53rd World-Wide Sketchcrawl at Quincy's Porchfest

53rd WorldWide-Sketchcrawl at Quincy Florida's 5th Porchfest Music Festival October 22nd was generously sponsored by Quincy Mainstreet and the Gadsden Arts Center and Museum.

Special thanks to Joe Munroe and Dawn McMillan and their Quincy Mainstreet staff, volunteers and co-sponsors for organizing this event and providing advertising, food, and drinks to artists. This event hosted 20 bands on 11 porches in beautiful historic Quincy Florida!

Special thanks to Grace Robinson and her GAC staff for comfort station and exhibit space for artists!

Gadsden Arts Center [Munroe Community room in the Fletcher Annex (old café)] generously opened to sketchcrawlers as a relief station & lunch meeting place to see each other's sketches and check out the current exhibits [like "Out of Pocket" and "Arts in Gadsden"] (see links)

Look forward to our Gadsden Arts Center/Museum sketchcrawlers' exhibit in May 2017.

Sharon Hester's Drawing of Randy's Antique Ford

The Rolling Tones serenade artist Sharon Hester with a song "Oh Shenandoah" 

which also happens to be the title of her award-winning drawing in the GAC juried Exhibit

by Debi Kistler

Katareen and McCall

by Mark Fletcher

*Please welcome new Sketchcrawler Diana Diaz and her daughter Katareen: "McCall and Katareen". performed her music at the Lines, Hinson and Lines Historic Building. Katareen is from Quincy and it was their first real performance in her hometown: Congratulations!

Sketchcrawler Sara Chang's Mandalas

by Mary Liz Tippin-Moody

by Bill Otersen

Several Sketchcrawlers joined in the Gadsden Arts Center's "Out of Pocket" exhibit, including Sara Chang, Jennifer Clinard, Sandy DeLopez, Jenny Lange and others. Some of these and several other sketchers joined in the Gadsden Arts Museum's  "Arts in Gadsden" national juried exhibit.

Inside the Stitch & Sew Shop

by Mary Sterner Lawson

An early spectator views our Sketchcrawl/Porchfest pop-up show in the Gadsden Arts Center and Museum's front window of the new Munroe Community Room

by Debi Kistler

by Janice McCaskill

the convergence of Sight and Sound Artists:

it's a beautiful thing :)

by Jenny Lange

The Leaf Theatre

by Mary Sterner Lawson

by Dottie Shearn

The Gadsden Arts Center and Museum welcomes the public with excellent exhibits all year!

by Bill Otersen

by Debi Kistler

by Mary Liz Tippin-Moody

by Debi Kistler

Randy's Car by Mark Fletcher

52nd World-Wide Sketchcrawl: Tallahassee Florida USA sketchcrawlers

52nd World-Wide Sketchcrawl: Tallahassee Florida USA sketchcrawlers met at Lake Ella Park. 
 16 artists checked in with me! Great turnout!

Pokemon Players with Sketcher (Georgia) behind

by Mark Fletcher

 There are quaint stone-cottage specialty businesses, air-conditioned cafes/restaurants, clean public restrooms, benches in the shade of old oaks and new decorative landscape, plus the large pond with giant fish, turtles, ducks, plus dogs and their people. 

Duck-Walker

by Mark Fletcher

Quarter Moon Cottage

by Dottie Shearn

The weather was great in the morning, breezy and cool.

We met at Black Dog Cafe to enjoy each other's sketches and refreshments at noon. Then the heavy rain poured down, so hopefully Bill and Dede returned home safely on their long bicycle rides. At least the weather wasn't as hot as usual. A few of us spent the second half of the day sketching inside the cafe (the trees were dripping a lot) or at Barb's Brittles/ice cream shop with home-made ice cream.
Wishing Melinda a "get well soon" after her surgery!
Mark

PS We can also go early to the Tallahassee Museum on Sunday, July 31 for FREE: Simply tell the gate/admissions attendants you are there for sketchcrawl. Remember our "closing reception" is 4-6 pm arranged by Sarah W. : Punch and cookies will be served. If you didn't participate in the exhibit, you are still welcome. If you had art in the show, please take it home after the reception.
PLEASE POST YOUR IMAGES HERE:

 Under the Oak Bough

by Bill Otersen

Cypress Knees and Ducks
by Mark Fletcher

Lake Ella Peninsula's Gazebo

by Christie Moore

Cafe Corner

 by Dede Harter

Dede and Paper-Lamp

by Mark Fletcher

Rabbit Comes Alive!

by Jennifer Nemo

Lichen, Twigs and Leaves

by Joyce Raichelson

Fox Tail Fern

by Joyce Raichelson

Pond Cypress Tree

by Barbara Psimas

Floating Turtle Platform

by Joyce Bastian

Seated Sketchers with Ducks
by Natalia Andreeva

Cypress Tree and Geese
by Mark Fletcher

People

by Jeff Zenick

Jean-Michelle and others

by Mary Sterner Lawson

The Climbing Tree

by Natalia Andreeva

Honking Goose

by Mark Fletcher

Sketchcrawl May 7th, 2016 at the 20th annual Quincy Fest,

Sketchcrawl May 7th, 2016 at the 20th annual Quincy Fest,

in historic Downtown Quincy, Florida

More than a dozen artists checked in with me during our Sketchcrawl Saturday at Quincy Fest, and others afterwards:

Great Thanks to Gadsden Arts Center  Director Grace Robinson and GAC's professional staff and volunteers for their hospitality. We especially want to thank you for opening the cool and quiet meeting room to sketchcrawlers and for accomodating another exhibit of our art. This was a great opportunity to see the art center's' expansion/renovation in progress as well as the other excellentt exhibits we can count on at GAC.
http://www.gadsdenarts.org/
Congratulations, Gadsden Arts Center for receiving top scores and American Art Museum Accredited Status!

Special thanks to Joe Munroe and Dawn McMillan of Quincy Mainstreet for planning a very successful festival!
http://www.quincymainstreet.org/

We had a terrific time sketching the historical architecture, interesting people, and lively musical bands, as well as fantastic trees and gardens.

QuincyFest Street Scene

by Mary Sterner Lawson

 

 

 

Gadsden Arts Lobby

by Anissa Ford

 

Park Scene

by Christie Moore

 

 

 

 Allison House

by Mark Fletcher

 

 

 

 Festival Tents

by Mark Fletcher

 

 

 Joe Munroe's Home

 by Mark Fletcher

 

 

 

 Dancers and Singers

by Natalia Andreeva

 

 

 

 Park Scene

by Natalia Andreeva

 

 

 

The Band

by Natalia Andreeva