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Weekday Sketchers at the Shah Garg Collection Wednesday

NYC is full of surprises and this is one of them!

A few weeks ago Meryl Greenblatt went to see a pop-up gallery show in Chelsea and was so taken with the exhibit that she contacted the owners of this private collection to make arrangements for us to sketch there!  A great BIG THANK YOU to Meryl for making these arrangements. 

Join us this week as we go to view and sketch a remarkable collection of 80 works of art, that were made by women artists, from 1946 to the present.  The show contains paintings, ceramics, textiles and sculptures of all kinds of styles and media by well know and little known artists 

The owners of the collection Komal Shah and Guarav Garg mounted this show entitled "Making Their Mark" for a few weeks in Chelsea and are now inviting us in to sketch it. Sarah Daoui of the Shah Garg Foundation will be there to introduce us to the collection and provide an overview. 

Read more about the Foundation, the collection, and the show’s inception here: 

https://www.shahgargfoundation.org/making-their-mark-exhibition

For information about Komal Shah and Guaroav Garg, click here: 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/05/upcoming-new-york-exhibition-women-artists-komal-shah-gaurav-garg-collection-public-first-time

DATE: WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10, 2024

STARTING TIME: 11:00 AM (Gallery hours begin at 11:00)

LOCATION: 548 West 22nd Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues (the former home of Dia Chelsea)

TRANSPORTATION: C or E subways to 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue, then walk two blocks west. 

The M23 bus stops at 23rd Street/Tenth Avenue. 

The M 11 bus stops st 23rd Street at either Tenth Avenue (going uptown) or Ninth Avenue (going downtown).

Gallery and optional lunch locations

NOTES

• Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at President@nycurbansketchers.org or Meryl Greenblatt at merylrgreenblatt@gmail.com.
• Looking for us? Call or text Raylie at 201-273-0445 or Meryl at 646-248-9362. 
• Bring a stool.
• The Gallery has asked that we work in dry media.
• Bathrooms are available.
• We can’t eat in the building so we will have our Show and Tell then break for lunch. 
• For lunch, we will head over to Pier 57 on the Hudson at 15th Street. Bring your own food or pick up food and a beverage at the indoor food court. 
• After lunch you’ll have the opportunity to continue sketching at Pier 57. 

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