaelbaldanza@yahoo.com or 585-520-7126

*Sketchcrawling is essentially gathering in public to draw. We meet/start in one location with the option to “crawl” to others. This is part of Worldwide Sketchcrawl #31 and we hope to gather some donations or those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan (see more about that at www.sketchcrawl.com and http://give2asia.org/artistshelp).

Kids are always welcome, no instruction is provided, nobody tells you what to draw or how to draw it, it never costs a dime, and there are not a lot of rules (play nice is about the only one!)… Join us and draw!
Drawings above by Genine C. and Rachael B. and
Rochester Sketchcrawl organizers, made at past Sketchcrawl type events.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

SketchCrawl Sunday February 20th

Hello out there it is SketchCrawl time again here in Rochester.

Sunday February 20th 10:30am

We are going to start out the day at Jembetat Cafe/ Gallery on Park Ave. They have a ton of Tribal Art from Central and West Africa. It's a cool place. Rachael and I scoped it out a few weeks ago. Plus there's a selection of coffee, tea, treats and more. (did somebody say gelato??? )

There is plenty of seating so bring a friend.

We will also have an option for a second stop to the crawl. I will post that info later.(if anyone out there has a request please drop a comment :) )

Hope to see you all on the 20th.

Take care and happy sketching!!

-Genine

Monday, January 17, 2011

SAVE the DATES

Rachael and I have picked the dates for the next TWO sketchcrawls so save the dates...

Sunday February 20th and Saturday March 26th.
Locations are still TBD so, if you have any suggestions please send them our way.

The plan is to have many more Sketchcrawls than last year.

We also had an idea of an informal weekly sketching night. We can pick a night / location and leave it open. If you (or we) want to meet up and sketch come on out. If not no worries. Hopfully we can get a good group going. The plan (or at least mine )is get out, sketch more and build a larger sketching community. Think of all the inspiration you can get by seeing others work.

Ok, enough of my babbling...

To start it off let's say next Wednesday Januray 26th 6:30 @ Java's on Gibbs. (http://www.javascafe.com/)


Hope to see you there!