***PRESS RELEASE***

For Release February 16, 2017

Contact:

Wes Douglas, USK International Correspondent

wes317@gmail.com, 630-563-6414

Toni Antonetti, PR Chicago

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Urban Sketchers 8th International Symposium
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).

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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

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• 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.