Better late than never, resolve to draw with us THIS Saturday if you can...

OK friends, your Rochester Sketchcrawl hosts (Rachael & Genine) have been planning on being better with calling these get-togethers but then...well... life gets in the way, as you can see from the photo. My assistant wants to eat my sketchbook again.

Only you can help keep us on course by grabbing your sketchbook and a proper instrument and joining us Saturday January 7th at the Lamberton Conservatory. Our plan is to draw from 10am to 2pm and to enjoy both the light, color and plants while we set a rough plan of meeting times for this fine year.

We're hoping, too, that you'll forgive us (OK just me, Rachael) for having that idea about a sketchbook show but then letting such a lovely idea flounder in the purgatory of the almost. Show proposal has not been proposed. Just one more thing we could talk about on Saturday!

See you Saturday we hope!

best,

Rachael (and Ben) & Genine

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

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

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. :)

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.

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.