Saturday: Sketch DeKalb Market

Saturday, March 2nd – 

DeKalb Market Hall at City Point

445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Hosted by Danna Feintuch

DeKalb Market is a feast for the eyes and the belly. With 40 different food vendor stalls, each decorated differently, with great signs, colors, and neon. It's pretty quiet until lunch time when the market will fill with lots of people to draw. 

DETAILS:

Where:  DeKalb Market Hall is located on the basement floor at City Point Shopping Center. 445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn.  There are an amazing number of subways very close to the Market.

Transportation:
-   Q, R, B @ Dekalb Station.
-   A, C, F @ Jay St. MetroTech
-   2, 3 @ Hoyt St.

See map below.

When:  Start at 10 a.m.  Meet on the lower level by the escalators.
Note:
There are 2 sets of escalators. We'll meet by escalator you would take if you entered from Flatbush Ave. next to the Trader Joe’s. I’ll be wearing a red bandanna so you can find me.

-   Running late?  Come any, we'll be there!


Lunch:  12:30 PM The Dekalb Market Hall has 40 Vendors with an amazing diversity of tasty choices like Katz Deli, Pierogi Boys and Ample Hills Creamery to name a few. Choosing just one to eat will definitely be the hardest part of your day!!! For lunch, I suggest eating wherever you can. By this time on weekends, the hall can get very crowded. So, eating in small groups is recommended.


Afternoon:  1:30 PM  - Back to sketching the Market or consider going up a couple floors to Target or Alamo Drafthouse for the big window view.


Show and Tell:  3:00 PM - We will meet at the back room of the Market. There are big bench tables there where we'll create a space for ourselves.


NOTES: 
-   Bringing a stool gives you more options although if you arrive at 10am there’s plenty of seating. It does get busier but if you’re patient to wait for the right seat, you’ll get it.
-  More info at dekalbmarkethall.com

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If you can’t find us

call or text Danna at 646-773-6820

There are no fees.   All drawing skill levels are welcome.

Weekday Sketchers Schedule for March/April

In an effort to help you plan to attend the Weekday Urban Sketchers events, here is the schedule of events for March and April 2019.

March 6             Wednesday           Ford Foundation

March 14            Thursday             American Museum of Natural History: Ocean Life

March 20            Wednesday          Museo Del Barrio & Museum of City of NY

March 28            Thursday             Met Museum : Art of Native America

April 5.               Friday                  Brooklyn Botanic Garden Cherry Blossoms

April 10.            Wednesday           World Trade Center Outdoor Sculptures

April 17             Wednesday            Derfner Judaica Museum and Sculpture Grounds

April 24             Tuesday                 Graffiti in Bushwick

Weekday Sketchers at Holy Trinity Church Tuesday

Join us for Juilliard's Early Music Concert performed on period instruments at Holy Trinity Church.  This free hour long performance will feature the graduate students performing chamber pieces.  Holy Trinity has a long history of historic music performances integrated into its liturgical music services. 

Following the performance we will convene at the Atrium at Alice Tully Hall at Broadway and 65th Street to show our drawings and continue to sketch in the atrium.   Bring something to eat or purchase it at the restaurant in the atrium. 

Exterior Holy Trinity Lutheran

Interior Holy Trinity Lutheran 

Juilliard Performers at Holy Trinity

Alice Tully Atrium

DATE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY  26, 2019

TIME: 12:00 NOON

             Please note: the performance starts at noon and is one hour long. Please arrive about 15 minutes before to get a seat and prepare your materials before the concert starts so as not to disturb the others in the audience. 

LOCATION: HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

                        3 West 65th Street at Central Park West

TRANSPORTATION: 1 Train to 66th St/Lincoln Center or A, B, C, D to 59th St/Columbus Circle

Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at raylie@verizon.net.  

Saturday: Sketch the Zoo

King penguins at the Central Park Zoo (Photo: Julie Larsen)

February 23 – @ the Central Park Zoo

Special Event Hosted by Joy Hecht

You've sketched the dioramas at the Museum of Natural History – now try some live animals!  And you can use any medium you like, no concern about watercolors at the zoo. 

DETAILS:

Where:  Central Park Zoo, entrance behind the Arsenal, 64th and 5th Avenue

When:  Start at 10 a.m.  Meet by the entrance to the zoo, before going in.  Running late?  Meet us any time, we'll be there!

Lunch:  12:30 PM at the Dancing Crane Café, which is the zoo's cafeteria.  If you want a healthy meal, you might bring your own – they offer kid-oriented stuff, hamburgers, chicken fingers, pizza.  But they do sell Smithsonian-certified, organic, fair trade, bird-friendly coffee, which smelled pretty good.  

Afternoon:  1:30 PM  - Back to sketching the critters or whatever else you want.

Show and Tell:  3:00 PM back at the Dancing Crane to share drawings, good stories and a beverage or snack of your choice.

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Notes:  

-   Bring a stool.  It gives you more options

-  Admission to the zoo is $14 for adults, $11 for seniors.  They do not accept the American Alliance of Museums membership – only Wildlife Conservation Society and NYC Museum Council memberships.

-  Regular ($14) admission to the zoo does not allow you to go out and come back in.  

-  There is a "total experience" admission for $20.  It gets you admission to the regular zoo, the children's zoo and the theater, and also lets you go in and out.  They really push it, and that's the only kind of ticket you can get on line or from the ticket machines at the zoo.  For the normal ticket, you have to go to the ticket window.  

-  The Dancing Crane Café is accessible both from inside and outside the zoo, is very nicely heated, and has bathrooms.  (They check to ensure that people don't go through to enter the zoo without paying.) 

-  The zoo has a number of indoor areas as well as outdoor scenes to sketch. 

More info at https://centralparkzoo.com

If you can’t find us

call or text Mark at 973-809-9128

or Joy at 202-494-1162

There are no fees.   All drawing skill levels are welcome.

Westchester Sketchers at FunFusion (New Roc City) on Friday February 22

   

FunFuzion is Westchester's only INDOOR amusement park conveniently located in New Roc City in downtown New Rochelle, a two-block walk from Metro-North's New Rochelle train station. With five zones of fun - Glow Bowling, Mini Glow Golf, Billiard's Room with Ping Pong and an enormous Arcade with Lazer Tag - FunFuzion has an attraction for kids and adults of all ages.  Rides include Max Flight, Space Shot and Bumper Cars and for younger children there is a full-sized Carousel, Mini-Whip, Frog Hopper and Helicopter. Come rain or shine. It is a lively place, and there will be lots of people and things in motion to sketch and paint.

 

Details:

WHEN:  Friday, February 22nd.

START TIME: 12:00 Noon

WHERE:  FunFusion (New Roc City), 29 LeCount Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801 www.funfuziononline.com

We'll meet just inside the entrance.  It is located within a cobblestone area that is closed off to traffic and is directly across from the Police Station.

There is a municipal parking garage on the corner Huguenot Street and LeCount Place.

 

DIRECTIONS by Car: https://www.funfuziononline.com/plan/directions/                  

             

TRANSPORTATION from NYC: Metro-North (New Haven Line) to New Rochelle Train Station.   Easy 10 minute walk from the station.  Leave the train, make left on Station Plaza,  go 1 block to Bridge Street, then a left on  Huguenot and walk 2 blocks and make a right onto LeCount Place. 

SHOW and TELL:   2:30 PM - Barnes and Noble.  We will share drawings, good stories and thoughts.

NOTES:

- The complex opens at 12:00 Noon.

- Bring a stool if you have one, it gives you more options. 

If you can’t find us

call Marianne at 914-355-6507

or

 call Cathy at 914-625-0766

There are no fees.   All drawing skill levels are welcome.

Weekday Sketchers at Lighthouse Museum on Wednesday

Bet you didn't know that there is a museum dedicated to lighthouses! ....Well there is and it is on Staten Island. Join us for an ocean voyage (the Staten Island Ferry) and museum trip.  Housed in an historic building that served as a quarantine hospital for immigrants before Ellis Island was opened, this museum is dedicated to the history and workings of the lighthouses on Staten Island.  For more information about the Lighthouse Museum and directions,  click here: http://lighthousemuseum.org

After lunch we will visit the Staten Island Borough Hall to view the acclaimed murals commemorating events in the history of Staten Island.  Additional sketching opportunity is available in the waiting room of the ferry terminal on the Staten Island side.  Two large salt water fish tanks have wonderful examples of the fish that swim in the NYC harbor. (Rumor has it that the tanks might be closed for repair.. TBD). 

Murals in SI Borough Hall

DATE:  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019

STARTING TIME: 10:15 AM

LOCATION: LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM

                       200 THE PROMENADE AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT

NOTE:  We will meet at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal at Whitehall (the very tip of Manhattan) to catch the 10:30 AM ferry to Staten Island.  The ferry is free and leaves every half hour. (Good sketching opportunities on board!)  If you miss the group meet up, just take another ferry across.  The museum is 3 minute walk from the ferry terminal. Directions for walking from the ferry on the Staten Island side: http://lighthousemuseum.org/plan-your-visit/

Please note that there is an admission fee of $5 or $4 for seniors. 

TRANSPORTATION TO THE FERRY TERMINAL AT WHITEHALL: R, W TO Whitehall  Street

Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at raylie@verizon.net so we know to watch for you at the Ferry Terminal. Call or text Raylie at 201-978-6387.

Bring a stool, your sketchbook and watercolors.  Bring something to eat or purchase something at one of the shops along the waterfront. 

SATURDAY: Sketch the MET

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Sketching at the Met

with a 

Focus on Armor and Furniture  

(on the map they're listed as Arms and Armor, and European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.)

ART GALORE

With 6,000 years of art treasures an unlimited number of tourists to sketch ... what more could you want?   Fabulous sketching stations are located directly behind and to the right of the Great Hall.

DETAILS
Where: The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue

When:  Start time is 10 AM.  Meet at the Information booth of the main hall, on the nine o'clock side (right side as you enter) .  Running late?  Come anyway, we'll be there.

Lunch:  12:30 PM downstairs in the Cafeteria - Ground floor.  The elevator and stairs are right before you get to the Lehman Collection. (behind the Medieval Art Hall)

Afternoon:  1:30 PM - Back to sketching in the galleries. (including the American Wing) 

Show and Tell:  3:00 PM We will meet in the back of the Cafeteria (our lunch location) to share drawings, good stories and a beer or wine if you're so inclined.


NOTES:

-    Enter at 81 St - it's less crowded. Buy your ticket there and come up to the Great Hall to meet
-   Rules about sketching are unevenly enforced, mostly they don't want you to block traffic.  Pencil is always okay.  Pens, waterbrush and watercolor are often tolerated. They don't want open water.
-   Bring a stool. Most times they're okay to use.
-   Guards will search your bags as you enter.  Backpacks are not welcomed but a shoulder bag is fine.

If you can’t find us

call or text Mark at 973-809-9128

There are no fees.   All drawing skill levels are welcome.

Weekday Sketchers at the Cloisters Wednesday

A visit to the Cloisters is step back in time and place.  Join us for a day to sketch beautiful artifacts and architecture in a serene and contemplative setting.  Challenge yourself with the arches and perspective in the cloister or go close for the details on the statuary. No matter what you choose the time will be well spent.  Bring a stool and pencils, no watercolor or inks allowed.  Since there is no food service or food allowed  in the building, we will start after lunch and work through the afternoon.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019

STARTING TIME: 12:30 PM

LOCATION: THE MET CLOISTERS

                       99 Margaret Corbin Dr, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan

ADDMISSION:  Please note that there is an admission charge of $25 or $17 for seniors. However, NY State residents or students in the try-state area can take advantage of the pay what you want policy.  The American Association of Museums membership is also accepted. 

TRANSPORTAION: A Train to 190th Street.  Take the elevators up to the street level.  You can take the #4 bus in front of the station to the Cloisters or walk through Ft. Tryon Park to the Cloisters. 

Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at raylie@verizon.net.  Looking for us? Call/text Raylie at 201-978-6387.

SATURDAY: Sketch the Museum of the American Indian

The National Museum of the American Indian

Located in the historic 

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. 

SATURDAY,  February 9, 2019

Let's sketch the museum’s permanent and temporary exhibitions—as well as a range of public programs, including music and dance performances, films, and symposia—explore the diversity of the Native people of the Americas.

In addition, the building itself is a fantastic Beaux Arts structure with loads of interesting lines and perspective challenges.

DETAILS
Where:  The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, is located on the south side of Bowling Green, in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the northeast corner of Battery Park.

When:  Start time:   10 AM.  Admission if free.  Be aware they have a surprisingly serious security screen including a metal detector

How:  Subway
-  4 & 5 trains to Bowling Green
-  1 train to Rector Street or South Ferry
-  R (& W on weekdays) trains to Whitehall Street
-  J & Z trains to Broad Street
-  2 & 3 trains to Wall Street

Lunch:  Meet in the lobby at noon for a short walk (location to be confirmed on Saturday) to Flavors  - 27 Whitehall St.

Afternoon:  1 PM - Back sketching at the museum

Show and Tell:  3:00 PM - A short walk to (location to be confirmed on Saturday) Murphy’s Tavern at 6 Stone St, (212) 425-1700 where we will share drawings, good stories and a snack or refreshments if you're so inclined.

NOTES:
- Despite the metal detector I’ve brought my sketching stool numerouse times with no problem.  A stool is always a handy item that allows you to sketch from the very best spot.

If you can’t find us

call or text Mark at 973-809-9128

There are no fees.   All drawing skill levels are welcome.

Weekday Sketchers at Eldridge St Synagogue

Opened in 1887, this was the first great house out worship in America built by Jews from Eastern Europe.  After falling into terrible disrepair in the mid 20th Century, the building has been meticulously restored and now is listed on the National Historic Registry. It is now a museum rather than a house of worship.  

Join us for a day of sketching the intricate woodwork, beautiful stained glass and soaring space in the only remaining marker of the great wave of Jewish migration to the  Lower East Side.   For more information about the building, its history and restoration, click here:https://www.eldridgestreet.org

DATE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019

LOCATION: ELDRIGE ST. SYNOGOGUE

                       12 Eldridge St

Please Note; there is an admission fee of $14 for adults, $10 for seniors and students.  American  Association  of Museums membership is accepted. 

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

TRANSPORTATION: F Train to East Broadway

Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at raylie@verizon.net Looking for us? Call/text Raylie at 201-978-6387. There is plenty of seating so no need to bring a stool.  You can use wet media as long as it is done with respect for the historic interior. 

Bring lunch or buy soup or dumplings in one of the many small Chinese outlets along the street.