Programming
The Symposium offers a wide range of Workshops, Activities, Demos, and Lectures. There will also be less structured events such as Sketchcrawls and Drink-and-Draw sessions.
Workshops
Workshop A: The Joy of the Movement (of Learning) from Simplicity to Complexity (in Sketch) – Behzad Bagheri, Iran
Workshop B: 180 Degrees – Stephanie Bower, US
Workshop C: Sketching Fundamentals – Matthew Brehm, US
Workshop D: The Sketched Reportage – Simonetta Capecchi, Italy
Workshop E: Reflections First of All – João Catarino, Portugal
Workshop F: Afraid of Colour? – Lynne Chapman, England
Workshop G: Architectural Sketching: Composition and Perspective – Frank Ching, US
Workshop H: Bounding Boxes: Space and People as Characters – William Cordero Hidalgo, Costa Rica
Workshop I: Line Flow/Live Spot – Norberto Dorantes, Argentina
Workshop J: You’ve Been Framed – Emma FitzGerald, Canada
Workshop K: Wide Angle Perspectives and Little Blank Pages – Paul Heaston, US
Workshop L: Tea, Milk, and Honey: The Three Step Watercolor Sketch – Marc Taro Holmes, Canada
Workshop M: In the Mood – Nina Johansson, Sweden
Workshop N: Capturing Intangibles: Exercises in Creating Meaningful Sketches – Fred Lynch, US
Workshop O: Never Fear the People! – Suhita Shirodkar, US
Workshop P: Feeling the Edges: A Tactile Approach to Sketching Architecture – Liz Steel, Australia.
Activities, Demos, and Lectures
Activity A1: Portrait Exchange – Juliana Russo, Brazil
Activity A2: Collective Drawing – Paulo von Poser, Brazil
Activity A3: Architectural Tour of Paraty – Silvia Ferreira, Brazil
Activity A4: Sketching Tour – Ricardo Inke.
Activity A5: The Big Crit – Fred Lynch, US
Activity A6: Unfolding a Sketching Story – Richard Alomar, US
Activity A7: Color Swap – Jason Das, US
Activity A8: Less is More – Delphine Priollaud, France
Demo D1: Watercolor Demo – Carlos Avelino, Brazil
Demo D2: Sketching Straight to Watercolor – Kumi Matsukawa, Japan
Demo D3: Paraty Lamps – Ivonesio Ramos da Silva, Brazil
Demo D4: Black and White Party: Sketching with Dry Twig and Chinese Ink – Ch’ng Kiah Kiean, Malaysia
Lecture L1: Drawing for Publication: The Triumphs and Tribulations of a Newspaper Sketch-Columnist – Gabi Campanario, US
Lecture L2: Neuroscience and Art – Xing Chen, England
Lecture L3: Graphic and Symbolic Narratives of Urban Life – Karina Kuschnir, Brazil
Lecture L4: Same World, Different Hemisphere – Simone Ridyard, England
Lecture L5: Learning to Sketch, Sketching to Learn – Matthew Brehm, US
Lecture L6: How to Host Urban Sketchers Events and Workshops in Your Home Town – Orling Dominguez, Dominican Republic