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11/04/2026

This Sunday is our last workshop of the season. Please join us for From Sketches to Stories with Shawne Cooper. Grab your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-sketches-to-stories-drawing-with-words-tickets-2002559057047

11/01/2026

Hudson Valley MOCA is a contemporary art museum that opened in March 2004. For over 18 years it has serviced the community of Peekskill, the Hudson Valley, and the greater arts community, nationally and internationally, launching over 80 art exhibitions, six major art festivals, and a myriad of education programs. Their current exhibits are: The Impact of Color, Beyond Clay, and HOW WE LIVE, PART II.

HOSTS: Marianne Milzoff (914) 355-6507 and Cathy Gutterman (914) 625-0766
DATE: Thursday, November 5, 2026,
TIME: 11:00 - 3:00 PM

LOCATION: Hudson Valley MOCA, 1701 Main St, Peekskill, NY 10566
DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/dir//Hudson+Valley+MOCA,+1701+Main+St,+Peekskill,+NY+10566
LUNCH: 1:30 PM Followed by Show and Tell.
ADMISSION: The fee for our group has been reduced to $15.00. HV MOCA accepts the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association. You can also check with your local library to see if they offer a museum pass.

NOTES:
Ample seating is available.
Restrooms are available.
Parking lot on site.
Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman [email protected]
About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event. .

10/29/2026

Saturday 10/31/26: Weekend Sketchers in Ditmas Park Brooklyn

NYC has no shortage of Halloween events, and this year we will be sketching in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Our focus will be the legendary, over-the-top haunted house at the corner of Albemarle and Argyle. The victorian home is owned by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and his wife, who take Halloween very seriously. Skeletons emerge from the ground among gravestones, the wrap-around porch is chock-full of animatronic haunted clowns, ghosts, zombie children, a giant werewolf, and homicidal pigs. A dozen skeletons with beaming red eyes climb the exterior of the house, and giant spiders take over the fence. There is a butcher with a massive mallet and a circular saw for hands, a possessed dog that leaps out of a doghouse, and ghosts on the windows.

Of course there will also be dozens of cute little trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood in sketchable costumes. Dress warm and prepare to be frightened!!!

HOST: Ethan Aldridge (718) 755-3035
DATE: Saturday 10/31/26
TIME: Sketching 10am-3pm | Show and Tell beginning at 3pm.
SKETCHING LOCATION: The corner of Albemarle Rd and Argyle Rd, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. The address of the house is 1306 Albemarle Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11226.

MEETING SPOT: There will be no official meeting to kick off the day, join your fellow sketchers and just start sketching.
SHOW AND TELL LOCATION: At 3pm meet on the NE corner of Albemarle and Argyle. Check with the host day-of for the exact show-and-tell location.
FOOD, DRINK, RESTROOMS, SEATING: There is no seating in the immediate area, so bring a stool! There is a business district 1 block away from our location, on Church Ave, with Cafe’s, restaurants, and shops.

About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event. .

10/29/2026

Canstruction is an annual event, that takes place in multiple cities around the country, to support awareness of food insecurity. The NYC location is Brookfield Place. Design firms around the city enter this competition where the sculpture is made completely of canned foods. At the end of the exhibit, all of the food is donated to food kitchens around the city in time for the Thanksgiving meals. Join us this week as we take a look at this year’s competition. For more information about this event, click here: https://www.canstruction.org/

DATE: Wednesday November 4, 2026

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

TRANSPORTATION:Any subway that stops at the World Trade Center

HOST: Marianne Milzoff

MEET: Meet in front fo the big windows in the Winter Garden

NOTES:
-Water, bathrooms, coffee, food are available
-Some benches are around but a stool gives you more options.

10/24/2026

Enjoy a day at The Yorktown Museum where history comes alive! Visit a recreated 18th century home and an early Mohegan Indian settlement. Discover the Old Put Railroad and see how local farms operated.Other things to sketch include a Revolutionary War Exhibit, enchanting miniature rooms and houses, and more.

HOSTS: Marianne Milzoff (914) 355-6507 and Cathy Gutterman (914) 625-0766
DATE: Thursday, October 29, 2026
TIME: 10:00 - 2:00 PM

LOCATION: Yorktown Museum, 1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown, NY
DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.0288128,-73.7574912/41.2760186
LUNCH: 12:20 PM Followed by Show and Tell.

NOTES:
Ample seating is available.
There are no restrictions on material usage and stools.
Restrooms are available.
Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman [email protected]
About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event. .

10/23/2026

Built in the style of Victorian Cemteries, with parkland attributes for strolling and picnicking, this gem of New York is open to the public and ripe for urban sketching.

For information about Green-Wood, the celebrities buried there, the art and architecture, the arboretum and a map, click here: https://www.green-wood.com

DATE: Wednesday October 28, 2026

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

TRANSPORTATION: R train to 25th Street.
Exit the subway and walk one block up the hill to the cemetery

HOST Raylie Dunkel

NOTES:

Water, bathrooms are available
Food available at local vendors
Bring a stool

10/22/2026

Saturday 10/24/26: Weekend Sketchers at Coney Island

Join us Saturday to sketch the iconic Coney Island. The boardwalk, the beach, the ocean, a carousel, colorful vintage storefronts and signage, classic rides, and people, people, people! NYC fixtures such as The Wonder Wheel, the Parachute Jump, The Cyclone and Nathan’s Famous should offer plenty of inspiration. Looks like it’s going to be a beautiful fall day, so we can sketch this NYC treasure while avoiding the heat and crowds of the summer.

HOST: Ethan Aldridge (718) 755-3035
DATE: Saturday 10/24/26
TIME: Sketching 10am-3pm | Show and Tell beginning at 3pm.
SKETCHING LOCATION: Coney Island- Stillwell Avenue and the Boardwalk.

MEETING SPOT: There will be no official meeting to kick off the day, join your fellow sketchers and just start sketching.
SHOW AND TELL LOCATION: At 3pm meet at the pavilion on the Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue. Check with the host day-of for the exact show-and-tell location.
FOOD, DRINK, RESTROOMS, SEATING: There are restrooms and benches. A stool gives you more options. There are tons of food options in the area.

About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event. .

10/21/2026

In an effort to help you plan to attend the upcoming events for the Weekday Sketchers, here is the schedule for November and December Looking forward to seeing you at these events. Watch for weekly announcements with details about the meetings.

Please note: There is an opening for a host and location for December 30. If anyone has an idea for a venue and would like to host, please contact Raylie Dunkel at [email protected]

Wednesday November 4 Canstruction at Brookfield Place

Thursday November 12 The Cloisters

Wednesday November 18 The Bard Graduate Center

Wednesday November 25 No meeting right before Thanksgiving

Wednesday December 2 St. Bart's

Wednesday December 9 Cast Hall

Wednesday December 16 China Institute

Wednesday December 23 AMNH (note: first 20 people to arrive will receive free ticket for entrance and all exhibits)

Wednesday December 30 ??

10/16/2026

Join us for a day of lovely respite from the bustling City. Chuang Yen Monastery is a large Buddhist temple complex located on 225 acres in Putnam County, New York, about 50 miles north of New York City. Chuang Yen means “Majestically Adorned”. This monastery is indeed majestically adorned and welcomes us to artistically render it all. Indoors or outdoors you will surely find something to adorn your sketchbook. The temple houses the largest indoor statue of Buddha Vairocana in the Western Hemisphere.

HOSTS: Marianne Milzoff (914) 355-6507 and Cathy Gutterman (914) 625-0766
DATE: Thursday, October 22, 2026
TIME: 10:00 - 2:00 PM

LOCATION: Chuang Yen Monastery, 2020 NY-301, Carmel Hamlet, NY, 10512
DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/dir//Chuang+Yen+Monastery,+2020+NY-301,+Carmel+Hamlet,+NY+10512
LUNCH: 12:20 PM Bring your own food. We have been asked that only vegetarian food be brought there, no meat or fish.

NOTES:
-Ample parking.
-Free admission. Donations welcome.
-Shoes are to be taken off before entering the temples,
-Seating – cushions are available but you may bring your own stools.
-Be prepared to work in only dry media.
-Restrooms are available.

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman [email protected]
About NYC Urban Sketchers Events: All are welcome–no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks at the meeting spot and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event. .

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