Public Events

While registration for the Symposium workshops has sold-out, we are excited that many other people are interested in traveling to Barcelona for the opportunity to sketch this beautiful city and socialize with fellow sketchers.

For those of you planning to travel to Barcelona, Urban Sketchers is helping organize daily sketchcrawls during the Symposium, with routes, meeting points and guides to accompany you. These events are open to the public and do not require registration.

We'll be posting more specifics as the Symposium approaches.

We are working on ways to make these ad hoc sketching events more visible on the internet, including ways to connect with other sketchers and share your sketches online.

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We finally have the details for the 40th Sketchcrawl on Saturday.

We propose 10.00am as a starting time. There's a Urban Sketching Contest that will follow the same route, but their participants will be joining after 11.00h. Also the Symposium participants will join the route later on between 16.00h or 17.00h just make sure to be at 17-00h a Arc the Triomf if you want to appear on the group picture.
From there we'll spread around the area for the last drawings... if you still have some energy left!!!

1.- Esglesia de Santa Maria del Mar
2.- Passeig del Born
3.- Parc de la Ciutadella
4.- Passeig Lluís Companys
5.- Arc de Triomf

Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/8tLlL


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Dear all,

We are happy to announce the routes for the daily Sketchcrawls organized as a part of the Symposium Public Events for those coming to Barcelona who couldn’t register.

At every meeting point there will be a Symposium volunteer to accompany you and perform the functions of a host guide, although the activity will develop as a regular Sketchcrawl.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 (pre-symposium) Sant Pau, Sagrada Família and part of the Eixample.

10:00 Meeting point: Hospital Sant Pau’s main entrance.
12:00 Meeting point: In front of the Sagrada Familia’s north facade.
16:00 Meeting point: At the Passeig de Sant Joan and Avinguda Diagonal.

 Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/Ccv2X

 
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THURSDAY, JULY 11 (off symposium) Parc Güell and Barri de Gràcia

10:00 Meeting point: Park Güell’s main entrance (at Carrer d’Olot).
12:00 Meeting point: Park Güell’s terrace (straight ahead and above the main entrance).
16:00 Meeting point: Plaça de la Virreina.
18:00 Meeting point: Plaça de la Vila de Gràcia.

Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/I42nO

 
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FRIDAY, JULY 12 (off symposium) Barceloneta and Olympic Village.

10:00 Meeting point: In front of Oficina de Correos/the Post Office building down Via Laietana street with Passeig de Colom.
12:00 Meeting point: Mercat de la Barceloneta’s square.
16:00 Meeting point: Meet under the Golden Fish sculpture by Frank Gehry (between the Mapfre Tower and the Hotel Arts in the Port Olímpic)

Map Link: http://goo.gl/maps/wDnJM

 
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