October 2nd Crawl at the CLE Museum of Art

How about some Sketch Crawling this Saturday? On Saturday, October 2nd, we'll be sketching inside the Cleveland Museum of Art's Armor Court. There are an amazing array of items to sketch at the museum, but we'll begin inside the Armor Court (where the knight is on the horse). We'll meet at our usual time...10am...we'll meet at the armor court.

This is going to be a different crawl for some of you. The museum only allows pencil for sketching. You will not be permitted to bring in pens, ink of any kind, paints, pastels or charcoal. Only pencils and graphite will be allowed inside the museum.

On most crawls we have some photographer friends that join us. You will need to check with the museum about the rules regarding photography.

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The Cleveland Sketch Crawl is a free monthly event for anyone who loves to draw and explore the city. We usually get together the first Saturday of the month, from 10am - 12noon, we "crawl" through a particular area of the city, sketching points of interest. What you draw is up to you! It is an opportunity to explore the city, learn new techniques from other artists and meet new people. Any age and skill level are welcome! Whether you are a sketcher, painter, or photographer...you are welcome at the Cleveland Sketch Crawl

If you have questions, call Josh Taylor at Downtown Cleveland Alliance (216-736-7799) or email him at jtaylor@dcacleveland.net

Cleveland Sketch Hop!!

I'm on the road getting set up for this year's Sparx City Hop, which is tomorrow! 10 great Cleveland neighborhoods will be connected by FREE trolleys from 11am - 11pm on Sept 11th. Over 100 restaurants, 70 galleries and artist studios, festivals and over 30 concerts will take place throughout the day and night! Check out all the event details here

We will be sketching through the event! Normally we meet at 10am, but tomorrow we will be meeting at 11am at the Sparx Trolley hub on E.4th Street and Prospect. Look for the group with the sketch pads. We'll start sketching all the activity at the E.4th hub and then head over to Tower City's Street Festival at 12noon. Food will be available at the festival so bring some money and your sense of adventure.

Here is a map of where we will meet:


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Schedule for the 14th

You can check out more about Open Air in Market Square here. On the 14th, The Hollywood Slim Band (swing) will be performing.

I forgot to mention...the festivities begin at 11am, so we should be able to get some great sketches of people setting up and the crowds bustling by.

Don't forget

Hey everybody - don't forget that our next Sketch Crawl date is NOT August 7th...it will be August 14th in Ohio City. It will be part of Open Air in Market Square. This little festival takes place every Saturday through the summer, right across from the West Side Market, and it features live music and a variety of vendors.

We'll meet at the corner of Market Ave and W.25th at 10am. If you have some grocery shopping to do that week....put it off and just shop at the Market after you're done sketching. Take some time and enjoy the city!

I'll see you all on the 14th!

July Sketch Crawl

Hard to believe that it's July already! As you may have seen in my previous post, we are changing the Sketch Crawl Schedule a little bit this summer. We will be meeting on the second Saturday of the month in July, August and September. This will give us the opportunity to sketch some great events!

Our next crawl will be July 10th (not the 3rd), and we will be at the Cleveland Tall Ships Festival. We'll meet at 10am (our usual time). There are two entrances to the Festival, we'll meet at the entrance that is furthest from the Science Center (the entrance that is at the end of W.3rd). Click here for a map

The Tall Ships Festival is a ticketed event. Normally the Cleveland Sketch Crawl is a free event, but sometimes we go to places that require a ticket. You will need a ticket to participate in the July Sketch Crawl. Click here for ticket info for the Tall Ships

June Crawl - Summer is here!!

The next Sketch Crawl will take place on Saturday, June 5th from 10 - 12noon. This will be an interesting and unique sketch crawl experience! We'll be participating in the Take A Hike Saturday walking tour. Take A Hike is a program of the Historic Gateway Neighborhood and leads people (for free) on 4 different tours each week throughout the summer.

• Saturdays
  Historic Warehouse District Tour
  Meet at 10 AM at Constantino’s Market (1278 West 9th Street).
• Sundays
  Canal Basin Park Tour
  Meet at 10 AM at Settler’s Landing RTA Station (1025 West Superior Avenue).
• Tuesdays
  PlayhouseSquare Tour
  Meet at 6 PM at the State Theatre Lobby (1519 Euclid Avenue).
• Thursdays
  Historic Gateway Neighborhood Tour
  Meet at 6 PM at the Arcade (401 Euclid Avenue).

The tours last an hour and a half and are complete with actors and actresses portraying historic Clevelanders, including Alan Freed, Daniel Burnham, Mrs. Alfred Kelley, John D. Rockefeller, Garrett Morgan, Frances Payne Bolton and Mayor Tom Johnson.

For June's Sketch Crawl, we'll be sketching as we walk along with the tour. This will require your speed sketching skills to be in hand because we'll be moving with the group. Usually we have time to sketch in detail, but this particular crawl will be about framing scenes quickly.

We will meet in front of Constantino's Market (1278 West 9th Street).
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Summer Schedule Changes

This summer there are a lot of great events that are going to be amazing to sketch. Because these events all seem to fall on the second Saturday of the month, i've decided to move the Sketch Crawl from our traditional first-Saturday to a second-Saturday schedule (just from July 10th - Septh 11th). In October, we'll go back to our first-Saturday of the month schedule.

Our upcoming Cleveland Sketch Crawls include:

• July 10th, 10am - 12noon - Cleveland Tall Ships Festival: We'll meet at the usual time (10am) just inside the gates to the festival (which is located at the Port of Cleveland, docks 28 - 30...behind Cleveland Browns Stadium). I'm going to work on getting a block of tickets for the Sketch Crawl. I'll let you know how that comes along. Festival tickets get you into the festival and onto the incredible ships. For more info on the festival go to www.clevelandtallships.com
• August 14th, 10am - 12noon - Open Air in Market Square: This weekly Saturday festival takes place in the park right across from the West Side Market. Art vendors and musicians fill the park and create a great visual to sketch.
• September 11th, 11am - 1pm -Sparx City Hop: This annual event is put on by the Downtown Cleveland Alliance and connects 8 districts via Lolly the Trolley....all for free!! Art galleries, studio lofts, warehouses, stores, sidewalk concerts, mini-festivals, art shows, restaurants and bars are all part of the event. This will add another unique way to sketch the city...by hopping through the districts on the trolley. PLEASE NOTE: this event begins at 11am and that is when we will begin the Sketch Crawl. We will meet at the event's main hub on E.4th and Prospect Ave.
  

Walk, Rock and Run tomorrow

I just wanted to give everyone an update about tomorrow. I forgot that the Diversity Center's Annual Walk, Rock and Run is going to be happening Saturday morning (silly me...i should have remembered). The walk is early in the day, but the staging for the event is in front of the Rock Hall...which will most likely eat up all the free street parking in front of the Science Center.

There is a parking garage for Great Lakes Science Center. Parking is just $6 with validation from the Science Center (bring your pass in with you so that you can get it validated....its $9 without validation). Normally we don't have a cost for parking, but hey...you don't have to pay to get onto the ship...so it evens out.

We are going to start sketching outside the ship at first. If it is raining, we'll duck inside the Science Center for a bit. They are going to open the ship to us at 10:45....a little later than i had planned, but it will still be perfect. Just wanted to give you the heads up.

If you come late...check for us along the dock the faces both the harbor and the ship (on the side of the Science Center that faces the Rock Hall).