Community Art Day at Cascadia Art Museum
I was invited to give a presentation and lead a sketch walk at Cascadia Art Museum.
Talks
Talk, workshops (and a few runs!) at Xacobeo 2021 in Santiago de Compostela
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 programming of #Xacobeo2021. What an honor to be invited to teach a few workshops and…
Krider Prize honor from the University and College Designers Association (UCDA)
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 gathering of professional in-house graphic designers who work at colleges and universities in the U.S.…
Celebrating 10 years of Urban Sketchers Portugal
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 like any time you are with fellow urban sketchers, the shared enthusiasm for on-location sketching…
GRADA conference in Barcelona
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, felt like being among family. Thank you all! / Trobada amb urban sketchers de tot…
Keynote speech at Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago
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
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 place, people and how to create a sustainable future for the region.
Talk at Callison Architects
Greetings from Minnesota
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 places, just a week ago. (That’s one of the reasons there’s no Sketcher column in…
Dibuja Caracas
I never thought the practice of on-location drawing, especially as a group, could have a social purpose, but a recent experience in Caracas proved me wrong. I had the opportunity to visit the capital of Venezuela earlier this month as…