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| Sketching Hands |
MORNING: Sketching Hands
Every artist
is challenged drawing hands. They have a
wonderful, elegant complicated structure.
We’ll use the Portrait Party technique, taking turns being hand
models. The SONY public area is a
comfortable space with an adjacent Starbucks .
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| The SONY Atrium |
Where: The
SONY Atrium, A privately owned public space
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the SONY Building, 550 Madison Ave, (bet 55
& 56 St)
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When: 10
AM
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How: Subway
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4,5,6 59th St and Lexington Avenue
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N,R train 5th Avenue
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E,M train to 5th Ave and 53 St
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Price:
Free
AFTERNOON –
Sketching the International Style
The area of
Park Avenue in the 50's introduced America to the International Style. It’s hard to appreciate how radical and
modern these building were when they were first built
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| The Seagram Building |
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Where:
1) The
Seagram Building
375 Park Ave (bet 52 & 53 St)
Architects: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and
Philip Johnson .
Completed 1958, it stands as one of the
finest examples of the functionalist aesthetic and a masterpiece of corporate
modernism. Note: Philip Johnson was also the architect for the
SONY Building (originally built for AT&T 30 years after the Seagram Building
was built
2) The Lever House
390 Park Ave (bet 53 & 54 St)
Architects: Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill
Completed 1952, International Style, a
seminal glass-box skyscraper and one of
the first glass International style office buildings in the United States. It features an innovative courtyard and
public space.
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When:
Approximately 12 PM
RAIN NOTE: If it's raining in the afternoon we'll stay in the SONY Atrium
If you can't find us
Call Mark: 973-809-9128
