(Jo Dungey writes) Given the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and the predictions of public health experts about its possible spread, Lis Watkins, Isabel Carmona and I (the group’s named administrators) have decided:
- The proposed sketchcrawl for Saturday 25 April 2020 is CANCELLED.
- In place of this, we will have a virtual art challenge timed for that date, and will publish more details about the proposed activity nearer the time. This will be something to be carried out at a safe location of your choice. As our April meet-up was to have been a joint event for Urban Sketchers London and Urban Sketchers Cambridge, Cambridge sketchers are particularly encouraged to take part.
- The remaining sketchcrawl programme: Let’s draw London in 2020, is SUSPENDED. We cannot at this point predict when it may be safe to resume these activities.
We are very sorry to have to do this; we would much rather be meeting with fellow sketchers. We hope to continue with suggesting sketching activities and challenges. However, this is a group run by a small number of volunteers who share everyone else’s stresses and problems at this difficult time, and I think we need to be cautious about the capacity of the group.
The advantage of having an active interest in art at this time is that there are also many other resources of interest available online: art ideas, virtual tours of galleries and museums, forums for different types of art and crafts. For example, as the major public art galleries and museums in London are closed to the public, their staff will be developing an extended range of online material.
So, continue to enjoy your sketching.
