About us
SF Sketchers is an umbrella group, listing sketching events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Meetups are free and open to everyone, regardless of experience or skill.
We post for a wide range of groups, mostly following the UrbanSketchers.org model, but also including portrait parties, nature journaling and other kinds of sketching activities. In a typical meetup people get together briefly at the beginning, spread out to sketch in the area and meet up again at the end to share sketches and chat. There is a "no criticism" rule and people tend to be kind to each other.
We are sponsored by Arch Art Supplies, one of the vanishingly few independent art supply stores left in the Bay Area. They specialize in supplies that sketchers use, from old standards to cool new stuff from all over the world. Give them a visit!
Because our Meetup fees are paid by Arch, all events listed on the site are free. However we send out a quarterly newsletter listing classes and other fee-based events led by members.
Looking forward to sketching with you!
Upcoming events
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Sketch Chromatic Coffee (Cafe Art Circle - South Bay)
Chromatic Coffee Co., 460 Lincoln Ave #10, San Jose, CA 95126, USA, San Jose, CA, USCafe Sketching at Chromatic Coffee in the San Jose.
📍 1:00pm meet inside. Look for us with sketchbooks.
🎨 Bring your own art supplies. Roam freely. Sketch what you see.
☕ Pull up a chair anytime to draw with us and talk art.
📓 2:45pm. We wrap things up with a show & tell throwdown.Chromatic Coffee is a South Bay specialty coffee roaster known for its colorful personality and strong ties to the local creative community. Their devotion to art, science, craftsmanship and DIY culture is felt in their space and their hands-on work. They describe building the company from the ground up, repairing their equipment, hand-stamping coffee bags, and designing their packaging themselves.
This is organized by the Cafe Art Circle meetup under SF Sketchers. We explore coffee and tea shops around the Bay Area, using sketching as a way to experience the atmosphere of each place and its neighborhood. All skill levels welcome.
Message Jimmy or post on the group board if you need help finding us.
2 attendees
Alcazar Theater
Alcazar Theatre, 650 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA, San Francisco, CA, USThis eclectic Moorish/Byzantine building, commissioned by the Shriners as the Islam Temple was designed by architect Thomas Patterson Ross.
The June 1917 edition of Architect and Engineer noted that the temple was "an adaptation from Alhambra, a building that stands as the highest mark of Arabian art and civilization."The Islam Temple was used for Shriner meetings and ceremonies from 1918 to 1970. Later it functioned as a small theater in the tradition of the original Alcazar Theater which was located on O'Farrell Street. (The original Alcazar opened in 1885, was destroyed by the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, was rebuilt, and was razed for a parking lot in 1963.)
Brind a chair, meet at 12:15/12:30 to share
5 attendees
Past events
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