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Sketching the Woodlawn CemetaryRegister Now!
Saturday, May 22; 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday, May 23; 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Highly landscaped and filled with ornate statuary, The Woodlawn Cemetery is ideally suited for the integrated study of classical design, field sketching and plein air painting. Five years after its founding, trustees adopted the “Landscape-Lawn Plan,” a new design concept that prohibited fencing, promoted open spaces, and encouraged centerpiece memorials surrounded by matching footstones. Accomplished architects, landscape designers, and artists were commissioned to design these grand memorials including the firms of McKim, Mead & White, John Russell Pope, Carrère & Hastings, and John La Farge. The weekend workshop will include a guided tour of the grounds and on-site demonstrations. Students are encouraged to work in the medium of their choice, although instruction will emphasize pencil drawings and watercolor sketches.
Instructors: James Cooper, Architect and Fine Artist
Cost/Learning Unit: $250 ($210 members); 14 AIA/CES LUs (Manual Skills)