Back to my roots in Badajoz
September 28, 2025
Badajoz is a little known city even to Spaniards, but if you decide to visit, you won’t be disappointed. It’s located almost at the border
Talks
Talk and sketch walk in Barcelona
September 25, 2025
In 2007 I started an online group where users could share what I considered to be “urban sketches,’ then a blog of invited “artists-correspondents” and
Community Art Day at Cascadia Art Museum
May 7, 2023
I was invited to give a presentation and lead a sketch walk at Cascadia Art Museum.
Talk, workshops (and a few runs!) at Xacobeo 2021 in Santiago de Compostela
September 22, 2021
I spent a wonderful weekend in Santiago de Compostela participating in “Historias de Cadernos de Viaxe,” a conference on travel sketchbooks included in the official
Krider Prize honor from the University and College Designers Association (UCDA)
November 10, 2019
Here’s something exciting —and humbling— I’ve been meaning to share. A few weeks ago I was a speaker (and award recipient!) at #UCDA2019, the annual
Celebrating 10 years of Urban Sketchers Portugal
September 29, 2019
Urban Sketchers Portugal invited me to join their 10th anniversary celebrations in Lisbon last week. About 150 sketchers from all over the country attended. And
GRADA conference in Barcelona
March 30, 2019
Meetup with urban sketchers from all over greater Barcelona. We sketched around my childhood stomping grounds in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. An emotional encounter for me,
Keynote speech at Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago
July 24, 2017
The 2017 Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago celebrated 10 years since I created the online group where the global community of urban sketchers began to form. In my keynote speech, I described how it all started and what we have accomplished together so far.
Ampersand Live
December 7, 2016
Watch my 5-minute presentation on urban sketching around Seattle as part of Ampersand Live, a yearly event where Pacific Northwest storytellers discuss topics related to
Greetings from Minnesota
March 1, 2013
Seattleites who normally plan mid-winter trips to Palm Springs or Hawaii may have a hard time understanding why I went to Duluth, Minn., of all
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