Florida

[geoffd]

anyone from florida. i'm in sarasota

[Beatnik]

Capt Harlock I'm in florida but it's a bit of a hike to get up to you or for you to come down. (3 or 4 hour drive?) Somewhere around there if I remember correctly.

I'm hoping to get a group going down here too. I posted this in the "local art chapters" thread but this seems like a great place for it also.
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I've been wanting to start a sketch group in Fort Lauderdale FL for a while now. We have a fairly large warehouse where we can set up for still life and possibly models at some point. If there is enough local interest I would be more than happy to make it happen. If anyone would like to get it going please send me a pm.

I have the lamps and several easels. Also a fuil sized mannequin and many tables and chairs.
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The area would be south florida. Our shop is in Fort Lauderdale but a reasonable driving range would include anywhere from Boca Raton to Miami. Both locations are under an hour depending on traffic. I was thinking of sat or sundays but when the group forms we can all vote on when would would be the best time for everyone.

I'm going to put together a flyer soon and put them up at the local colleges. Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, FAU, BCC, and Nova.

Can't wait til we get this going. It will be a great learning experience! You can never practice too much and it's always cool to meet others who want to learn and share their knowledge.

[Beltash]

Hey Beatnik I'm in right out side of Lauderdale in Coral Springs, but I'm really busy with school and a mod project right now. I'll be here for 2 more years though so sign me up after a year or so. Maybe

[aiel]

I'm in Tarpon Springs anyone know where that is?
I've always wanted to join a group to better my skills

[Rimshot]

Im from Ft. Lauderdale area as well (Pembroke Pines)...ill keep my eye on this thread, sounds interesting:chug:

[Jane Radstrom]

Aeil, I know where it is. I am from Clearwater (between Tampa and St.Petersburg).

[Bretton]

im in naples too. and definately interested in a sketch group if i could get up to ft. lauderdale for a day.

[CKWorth]

I'm stuck permanently in the Oldsmar/Tampa area.

[Beatnik]

Turokess thats a beautiful area. I have friends who live in Oldsmar and I've fished Safety Harbor many many times. My favorite part about visiting Oldsmar is every morning you can watch the dolphins right from the living room window. Are you familiar with Shore Drive Place? They live on that road... very nice area.

[wassermelone]

Sarasota Florida here...

Ringling.

-toasty =D

[Strang]

hey beatnik, i am up for an FTL group meeting...

date and time is all i need.

i have talked with you before. i am at AiFL.... so if you would like to me promote there i can.

I am pretty active in the school (not student government). i do weekly software training (3d) and organize companies to come to the school. sooo getting everyone to come out to this sketch group would be no problem.. the school has a life drawing lab on wed. at 6. i could get these students to join in. and also the ones that cant make it to the wed @ 6pm come to the "conceptart" group.

check your pm also

-Strang

[SeraphSword]

Naples here as well. If you guys are doing a sketch thing on a weekend I might be able to make it to FTL.

[smabee]

yo im here in orlando and i'm just chillin i'll join a group and i go to ringling to

[Jane Radstrom]

Our FL thread is so dead.

[dadamafia]

I live in Miami Dade. I would love to join a sketch group and i think we should try to do this seriously. i can easily get up to fort lauderdale so all the lauderdale people should get something together and see wassup.

[Gr8t100]

damn it all. I'm from and in ft.lauderdale for the time being, for my parents. But classes resume for me on the 11th and i'm flying back on the 4th. Sucks though, always wanting to meet new and inspiring artists.

[geoffd]

alright where are all the Ringling/Sarasota people at?? Anyone at all in the immediate Tampa/Bradenton/Sarasota/St.Pete area? I see Toaster, Velo seems close by... I'd like to at least once hook up with some CA folks and make some connections. I guess maybe it's time I get off my ass and go to FEWS!! :flamig:

on a side note there should be CA.org sub-divisions in each of the different states/countries, kinda like the AIGA or something. The main branch is in Austin, then we can have little groups outside of that with a president, secretary, etc... then each group can set up their own little workshops and such. maybe i should bring that to Jason's attention?

[Jane Radstrom]

I dont know about such organization as that, right now anyone can make a post and get together at someone's house for sketch sessions or talk to a pro about getting together and doing a demo for some people locally. If we had chapters and presidents and secretaries and formal mini-workshops there would be (I think) insurance and legal worries, where some ass could come and I dont know.. sit one someone's exacto and try to sue or something. Keep it informal.

I would love to get together for sketchgroups sometimes! I'm near Tampa (Clearwater) I wouldn't mind going to Sarasota, or possibly other places. I hear FEWs meets three days a week during summer and is only $15 for membership all summer, it is far for me to drive regularly but if we picked a day to meet up and do some life drawing together I would definitely be up for it.

[CKWorth]

Yeah, Velo I'm really close to you, I'm around Oldsmar. It would be great if a sketchgroup could get going. It was pretty depressing coming back from Austin and having nothing like their sketchgroup here. Maybe all the Ringling kids don't really need a sketchgroup outside of what they already have, like FEWS. It felt like one big sketchgroup for the whole four years I was there, anyway. For someone like me who's out of school now I miss the interaction. Location wise, having one in Tampa would be wonderful. Sarasota might be doable, but it's an hour away from me. Ft. Lauderdale is 4 hours.

[RefrigeratorCo]

These are the places I go to. BTW I'm in St. Petersburg for the summer.


Monday 3:00pm RSAD / Sarasota - FEWS
Monday (only first Monday of the month) 6:30pm Hide Park / Tampa - 3 hour figure drawing session
Wednesday 6:00pm Artists Unlimited / Tampa - 3 hour figure drawing session
Thursday 6:30pm Eckerd College / St. Petersburg - 3 hour figure drawing session
Thursday 3:00pm RSAD / Sarasota - FEWS
Saturday 9:00am Art Center / St. petersburg - 3 hour figure drawing session

I don't go to FEWS because it's an hour away in Sarasota. I go to these with my friends. It's like me and a bunch of guys who go to the San Fran Academy and RISD. If your interested PM me (especially if you have a car)!

[scifiwasabi]

I'm in St. Petersburg...would love to meet everyone in the area. I've done a little research in the Tampa Bay area and here are some of the resources I've come up with (haven't been to any of these):

Tampa Bay Plein Air Painters
http://www.pleinairflorida.org/tbpap.htm

Open Studios at The Arts Center
http://www.theartscenter.org/class/open/os.htm

Figure Drawing Sessions at Artists Unlimited
http://fds.artistsunlimited.org/fdshi.html

RefrigeratorCo, I see that you already go to a couple of these....can you pass on more info on the Hide Park and Eckerd College sessions...contact info etc?

Anyway...would love to meet anyone in the area at one of these sessions.

-alex

[Eulathus]

I'm in Brandon for any who care. I really need to start sketching more as Ringling is my goal.

[Yoell]

Orlando here.

[TARGETE]

I'm near the FT. Lauderdale area didn't know there were many of you CA members around.
Yo Beatnik! that drawing sketch group sounds cool, let me know where that warehouse is and the details, I'm more then down with that. My life drawing and painting has been lacking the workshop proved that so yhea it would be great.

I'll be at Dragoncon in about a week or so maybe some of you FLoridians can haul your asses out there to see the artshow, I'll have a table in there.

visit:

Dragoncon.org

peace my good fellas.

JP

[kgb]

Ok, I guess I'll respond as well. Bradenton here.

[Jibbly]

Well, I'm in Orlando, but, it seems that most of you all are not..here..

[Strang]

Yeah Targete, noticed a while back you were in the area. I am currently in the lower Boca area. I go to AiFL. so getting down to ftlauderdale isn't a problem for me.

just need to get organized. i could get some Ai kids to join... maybe, some lazy students here, but i am sure i can get some to join.

-Steven

[Wafflehouseninja]

I live in pembroke pines to! so how many Ft. lauderdale / nort miami dade ppl we got? im game for getting together for some sketching or what ever. I need art people to talk to. all my buddys arnt into ast so when i babble on about what markers i use or my dead graphics tablet the just give me a blank look.

[Wafflehouseninja]

oh and by the way*BUMP*

[Yoell]

Im up for meeting, but im in orlando, and not traveling to far for meets

so all come to Orlando, maybe plan a day.