Day Report August 20

by Roger Klaassen

This morning I saw how well organised the team of volunteers in Poznań is. I took a look at the registration desk and I expected to see volunteers working hard on workshop passes and filling goodie bags. But there was no one there: an ocean of quiet – rows of tables with passes in alphabetical order and goodie bags in nice rows against the walls. Well done!

Here you see the Faculty Meeting: workshop instructors getting the last infos and working together to get to know each other better. I can tell you these people are eager to start tomorrow!

In the meanwhile, the Art Market was set up. Not the serene, calm atmosphere as I saw at the registration desk, but hard work. This was a major unboxing operation.

A very quick sketch made during the Faculty Tour. A guide led us from the Cathedral Island to the city center. I discovered that many workshop instructors can draw while they walk. As far as I know, nobody fell or got injured and everyone made it safe to lunch.

We lunched at the Bovary restaurant. The brewery is up and running apparently – we were offered three large glasses of beers as an aperitive. My neighbor (I won’t disclose her name) showed herself a brave drinker and was able to keep her lines straight and her colours neat. Unfortunately, some of us couldn’t finish lunch completely, because we had to get back to the registration desk.

At the registration desk, we wre welcomed by Ada and Patricja. I may have been the first to draw them today, I certainly wasn’t the last.

The line of participants waiting for their passes. The Poznań team worked efficiently – by the time I finished my sketch, the line had almost disappeared.

A few of the last participants getting their workshop passes.

My last sketch of the day: USK president Ronaldo Kurita opens the Opening Reception. After the speeches, I enjoyed a drink and a few bites and of course the company of many sketchers. What a nice sketching family are we!