SCHEDULE

 

SCHEDULE

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26-

4:45-6:00- (optional)- Sketchers gather for dinner at Aster Cafe or Jefe Cucina, or other locations

6:00-7:00- Registration, Welcome/Reception with light snacks at the A-Mill Performance Hall (315 Main St. SE). Raffles for art supplies.

7:00-8:00- Jim Richards Presentation- “Drawing With A Mission”

8:00- Closing remarks, raffle winners, review Saturday’s schedule/locations, Q/A.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27-

7:00-9:00- Coffee/breakfast on your own (FRGMNT Coffee) inside Riverplace Main Hall (43 SE Main St.) or other locations.

9:00- Meet across the street from FRGMNT Coffee in the park.

9:15-10:15- Sketch Stop #1- participants sketch one or more: Nicollet Island Inn, iron bridge, and Nicollet Island park, FRGMNT Coffee, view from under Hennepin Ave. bridge.

For people new to urban sketching—we will offer “A Demo for Doodlers” with Lori Tolonen to get people started.

10:30-12:00- Sketch Stop #2- Demos by Jim Richards and Urban Sketchers Twin Cities artists Han Collins, Tony Cheng, and Pam Luer.

12:15-1:15- Sketch Stop #3 -Sketch at Our Lady of Lourdes Church (1 Lourdes Pl) and Nyes Bar (112 E Hennepin Ave).

1:15-2:45- Lunch- Sketchers gather various places for lunch, such as Kramarczuk’s Sausage Co., Punch Pizza Northeast, Chipotle, Noodles, Lunds and Byerly's, or other locations. Or picnic in Chute Square.

2:45-3:45- Stop #4- Sketch Northeast (Hennepin Ave & University area).

3:45-4:30- Throw down/Group Photo at the All Saints patio (222 Hennepin Ave E.) Restaurant opens at 5pm. Official end of Watermark 2025.

4:30-7:00- (optional) Whitey’s Old Town Saloon (400 E Hennepin Ave) for post-sketch socializing and sharing.