Let’s Sketch the Browsing Room Bookstore and Cafe

Date: December 29th, 2025

Time: 1:30pm - 4pm.

Place: 1301 E 9th St 1st floor, Cleveland, OH 44114

Located in the Galleria, downtown Cleveland it’s tucked in the back.We’ve never sketched the Galleria before so this should be fun. We can stay back by the bookstore or explore the whole glass Galleria. The bookstore closes at 3 on Sundays but we can do still do our thing.

Save the date for future events: We meet on the 4th or 5th Sunday of the month 1:30 to 4:00pm. All are welcome. Check out the Worldwide Group at urbansketchers.org

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Let’s Sketch the Cleveland Museum of Art

Date: Sun. November 24, 2024

Time: 1:30-4:00pm

Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art

11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Always a great turnout for this one! Join us to sketch at the Cleveland Museum of Art. We’ll meet on the benches in the middle of the atrium at 1:30 and again at 4:00pm. Entrance is free. Parking: $14 non-members, $7 members. Parking can be reserved online in advance.

https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/current

CMA Current Rules:

1. One bag smaller than 13 x 17 x 6 inches is permitted. Nothing carried on one’s back. 

2. Dry media only in the galleries.

3. Coat check is open, large bags and other items (chairs, easels, etc,) are not permitted.

Note: Small folding stools are available throughout the museum on racks.

4. Cafe open Sundays 10-4pm, with snacks, beverages, pastries, grab-and-go sandwiches, and some hot food.

Save the date for future events: We meet on the 4th or 5th Sunday of the month 1:30 to 4:00pm. All are welcome. Check out the Worldwide Group at urbansketchers.org

Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/urbansketcherscleveland/

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Let’s Sketch the “Haunted” Franklin Castle

4308 Franklin Blvd., Cleveland, OH 

October 27th from 1:30pm to 4pm. It’s a private residence, so we need to be respectful, but this is a terrific building with lots of local lore about how it’s haunted, along with it being a great little neighborhood as well. Plenty of street parking nearby. See you on the 27th!

Let's Sketch at BayArts Annual Plein Air Festival

 Let's join BayArts during their Annual Plein Air Festival: Artistic by Nature, on their campus and the surrounding Huntington Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks which will celebrate the beauty that surrounds us, for the Sunday Quick Paint as a group and our monthly event on Sunday, September 22, 2024. (You are also encouraged to participate during festival times September 20 and 21.)

Sunday, September 22:

Quick Paint Registration, in person, $10 (per piece)

8 AM - 10 AM

Quick Paint

10 AM - 12 PM

Live Judging (Quick Paint) by judge Tricia Kaman

12 PM - 2 PM

Artist Reception & Awards

2 PM - 4 PM

Work displayed for public viewing and purchase. Refreshments provided.

Are can be available for purchase.

BayArts

28795 Lake Road

Bay Village, Ohio 44140

See website for details and updates

https://bayarts.net/events/artistic-by-nature-annual-plein-air-festival/

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Let’s Sketch the Tinnerman Lofts POSTPONED.

 2048 Fulton Rd. Saturday June 29th, noon - 3pm.

THE EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO POOR WEATHER FORECAST. The good folks behind the Worthington Yards sketching event are hosting a plein air event at their other property, the Tinnerman Lofts, situated at Fulton and Lorain Roads. There is a courtyard and art collection at this property as well, and we’ve been wanting to check it out for years. Hope to see you there! Note the Saturday date, not a Sunday.

Let's Sketch The Old B&O Railroad Depot

 

829 Canal Rd, Cleveland, OH 44113
Sunday May 26th, from 1:30pm til 4pm

Let's head to the Flats and sketch this historic building. This is right by the blue lift bridge on Carter Rd. There's always tugboats parked nearby and plenty of free parking on West St. The building used to have a clock tower and was used as a train depot from 1898 till 1934. There was a rail yard next to it where the parking lot is now. Hope to see you there!

Let’s sketch the Maltz Performing Arts Center

 

1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106 
Sunday April 21st, 9:30am til 12 noon.

NOTE THE EARLIER THAN USUAL TIME AND DATE. Per Wikipedia - Sited on a triangular-shaped block, the Temple was designed by architect Charles R. Greco in a mix of Byzantine Revival and Romanesque Revival styles.

It's an early in the day event as they have to set up for an orchestra rehearsal at noon. This looks like a special place and hope to see a lot of you there!!

 Let's Sketch the Cleveland Arcade

401 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115 March 24, 2024 1:30pm til 4pm.

The Grand Dame of Cleveland, the Arcade was built in 1890. Contrary to popular legend, it wasn't the first indoor shopping mall in the US, but it's still a great place to draw. We haven't sketched in here since 2018, so it's time to revisit this gem.

Let's Sketch Asia Plaza

Our next outing will be at Asia Plaza.
https://asiaplazacleveland.com/
2999 Payne Ave, Cleveland OH February 25th, 1:30pm till 4pm
An indoor shopping mall in Asiatown. I have not been here in person but hope to check it out beforehand to see if there are any special needs to address for our sketchers. I would think if you have a sketching stool it would be a good idea to bring it. Hope to keep up the momentum from our interesting Brownhoist Bldg event!

Let's Sketch the Brownhoist Building

 

4403 St Clair Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103 1:30pm - 4pm.
An interesting place to be sure, built in 1880, the central portion of this building was moved on rollers to its present location and the wings added afterward. It’s now an inclusive creative/maker space and hosts and has hosted numerous creative events. A flute recital will be going on while we’re there, which we may or may not be allowed to sketch. Lots of other stuff going on in the building. The oldest operating elevators in Ohio, a hard cider maker in the basement, seven vaults used to handle the company's payroll, and all sorts of stuff. The building served as offices for the Brownhoist company’s manufacturing plant across the street north on Hamilton, which is a giant enclosed space that used to assemble cranes.

An informative article about the building is also here https://neo-trans.blog/.../25/brownhoist-lifts-a-new-future/