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Three Correspondents to Cover Chicago Symposium

The 8th annual International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago will be an exciting event, but if you won’t be able to participate yourself, you can still watch it unfold through the sketchbooks and stories of three busy correspondents! The USk Editorial Team and Executive Board are pleased to announce that out of more than 30 applicants, Vincent Desplanche (France), Beliza Mendes (Luxembourg) and Wes Douglas (USA) will have the challenging but very rewarding responsibility of reporting on the symposium on the global USk blog.

Vincent Desplanche

Vincent Desplanche’s enthusiasm for urban sketching captured the attention of the Editorial Team (his sketch is shown above). An USk France correspondent for many years, Vincent attended the Barcelona symposium and gave presentations last year in Manchester. The Rabastens, France, resident has a unique idea for covering the symposium. In his application, Vincent said, “I never set foot on the US soil and feel very excited to discover this fabulous city. As a freshly landed European sketcher among the huge skyscrapers of downtown Chicago, I will seek the analogies between these unfamiliar concrete masses and my ordinary mountains; the busy crowded city of North America and my tiny village of South-France. Actually, I consider this ‘virginity’ is a real advantage and I would love to work with the local artists and show them a new look on their place. This gave me an original idea: I want to be an anthropologist-correspondent at this symposium. Like a scientist, studying a very strange under-species of humans, the ‘Urbanus Sketcherum,’ I will produce as many drawings as possible depicting what it looks like and take notes describing its habits.”

Sketch by Beliza Mendes

Beliza Mendes

Beliza Mendes is an administrator of her regional USk chapter in Luxembourg and a global USk blog correspondent. A symposium participant in Barcelona and Paraty, she is looking forward to experiencing the Chicago symposium in a different way and contributing with her unique perspective. As a member of the Editorial Team, Beliza’s editorial experience gives her insights on the significant role of the USk blog in telling stories through both sketches and words. (As an applicant herself, Beliza was excluded from the selection process.) Interested in reportage sketching, Beliza said, “Besides documenting the participant’s experience, I would also like to focus on the behind the scenes, particularly during the last days leading to the symposium and the team who organizes the symposium: who they are, maybe a few pointers from the locals on Chicago, like activities and traditions not to miss (is there a type of hot dog that it typical from Chicago, for example?).”

Wes Douglas

Wes Douglas, a Chicago-area resident for more than 50 years, can certainly answer Beliza’s last question! An active member and co-administrator for USk Chicago since 2013 and local blog correspondent, Wes was selected as the Chicago correspondent through a competitive process within his regional group. In addition to reporting on symposium events, he has the unique and invaluable role of acting as a guide to the city for the correspondents team. “I know Chicago intimately,” Wes said. “I love to sketch people on location; I am a seasoned artist and illustrator; and I love sketching people on public transportation. I am also agile in capturing a story quickly and concisely. I imbue a personal and often humorous take on my reportage.”

Sketch by Wes Douglas

The Symposium Correspondents program, which covers travel and lodging for international correspondents, was launched in 2011 in Lisbon. Past correspondents include: João Pinheiro (São Paulo), Suhita Shirodkar (San Jose, Calif.), Lapin (Barcelona), Nelson Paciencia (Lisbon), Maria Regina Tuazon (Singapore), Murray Dewhurst (Auckland, New Zealand), Tina Koyama (Seattle), Kumi Matsukawa (Tokyo), Liz Ackerley (Manchester, UK) and Javier de Blas (Logroño, Spain).

The program's goal is to bring attention to the storytelling possibilities of urban sketching, especially in covering an event.

The Editorial Team would like to thank the candidates who applied for the correspondent positions. “We received so many excellent applications that making our choices was very difficult,” said editor Tina Koyama. “We appreciate the time spent and enthusiasm expressed by all who applied.”

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