10 Reasons to Register for 10 Years-10 Classes in Chicago

We are inviting all sketchers celebrate Urban Sketchers' 10th Anniversary by attending 10 on-location Chicago classes with our knowledgeable Urban Sketching instructors and, in the spirit of Urban Sketchers, sketch our world, one drawing at a time.

10 Reasons to Register for 10 Years – 10 Classes

1. Join with other sketchers from around the world in celebration of Urban Sketchers’ 10th anniversary. #usk10x10 
2. Be inspired by other artists, tools, and styles. 
3. Warm-up and brush-up your skills for the Urban Sketchers 8th International Symposium. 
4.  Can’t make the Symposium? Join us here! 
5.  Explore Chicago with a different instructor once a week for 10 weeks. 
6.  Learn a new skill or two and practice using it. 
7.  Receive personal attention from talented instructors. 
8. Artists like athletes, musicians, and actors, need to practice to improve and hone our performance. 
9. Become a better storyteller through sketching. 
10. Show and share your world one drawing at a time. #usk10x10

Don't miss out! Mark your calendar!

Registration opens on Wednesday, March 15!

Classes begin April 15!

See the course schedule here:

http://urbansketchers-chicago.blogspot.com/p/course-schedule.html

• All registration information will be posted here on this blog.
• Registration and payments will be taken through the Bookwhen site.
• There will be options to use a credit card or a PayPal account. 
• Choose all ten workshops and a 10% discount will be applied automatically!

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Urban Sketchers Chicago Comes To Fermilab

Where:          Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

When:           Sunday March 19, 2017, 12:00pm – 3:00pm    

What:           Let's Sketch with Urban Sketchers Chicago and Fermilab

Fermilab advances particle physics research using a range of techniques, asking different questions and using different tools. All ultimately aim at the same scientific goal: a complete understanding of the laws of nature and the cosmos.  For more information  http://www.fnal.gov

How:   For Urban Sketchers, simply show your photo ID and let the security officer know you are “meeting Georgia Schwender at Wilson Hall.” Urban Sketchers Wes Douglas and Peggy Condon will also meet you there.

We will meet in Wilson Hall (15-story high-rise building resembling the letter “A.”) by the reception desk in the Atrium. You'll see it sticking up off the prairie. Weather-permitting, some of you may wish to sketch outside. There are wild buffalo just to the north on the property.

A valid photo ID is required to enter the Fermilab site, and you must also tell the security officer the purpose for your visit. All U.S. state-issued IDs are accepted at the security checkpoints.

Directions: Fermilab's main entrance is located at the intersection of Kirk Road and Pine Street in Batavia, Illinois, about 45 miles west of Chicago. Delivery trucks need to use the entrance at Kirk Road and Wilson Street. There is no street number assigned to this entrance location. When using a GPS navigation unit, please enter the intersection as your destination. Signs posted near the intersection will point you to the Fermilab entrance.

http://news.fnal.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Fermilab_SiteMap.pdf  

From Chicago, travel west on the Eisenhower (I-290) to I-88 (80 cents). Exit I-88 at the Farnsworth exit, north or right (toll). Farnsworth becomes Kirk Road. Follow Kirk Road to Pine Street. Turn right at Pine Street, Fermilab's main entrance.

From O'Hare Airport, take I-90 east toward Chicago. After just a couple of miles, take I-294 south, toward Indiana (toll). From I-294 take the exit to I-88, the east-west tollway, toward Aurora (toll). From I-88, take the Farnsworth exit (toll). Turn north onto Farnsworth. Farnsworth becomes Kirk Road. Follow Kirk Road to Pine Street. Turn right on Pine Street, the main entrance to Fermilab.

From Midway Airport, Take Cicero Avenue north to the Stevenson Expressway South (I-55) to I-355 North (toward northern suburbs). Take I-355 to the East-West tollway (I-88). Take I-88 West for approximately 10 miles to the Farnsworth North exit and turn right. Travel 2.9 miles to the Pine Street entrance to the Fermilab site.

BY TRAIN:

You can also take the Metra UP West line to Geneva.

NOTE: If you decide on this option, please be sure to let Wes Douglas (wed317@gmail.com) or Peggy Condon know so that we can pick you up and drive you to Fermilab. 

2017 Urban Sketcher Symposium Scholarship Application

Attention Chicagoland college and university students! We are proud to announce that we are offering Symposium SCHOLARSHIPS to qualified applicants!
Urban Sketchers will award 10 scholarships to Chicago and Chicagoland students to participate in Urban Sketchers Symposium this summer. The scholarship is a free Full Pass to Symposium, it includes access to all workshops and activities. The full pass normally is $475.

The deadline to apply is February 10, 2017!
  
If you're interested, please fill out our 2017 Urban Sketcher Symposium Scholarship Application.

Another Exciting Chicago Sketching Opportunity!

Just when we thought it couldn't get any more exciting for Chicago Urban Sketchers, we are commemorating the 10 year anniversary of Urban Sketchers! Urban Sketchers Chicago is happy and proud to participate in the worldwide celebration. Along with dozens of sister chapters and cities around the world, USk Chicago is introducing the first long-term USk course 10 Years -10 Classes. 

We are inviting our sketchers to attend 10 on location Chicago classes with our wonderful Urban Sketching instructors and sketch our world, one drawing at a time.

Join in the Celebration!

Chicago Classes begin on Saturday, April 15, 2017
Registration will open on March 15, 2017
You may register for all classes or select a favorite one or more.
Register for all 10 and receive a 10% discount!
Classes are limited to a maximum of 15 students.

More details to follow!

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USk Chicago at the Garfield Park Conservatory

On November 20th 2016, USk Chicago met at the Garfield Park Conservatory. We had a great turnout of sketchers. I think that we all would agree that this mega greenhouse was the place to be during this cold November day. The "Desert House" seemed to be very popular due to it's warm but dry conditions (also good for drying watercolor paint).
I'm sure we'll be back again. Here are a few photos from the outing.

USk Chicago Sketches in "The Loop"

By: Andrew Banks

Photo by Andrew Banks

On October 29th 2016, USk Chicago sketched in "The Loop". Blick Art Materials, one of our group's sponsors generously hosted us at their Loop store location, and provided us with space to share our sketches, to enjoy refreshments, and to participate in a gift card raffle. The group gathered inside the store for a brief introduction to the Urban Sketchers group. We were happy to see many new sketchers join us and to be able to introduce them to our group. Sketchers then spread out throughout the Loop and sketched at sights from Millenium Park, to the Riverwalk to all different architectural landmarks on surrounding streets and plazas. We gathered back up at Blick Art to share our work, and were impressed with such a great turnout. Thank-you to all who came out, to Blick Art Materials for hosting us and to Fernanda Vaz for joining us all the way from Brazil for preparations for the 8th annual 2017 International Urban Sketchers Symposium, which comes to Chicago in summer 2017!

See more pictures from the event on our Facebook Page.  Make sure to "like" the page to stay up to date with the group and for announcements regarding the 2017 International Symposium #uskchicago2017.

Photo by Fernanda Vaz

Photo by Fernanda Vaz

Photo by Andrew Banks

Photo by Fernanda Vaz

My Kinda Town, Chicago Is…

Urban Sketchers Chicago is excited to be hosting the 2017 Urban Sketchers 8th Annual Symposium. We'll be welcoming over 450 urban sketchers from around the world to meet, sketch, and share our city! As a teaser of all the sights in store for you next year, over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing some of our sketches (both new and old) of our beautiful, diverse, and exciting Chicago. 

First of all – Congratulations Cubs! 

Chicago is sports. I must add a W flag remarque to this print!

You name it Chicago has it and then some! Sports, music, art, iconic architecture, Lake Michigan, pizza, hot dogs, gourmet food, parades, history and on and on and on!

Chicago is music

Chicago is art and architecture

Chicago is "The Lake"

Most of all for me, Chicago is a great place for Urban Sketchers  to show the world one drawing at a time!