Sketching at Toronto's Word on the Street

 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2024 | 11AM-1:30PM

Calling all fellow book lovers! We’re headed to Toronto’s Word on the Street to sketch the annual free street festival celebrating the written word! There are lots of subjects to sketch whether it’s the architecture around Queen’s Park or any of the author panels that you can sit and listen to as well. 

A full schedule of their lineup can be found here: https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/annual-festival/2024-festival/

When: Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 1:30pm 

Host: Michele (@justalillost_art)

Where: Queen’s Park - meet at the King Edward VII Equestrian horse statue towards the centre of the park. 

11:00am - Optional: We’ll meet here for a brief hello before dispersing to sketch individually or in small groups per preference

1:30pm - Meet back at the horse statue for a sketchbook throwdown and group photo

You’re obviously welcome to stay after the throwdown to continue sketching and enjoying the rest of Word on the Street! and please be sure to tag @torontowots #WOTS2024 in your posts as well!

Map of the festival can be found here. The meeting spot of the horse statue is near where it says "Queen's Park" on this map

Sketching at The Bentway Dominoes event

 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The Bentway is a growing public space under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway that deserves to be celebrated by artists and urbanites. On September 22, in a creative and joyful act of community building, the Bentway is host to Dominoes: “a larger-than-life, moving sculpture that stretches across multiple downtown neighbourhoods and, over the course of a day-long epic event, unites neighbours in a common cause of setting up and setting off over 2.5 km of giant dominoes.” For more details on the Dominoes, visit www.thebentway.ca. 

 We will be participating in this excitement, documenting the event with our urban sketches: the people, the dominoes, the Bentway structures, the jubilation of a community. Join us! 

Address: The Bentway Staging Grounds at north east corner of Dan Leckie Way and Lakeshore Blvd West. 

When: Sunday, September 22, 2024 3:00-5:30pm 

Hosts: Natalie (@natalie.dauntless), Vivian (@vfsoetikno) 

3:00pm: 

• Optionally come and say hi before dispersing to sketch individually or in small groups depending on personal preference. 
• The Staging Grounds is a great space showcasing the Bentway. The dominoes will run through here, but also 
• The Canoe Landing Park (fourth photo), particularly the Red Canoe at approximately 4:45pm. 
• You are also welcome to check out other points of the dominoes route (see below for map). 

5:30pm: 

We will meet at the Canoe Landing Park close by the Red Canoe sculpture for a throwdown and group photo. In case of rain, throwdown/photo will be at the Staging Grounds. Be sure to tag the Bentway when posting your sketches on social media. @thebentway

Sketching at Taste of the Junction

 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2024 | 12-5PM

Sketching at Taste of the Junction

We will be sketching the Junction neighbourhood’s Taste of the Junction on Saturday, September 7, 2023. Sketchers are encouraged to participate in the ARTiculations Sketch the Junction Competition, however, this is not mandatory. Our meetup is free.

**IMPORTANT: Please note, participation in this meetup DOES NOT entail being entered in the ARTiculations Competition or inclusion in their exhibit. Participation in the competition and exhibit will require your individual registration on their website (last day to register online is today, or register in-store Sept 7) https://www.articulations.ca/sketch-the-junction-competition.html

Our very own @modellatura_art will be adjudicating in the competition! Those who are registered participants of the ARTiculations Sketch the Junction Competition can choose to have their sketch exhibited at the Sketch the Junction Exhibition September 10-October 12, 2024.

Meetup Details:

Address: ARTiculations, 2802 Dundas St W
When: Sept 7, 12-5pm
Host: Isabel (@modellatura_art)

The Junction is an interesting, eventful area with lots of building and people sketching inspiration potential during the Taste of the Junction. We will meet at 12pm in front of ARTiculations and meet up there again for the throwdown at 5pm.

Hope to see you there!