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February 16, 2017
Contact:
Wes Douglas, USK
International Correspondent
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Toni Antonetti, PR
Chicago
toni@prchicago.com, 857-949-0097
Urban Sketchers 8th International Symposium
to be held July 26-29 in Chicago
to be held July 26-29 in Chicago
Internationally-known artists capture the
city one drawing at a time
Hundreds
of urban sketchers from around the world will be drawing and painting the
sights of the city during the Urban Sketchers 8th International Symposium, to
be held July 26-29 at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Urban Sketchers is
dedicated to raising the artistic, storytelling and educational value of
location drawing; promoting its practice and connecting people around the world
who draw on location where they live and travel.
More
than 40 internationally-known artists are leading sessions for urban sketchers
of all skill levels on techniques, principles and concepts of drawing on location.
The 36 workshops will be held at various downtown parks and plazas; more than
30 demonstrations, as well as lectures, panels and sketchcrawls round out the
program.
A
free public sketchcrawl, where sketchers meet to draw and paint at several
locations, will be held on Saturday, July 29 at 2:30 pm. The starting point is Goodman Center Roosevelt University, the sketch crawl will conclude at Sir Georg Solti Garden with a final grand photo.
The symposium brings
this passion to draw urban sketching communities to a different part of the
world every year. Symposium host cities have included Portland, Oregon (2010);
Lisbon, Portugal (2011); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(2012); Barcelona, Spain (2013); Paraty, Brazil (2014); Singapore (2015) and Manchester,
UK (2016).
Urban Sketchers
International
Website:
http://www.urbansketchers.org
Twitter: @USkSymposium
Twitter:
@urbansketchers
Instagram: usksymposium
Urban Sketchers Chicago
Website:
http://urbansketchers-chicago.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @USk_Chicago
Instagram: USKChicago
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