Do you thrive in collaborative, fast-moving environments and love bringing people together through urban sketching? Join the team helping make the USk International Symposium happen. Urban Sketchers (USk) is seeking a passionate, organized, and collaborative Symposium Coordinator to help support the successful delivery of the USk International Symposium. This role is at the heart of […]
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Five years ago, the Urban Sketchers Regional Events Grant began with a simple idea: What happens when we help sketchers gather, locally, regionally, and across borders? Since then, these grants have supported workshops, sketchwalks, festivals, meetups, and unexpected moments of connection in cities around the world. Sketchers have drawn together in markets, riversides, train stations, […]
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The future of urban sketching is already being drawn. In shared pages, new voices, and deeper connections to place, we continue shaping what comes next. Today we reflect on where we are, and where weāre going. #USkWeek2026
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Some moments are easy to miss. Sketching slows us down. Lets us in.Ā Helps us remember. Today, we celebrate living heritage, drawn in real time. #USkWeek2026
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Creative communities grow stronger together. Behind every sketchwalk, workshop, and gathering are the people and partners who help make it possible. Today we celebrate the support systems behind the sketch movement. #USkWeek2026
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Urban sketching is always changing. New people pick up a sketchbook every day. They bring different perspectives, different stories, different ways of seeing. Sometimes itās younger sketchers.Sometimes itās someone drawing for the first time. What matters is the openness. The willingness to look, to learn, to share. Thatās what keeps this community growing. Take part […]
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Learning to draw doesnāt always look like learning. Sometimes itās a workshop. More often, itās just sketching, and noticing something new along the way. A line that works.A shadow you missed before.A different way of seeing. You learn by doing, by looking, and by showing up again. Take part today Try something new Draw with […]
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Today is about the people we draw with. A lot of us start sketching on our own. One person, one sketchbook, one moment of attention. Then something changes. You sit next to someone. You join a sketchwalk. You share a table. And slowly, it becomes something more. You look up more. You talk. You notice […]
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A global celebration of on-location drawing, for one week. From May 1 to 7, sketchers around the world step outside, slow down, and draw whatās in front of them. International Urban Sketchers Week is an invitation to see more clearly, to tell the story of where you are, and to celebrate the worldwide community that […]
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Visual historians: the power of reportage sketching Sketching has a unique way of slowing us down, allowing for a deeper observation and a personal interpretation of the world unfolding around us. It’s a powerful tool for storytelling, connecting us to the stories and events of our surroundings. That’s why, in 2021, we introduced the USK […]
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Remember to select FULL SCREEN. To read Drawing Attention as a scrollable pdf, click HERE. Drawing Attention, the official zine of the Urban Sketchers organization, communicates and promotes official USk workshops, symposiums, sketchwalks, news and events; shares news about USk chapters; and educates readers about the practice of on-location sketching.
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USK Workshop ā August 7-9 2026 (Oslo, Norway) About the workshop: Get rid of your fears, loosen up and enjoy your sketching more.In four connected sessions, youāll learn four keys to fearless drawing ā Session 1. āMistakes to best matesā teaches you how to work with mistakes rather than against them.ā Session 2. āDraw like […]
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