"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has"

Margaret Mead, Anthropologist
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INTRODUCTION

Government is a slow and tedious process. While it often includes citizen and neighborhood involvement, non-governmental, private organizations have created movements and interesting groups which can create positive change in our cities and towns.

I am fascinated by the way groups are created and how they influence public decision making. This blog merely recognizes them and forwards the description of these groups from their own websites.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Urban Sketchers

Location: International

Website: www.urbansketchers.org

This blog site features sketches and often equally colorful stories behind the scenes by 100 invited artists correspondents in more than 30 countries around the world. Some are architects and illustrators, others are graphic designers, web developers, painters or educators, all sharing the same passion for drawing on location. If you are interested in purchase or usage of any of their sketches, please contact each artist directly.

While this blog is limited to the 100 invited correspondents, anyone can participate in the Urban Sketchers online community through the global flickr group and Facebook page.

Our volunteers also manage more than 30 regional blogs in cities and countries around the world and many of those also have their own sister flickr groups and Facebook pages to help sketchers showcase their work and connect with each other.

Urban Sketchers started online as a flickr group in 2007 and later became a nonprofit organization.

Our mission as a nonprofit is to raise the artistic, storytelling and educational value of location drawing, promoting its practice and connecting people around the world who draw on location where they live and travel. We aim to show the world, one drawing at a time.

This is the manifesto we follow:

- We draw on location, indoors or out, capturing what we see from direct observation.

Our drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live and where we travel,

Our drawings are a record of time and place,

- We are truthful to the scenes we witness.

- We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles.

- We support each other and draw together.

- We share our drawings online.

- We show the world, one drawing at a time.

The Urban Sketchers nonprofit develops educational programs to foster the art of on location drawing. Our first initiative was the I International Urban Sketching Symposium held in Portland, Oregon, in July of 2010.

The II International Urban Sketchers Symposium has been in Lisbon, in july 2011. Other Urban Sketchers Workshops will be organized locally by a group of qualified correspondents and instructors.

To read the most recent news about our community, see our Drawing Attention updates.
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